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  • Dancing spectres (centre), a man and a woman arguing (left), and two women arguing over a man (right). Coloured etching.
  • William Battier and two officers of the Tenth Hussars having their heads examined by six phrenological practitioners. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1824.
  • Dressed as a parish beadle John Bull carries a bundle inscribed "letter to the Queen" to the door of Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • John Bull climbs on board a coach helped up by the Duke of Wellington with Sir Robert Peel in the driving seat. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Lord Brougham shears a mock sheep with the head of Lord Melbourne, and Sir William Molesworth combs Lord Glenelg. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • A chicken family in traditional Japanese dress entertain a rabbit in western dress: new year ornaments hang from the top left. Colour woodcut, 1870s.
  • Lord Melbourne sleeps on a chair set on a chest marked "treasury", the Duke of Wellington holds a pole inscribed "magnanimity", while Lord Brougham uses his pole inscribed "faction" as a lever. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Melbourne speaks his thoughts aloud. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • Lord Goderich shaving, and Lord Howick shoeing, a group of slaves: referring to the abolitionists. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1832.
  • Chinese woodcut, Famous medical figures: The Yellow Emperor
  • Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell are matched against the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel in a game of cards; Whigs against Tories. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of Wellington high up in a building inscribed "House of Lords" peer down at a group of politicians carrying a battering ram with the head of Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Lord Ellenborough, Lord Brougham and the Earl of Mansfield walk together arm in arm. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Daniel O'Connell receives a bear-hug from a bear with the head of Colonel Bruen. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Shiel walks past two old sailors, one with a wooden leg, who make remarks about him as Daniel O'Connell stands by wrapped in a cloak. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Durham plays the organ and J.A. Roebuck pumps the bellows while Queen Victoria and Lord Melbourne listen. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Lord Glenelg stands in the stocks and receives a hail of rubbish. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington face each other as two opposing Irish chieftains. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Dressed as a beadle Joseph Hume kicks over a basket containing oranges, the wares of the Duke of Cumberland who is dressed as a female street seller. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • J.A. Roebuck attempts to exchange a horse having the head of Lord Durham for another having the head of Lord Brougham as a stage coach waits on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • A hot-air balloon with the visage of Daniel O'Connell carrying a basket of conservative ministers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Lord John Russell addresses Sir Robert Peel on the subject of his "friend" the Marquess of Normanby. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • An operator treating Ann Ford, a society lady, with "Perkins's tractors", for her venomous tongue. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • An operator treating Ann Ford, a society lady, with "Perkins's tractors", for her venomous tongue. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A dentist strapped into his own chair being terrorized by a patient holding a buzzing drill. Process print after H.M. Bateman, 1925.
  • A woman depicted as half human and half skeleton. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • A bomb-shell with a lighted fuse beneath a column inscribed "legislative union" is surrounded by prominent Tory ministers who debate how best to deal with the danger, as Daniel O'Connell steals off. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Daniel O'Connell drives a coach containing cheering schoolboy politicians that departs from the "Victoria Establishment". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.