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  • Behind a high wall is the bewigged figure of Lord Cottenham, below on his back, as if having fallen, is Lord Brougham. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • King William IV sits with knife and fork at the ready before a pie containing blackbirds served to him by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • John Bull being bled while lying in bed and surrounded by four women; referring to Britain being drained of resources by Peel's new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
  • The First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Minto, is thrown overboard by Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston and Lord Duncannon during a storm. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • In a room with red boxes and bundles of papers, the Duke of Wellington is busily working as more are carried in. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • The Marquess of Londonderry (Earl Vane) as a weather-vane; the north and south poles have been replaced by "radicalism" and "Toryism". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Daniel O'Connell as a baker holds a cake inscribed "Irish tithes" and "Irish corporation" towards Lord Melbourne who loads an oven. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • A large bull with the head of Sir Robert Peel gazes angrily at a dog with the head of Lord Melbourne in a manger, regarded by John Bull holding a pitch fork. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Precariously perched on the top of a tree, William IV is sleeping in a cradle, the faces of Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell and Lord Melbourne in the clouds blow vigorously. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • 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.
  • Daniel O'Connell in the character of Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge carries on his back a raven with the head of Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • As Lord Glenelg slumbers in a chair Lord Melbourne takes from his pocket the colonial seals and Lord Duncannon takes the privy seals. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Daniel O'Connell as a fat friar in merry company with Lord Melbourne the sacristan, as Lord Brougham sneaks a look from behind a door. Lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • A giant holding a crozier with a cap of liberty points menacingly to Daniel O'Connell who stands on the brink of a precipice. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • The Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of Oxford University, wearing academic robes and carrying a mace, instructs his Tory supporters portrayed as academics in gowns and mortar boards. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1834.
  • Lord Durham, the Governor-General of the British provinces in North America, sits beside E. Ellice on a ship as Turton vomits over the side. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Brougham dressed as Jaffier addresses a group of radical politicians including J.A. Roebuck, Whittle Harvey, Sir William Molesworth, Charles Buller and Joseph Hume. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Brougham, a bully, picks on Lord Melbourne while a girl in a bonnet summons an elderly woman with the face of the Duke of Wellington. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • 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.
  • Daniel O'Connell about to feed a loaf of bread to a cage full of big cats with the heads of politicians, Queen Victoria looks on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Lord Durham stands nursing his eye from a missile inscribed "act of indemnity" thrown by Lord Brougham who stands to the far right behind a tree. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • The Lord Mayor and officers of the Irish corporations are hustled through a door by conservatives Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Hardinge and Lord Stanley among others. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • 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.
  • The Duke of Wellington stands at the top of a ladder tearing down a poster while Lord Lyndhurst paints a message "bill stickers beware" with Lord Morpeth carrying a basket of bills and Lord John Russell looking on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Beneath the broken equestrian statue of William III a group of robed politicians, including the Duke of Wellington, attack with scrolls Morrison the Mayor of Dublin, who collapses. 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.
  • The Duke of Wellington rides in an open top carriage with Sir Thomas Burdett as the postillion, Lord Lyndhurst in the rumble and Lord Brougham at the rear. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Lord Melbourne and the Marquess of Normanby prepare to shoot two pheasants with the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, with Windsor Castle in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • A large dog, emerging from the water, with the head of the Duke of Wellington, and a smaller dog with the head of Lord John Russell, both tug a stick inscribed "committee Ireland", while John Bull and Daniel O'Connell, the respective owners, are waiting in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Lord John Russell, as an auctioneer with Sir Robert Peel as his clerk, auction a bundle of papers inscribed "law of libel", "trial by jury" and "bill of rights"; Daniel O'Connell, a prospective bidder, examines a paper marked "Magna Charta". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.