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  • The Nabob of Arcot with his Prime Minister. Gouache drawing.
  • The wife of the Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • The wife of the Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Phrenological head of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Phrenological head of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • Phrenological head of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1844.
  • A.J. Balfour as Prime Minister asks John Bull to pay for increasingly costly policies, but eventually John Bull refuses. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.
  • Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to W. Heath, 1810.
  • George Wyndham (centre) sits between A.J. Balfour, Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader (left), and to Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal Party leader (right), and points to both of them. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.
  • The President of the European Commission, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the President of the French Republic, in conspiracy; with X-rays of their bodies, representing the transparency perceived to be absent from their deliberations. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • H.H. Asquith (right) asks Arthur Balfour (centre) whether he has sent out invitations to colonial leaders; Balfour replies that he has not, but Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, enters from the left to claim his invitation. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.
  • Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
  • Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • A sick man in bed, offered a warming pan by his maid and advice by his physician; representing Lord John Russell being given a seat at Stroud by Melbourne after his defeat in South Devon, looking for support to the radical Daniel O'Connell. Lithograph, 1835.
  • Dhakate Bajirava Saheb. Coloured lithograph, 1888.
  • Against animal testing : the final countdown / The Body Shop, BUAV.
  • Against animal testing : the final countdown / The Body Shop, BUAV.
  • M0008363: Letter of thanks from William Ewart Gladstone to Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
  • Germany personified as a warrior queen, lying on her sickbed: a doctor is taking her pulse and discussing her case with colleagues. Line block, 1935.
  • A doctor examining a disgruntled patient, John Bull, who is being reassured by his master. Lithograph by Crichton, 1834.
  • Bertholde, a dwarf. Engraving by R. Page, 1821.
  • Leon Michel Gambetta on his deathbed strewn with roses. Etching with drypoint by Charles Paul Renouard, 1883.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • A fox ascends in a balloon, descends into a pit and walks off arm in arm with Lord North; representing Charles James Fox's coalition with Lord North under pressure from William Pitt the younger. Coloured etching, 1783.