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  • Newspaper illustrations of harvesters and Earl Spencer, President of the Royal Agricultural Society, accompanied by a ballad and article about the RAS Meeting. Wood engraving by Smyth, 1844.
  • A report of the state of the General Infirmary, at Northampton / The Right Hon. George John Earl Spencer, Grand Visitor : The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, perpetual president.
  • A report of the state of the General Infirmary, at Northampton / The Right Hon. George John Earl Spencer, Grand Visitor : The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, perpetual president.
  • British politicians including W.E. Gladstone, Rosebery, Chamberlain and Earl Spencer, in the role of British soldiers in Crimea in the painting 'The roll call' by Elizabeth Thompson (Butler). Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 13 February 1886.
  • A man being restrained in a chair while a doctor and nurse prepare to give him some medicine; referring to English politicians' feelings towards Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1833.
  • Two Jack-in-the-box boxes: one opened, showing Jack as the late Lord Randolph Churchill; the other closed, representing the National show secretary. Drawing by E. Fairhurst, 1896.
  • Saint Bridget of Sweden. Woodcut attributed to W.Y. Ottley.
  • Sir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions to the Plan of Reform which disenfranchised sixty boroughs. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • Saint Christopher. Woodcut attributed to W.Y. Ottley.
  • John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • 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.
  • Front and reverse of a medal presented to Jenner by naval medical officers in 1801. Engraving, 1801, after a medal made by T. Harper.