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  • Two Jack-in-the-box boxes: one opened, showing Jack as the late Lord Randolph Churchill; the other closed, representing the National show secretary. Drawing by E. Fairhurst, 1896.
  • Seamen Orphan Institution, Liverpool, Merseyside: Lord Derby laying the first stone. Wood engraving.
  • One horned sheep drinking from a stream as another eats from an oak tree. Etching by H. Winstanley after G. B. Castiglione.
  • The infant Christ on the Virgin's lap presenting Saint Francis of Assisi with some flowers. Etching by H. Winstanley, 1729, after C. Maratta.
  • The infant Christ on the Virgin's lap presenting Saint Francis of Assisi with some flowers. Etching by H. Winstanley, 1729, after C. Maratta.
  • An elephant running wild with Lord Auckland in its trunk. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Liverpool Southern Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside. Tinted lithograph, 1867, after Culshaw and Sumners.
  • A man being restrained in a chair while a doctor and nurse prepare to give him some medicine; referring to English politicians' feelings towards Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1833.
  • 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.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • Adam and Eve expelled from Eden by an angel. Etching by H. Winstanley after G. Reni, 1728.
  • A game of cricket with Lord Morpeth and Lord John Russell as the two batsmen. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.
  • A carriage representing "Radicalism" is being ransacked by a group of highwaymen, one of whom is wearing a shirt on which is written "Revolution". Lithograph after W. Morgan, 12 September 1885.
  • Sheridan presented as Francisco Pizarro presented as a physician; representing his loyalty to the British Crown against the Franch Revolution and Bonaparte. Coloured aquatint, 1799.
  • Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • An ill marsupial creature with a human head and long tail is seated in a chair being treated by two nurses; representing Daniel O'Connell's role in the County Carlow election of 1835. Coloured lithograph by R. Seymour, 1835.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.