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  • William Ewart Gladstone. Photograph.
  • M0008363: Letter of thanks from William Ewart Gladstone to Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
  • M0008363: Letter of thanks from William Ewart Gladstone to Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
  • William Gladstone standing in a wheelbarrow. Engraving, March 1880.
  • In a dormitory, a man is trying to get into a bed already occupied by W.E. Gladstone and another man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 February 1891.
  • W.E. Gladstone in the character of Mr Pecksniff gestures away a persistent newspaper seller (C.S. Parnell?). Colour lithograph by Tom Merry after himself, 17 March 1888.
  • William Gladstone, amid clouds, dressed as an angel with a sword. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • A steeplechase race: Gladstone's horse "Tynecastle" refuses to jump a fence and is led by the horse "Auldhouse". Lithograph, ca. 1880.
  • A pair of spectacles: left, a policeman pierces W.E. Gladstone's hat with his sword; right, a man is about to throw a stone at a policeman. Drawing by G. Hutchinson, ca. 1890.
  • William Gladstone in a church, a halo around his head, holding a sword lettered "Disestablishment" behind his back. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • William Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886.
  • William Gladstone chasing with a stick a dog with the face of Benjamin Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.
  • William Gladstone as a clown. Lithograph by "Karl Goethe", ca. 1880.
  • Supporters of W.E. Gladstone, wearing 16th century armour, are being led to the Tower of London for imprisonment. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 9 April 1887.
  • A countess's dress is inscribed with "Radicalism" and her lawyer (W.E. Gladstone) is pointing at a screen on which is written "verbosity, deception, lies". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.
  • Three politicians accused of treason being evicted by the police. Colour lithograph by T. Merry after himself, 8 March 1890.
  • Politicians in the smoking room of the House of Commons; representing the second reading on 24 October of the New Bill for the Representantion of the People of the United Kingdom? Chromolithograph by G. Pipeshank, 1884.
  • William Gladstone as a physician taking the pulse of a man ill with influenza (flu), and giving his diagnosis to the patient's friend (another politician); representing a case of excessive political interference by railway financiers. Lithograph attributed to Sam. B., ca. 1870.
  • William E. Gladstone in a church, in front of an altar, dressed as Richard III. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • W.E. Gladstone represented as Samson destroying the pillars of the British Constitution by abolition of the House of Lords. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 October 1891.
  • Nine men in a public bath; representing the Liberals' rejection of doubts about Home rule for Ireland. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1886.
  • Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880.
  • Pages in a book; left, a Liberal page illustrated with a happy child, a cornucopia and a medallion of Gladstone; right, a Tory page illustrated with an unhappy child and a serpent depicted with the face of Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.
  • Pancakes.
  • Pancakes.
  • The coffin of W.E. Gladstone lying in state in Westminster Hall, attended by five men praying. Drawing by G.B. Scott after A. Kemp Tebby, 1898.
  • Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
  • Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.
  • Lord Rosebery as a racehorse-owner conversing with his trainer (William Patrick Adam) about the prospects of a horse ridden by Gladstone, dressed as a jockey. Engraving after L. Sambourne, ca. 1880.