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  • A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • [British Red Cross Society card featuring The Queen's message following the outbreak of war in September 1939) encouraging people to volunteer their services].
  • [British Red Cross Society card featuring The Queen's message following the outbreak of war in September 1939) encouraging people to volunteer their services].
  • [British Red Cross Society card featuring The Queen's message following the outbreak of war in September 1939) encouraging people to volunteer their services].
  • [British Red Cross Society card featuring The Queen's message following the outbreak of war in September 1939) encouraging people to volunteer their services].
  • A day in the life of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in London, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A day in the life of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in London, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • William of Orange, and Mary, his English wife are presented with the English crown by the Marquis of Halifax. Line engraving by J. Parker after J. Northcote, 1790.
  • The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.
  • Conferment of degrees on the Tsar and the King of Prussia at Oxford in 1814. Coloured engraving.
  • King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1820.
  • The assumption of Queen Victoria. Photogravure, 1902, after A. Drummond, 1901.