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  • The Duke of Wellington admires a portrait of Lord Ellenborough painted by Lord Brougham, two figures including Lord John Russell stand in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • A mock escutcheon for a united, British republican college of health practitioners; representing British debate over the French Revolution. Coloured etching, 1798.
  • A mock escutcheon for a united, British republican college of health practitioners; representing British debate over the French Revolution. Coloured etching, 1798.
  • George Grenville, Lord Bute and the Duke of Bedford dance on the tombstone of the Duke of Cumberland to the tune of the devil playing the bagpipes. Etching, 1765.
  • Four groups of figures in conversation. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, ca. 1800.
  • Four groups of figures in conversation. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, ca. 1800.
  • A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
  • 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.
  • An elephant running wild with Lord Auckland in its trunk. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.
  • A sick old woman seated between two doctors each prescribing different medication; representing Wellington's and Russell's opposing political views. Coloured etching, 1831.
  • Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
  • Princes and statesmen: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
  • Sir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions to the Plan of Reform which disenfranchised sixty boroughs. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • A quack and a clown on stage presenting their wares to a hostile audience; referring to various politicians reactions to the replacement of the fixed duty on corn. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1841.
  • John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • A girl is held by her mother as another woman pierces her ear for an earring. Engraving after D. Wilkie, 1835.
  • The funeral ceremony of Charles Darwin at Westminster Abbey, 26 April 1882. Wood engraving.
  • Daniel O'Connell drives a coach containing cheering schoolboy politicians that departs from the "Victoria Establishment". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • Bedford hospital: view of grounds. Lithograph after J. Sunman Austin, 1850.
  • Lord Glenelg stands in the stocks and receives a hail of rubbish. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Queen Victoria, seated in an armchair by an open fire, day-dreaming about illustrious men of her reign. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1887.
  • 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.