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  • British politicians at the Derby at Epsom. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 31 May 1884.
  • Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.
  • W.E. Gladstone and other Liberal politicians as prisoners being released from prison; relatives and friends waiting for them at the gate. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 18 December 1886.
  • British politicians playing cricket: Parnell, batting with a bat marked "treason" is bowled by The times newspaper. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 May 1887.
  • A band is tuning up in a theatre; the stage curtain is inscribed "The autumn session 1890-1". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 22 November 1890.
  • A boxer representing St. Stephen's Review has knocked out his opponent who is representing the Hansard Union. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 February 1891.
  • An American man is watching a procession that includes a German anarchist, a Russian nihilist, a Native American, an Englishman etc. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 11 April 1891.
  • W.E. Gladstone being kicked out by opponents of his Irish Home Rule bill after the failure of the bill on 8 June 1886. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1886.
  • Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
  • Free trade represented as a woman: the left half is a skeleton being cursed by unemployed and starving British workers; the right half is a beautiful young woman who is giving gold to importers of foreign goods. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 November 1886.
  • Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
  • William Marriott, member of Parliament for Brighton, as Hercules fighting a two-headed hydra with the faces of W.E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 1 March 1884.
  • C.S. Parnell riding a horse called "Home Rule" crashes into the window of a drapery shop in which Queen Victoria is buying textiles. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 2 February 1884.
  • C.S. Parnell and John Walter, dressed as ancient Greek warriors, are engaged in single combat under the eyes of two judges and a barrister. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 27 October 1888.
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, on horseback as a Cavalier general, is leading an army of supporters and stamping on two opponents with his horse; representing Churchill's opposition to Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 6 March 1886.
  • Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.
  • Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
  • A solicitor and a barrister throw black paint or tar at a woman sitting at the feet of a statue of Justice. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1892.
  • William Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886.
  • A priest (the Catholic church) has tied a young woman (Ireland) with a rope and is admonishing her. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, July 1891.
  • John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
  • Gadarene swine throwing themselves off a cliff into water, representing the British Liberal Party. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 April 1884.
  • A man has been knocked to the ground and is being beaten by a man wearing a long gown and a turban, the police nearby seem reluctant to intervene. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry.
  • An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.
  • A man in a boat house (C.S. Parnell) is damaging a boat representing the Liberal Party with a hammer inscribed "Manifesto". Colour lithograph attributed to Tom Merry, 21 March 1891.
  • A contrast between the housing conditions of the Irish rural poor and those of the middle-class urban population, envisaged as the result of Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 17 October 1891.
  • Sir William Harcourt in the role of Sir John Falstaff wooes Ireland in the role of one of the merry wives of Windsor. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 6 April 1889.
  • W.E. Gladstone represented as Samson destroying the pillars of the British Constitution by abolition of the House of Lords. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 October 1891.
  • Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.
  • Nine men in a public bath; representing the Liberals' rejection of doubts about Home rule for Ireland. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1886.