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  • HB (John Doyle) looking at his own prints in a print-shop window. Lithograph, 184-.
  • A quack doctor offering a gouty John Bull some medicine while conventional doctors are turned away; referring to British politics. Coloured lithograph attributed to J. Doyle.
  • Sir John Campbell, Attorney General, sits with his wife, Lady Stratheden, who holds up a crown of the peerage. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Lord John Russell in fetters, as Filch, dances while Daniel O'Connell, on the left, represents Peachum and Joseph Hume, on the right, Lockitt. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Lord Brougham fishes from a boat with Charles Phillips. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • A group of politicians debate at a coroner's inquest whether Lord Melbourne's temporary resignation was equivalent to murder or to suicide. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Charles Wood sits in a swing pushed by Lord Howick between the trunks of two trees inscribed "Whig radicalism" and "Conservatism". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lord Melbourne reads Sir John Campbell's letter of resignation to members of his cabinet. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • John Bull shakes the hand of Lord Morpeth in friendly admonition, but with his back to Lord Howick. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Handcuffed Lord Durham is guarded by Lord Melbourne and the Duke of Wellington as grenadiers and Lord Melbourne as a light-infantryman. 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.
  • Daniel O'Connell and the devil attempt to saw an oak beam that unites England and Ireland. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lord Brougham applies to John Bull for the position of coachman. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • 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.
  • Prince Albert and Queen Victoria instructing their children in the alphabet; a political alphabet frames the image. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. Lithograph attributed to J. Doyle, 1829.
  • Lord John Russell, leader of the House, dressed as a shepherdess, sits crying; in the background, across from a stretch of water inscribed "Irish channel" are a flock of sheep and a ram with the head of Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
  • Lord Durham, surrounded by schoolboy politicians, is victimised in a game and jostled by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Lord Goderich shaving, and Lord Howick shoeing, a group of slaves: referring to the abolitionists. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1832.
  • 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 fist-fight between Lord Brougham and Lord Melbourne as Peachum and Lockit. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
  • Lord John Russell cuts a plaster while the Marquess of Normanby sits in a chair with an ill countenance, Daniel O'Connell nursing his head. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Liberal and radical politicians as ballad singers (Thomas Wakley, Charles Buller, D. W. Harvey, Joseph Hume, Lord Brougham and J.A. Roebuck) sing a song sympathetic to Canadian rebels below the window of John Bull, who proposes to drench them with the contents of the house pail. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • 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.
  • 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.