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  • Politicians of the Parti National with stomach disorders and haemorrhoids. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.
  • Politicians from the Opposition proceed down Whitehall to remove Sir Robert Walpole from office. Etching by F. W. Fairholt, 1848.
  • British politicians gambling at Ascot. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 14 June 1884.
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
  • British politicians at the Derby at Epsom. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 31 May 1884.
  • Three politicians accused of treason being evicted by the police. Colour lithograph by T. Merry after himself, 8 March 1890.
  • Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.
  • A man with influenza, taken in hand by a doctor, surrounded by dancing politicians. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.
  • A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.
  • Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.
  • Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.
  • Politicians in the smoking room of the House of Commons; representing the second reading on 24 October of the New Bill for the Representantion of the People of the United Kingdom? Chromolithograph by G. Pipeshank, 1884.
  • Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
  • The ministry of Spencer Perceval defending their government, represented as a citadel, against attack by Opposition politicians. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1811.
  • Lord Durham, surrounded by schoolboy politicians, is victimised in a game and jostled by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Seven British politicians as statues on plinths inscribed with the names of ancient characters as well as their own names in abbreviation. Engraving, 1746.
  • Daniel O'Connell drives a coach containing cheering schoolboy politicians that departs from the "Victoria Establishment". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • Parody of the Anatomy lesson of Dr Tulp, representing contemporary politicians (?) in Vienna. Process print after H. Einer after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1924.
  • Parody of the Anatomy lesson of Dr Tulp, representing contemporary politicians (?) in Vienna. Process print after H. Einer after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1924.
  • 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.
  • British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.
  • 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.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.
  • The James M. Patton Leper Village, Chiengmai Leper Asylum, Thailand: Thai royalty and politicians stand at the entrance with asylum doctors; patients are seated. Photograph, 1921.
  • 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.
  • A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.