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  • A skeleton tries to separate two dogs representing the Whig and Tory parties which are fighting over a bone. Lithograph.
  • A Liberal dentist discussing politics and the merits of Gladstone to his patient (a Tory) while the latter is prevented from speaking. Wood engraving by F.H., 1892.
  • A wig-seller dressing a wig on a stand in his shop; the wig-stands bear the heads of Tory politicians. Wood engraving by W.C.W. after R. Seymour.
  • The Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of Oxford University, wearing academic robes and carrying a mace, instructs his Tory supporters portrayed as academics in gowns and mortar boards. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1834.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880; Benjamin Disraeli is playing with a puppet of Lord Dalkeith while Stafford Northcote is losing the money of the Tory exchequer; Gladstone and Rosebery in the background. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • 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.
  • At two inns on the outskirts of a village, vigorous political campaigning, comprising fighting and bribery takes place; a countryman is offered money and cards of invitation by two rival representatives of the Tory and Whig inns. Engraving by Charles Grignion after William Hogarth, 1757.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A whale with the head of the Prince Regent spouts two streams inscribed "The liquor of oblivion" and "The dew of favour", referring to his desertion of the Whigs and to favours bestowed on the Tories. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1812.
  • On a new method of managing fractures : from the address in surgery, delivered at the Twentieth Anniversary Meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, held at Oxford, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 21st and 22nd, 1852 / by James Torry Hester, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
  • The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.
  • The Marquess of Londonderry (Earl Vane) as a weather-vane; the north and south poles have been replaced by "radicalism" and "Toryism". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • A bald-headed Charles James Fox in a wig shop (a dog is attacking his shoe) being shown a wig by the perruquier; to the right Edmund Burke is eavesdropping behind a door. Etching by Wetherell, 1793.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A man rushing into a barber-surgeons' shop to inform the practitioner of the imminent need to vote. Lithograph.
  • Benjamin Disraeli as a barber called "Ben Jingo" is cutting the face of John Bull while shaving him. Engraving (?) by W. Dewane, 188-.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • A barber-surgeons shop with animals in place of humans. Engraving, c. 1730, after E. van Heemskerck.
  • Joseph Nollekens arranges a bust of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, between busts of William Pitt the younger and Charles James Fox, in a display of sculptures. Etching by J. Sayers, 1808.
  • Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, with a whip in one hand and a letter in the other, mounted on an ass with a human head. Etching with engraving, 1745.
  • A framed picture falls off a cornice marked 'National Honour'; representing dishonour for Great Britain perceived by the Whigs in the Anglo-Spanish convention on the Falkland Islands. Engraving, 1771.
  • A barber cutting a man's hair. Wood engraving and letterpress.
  • Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.
  • The Duke of Wellington holds up a puppet of Lord Brougham and pulls a string to operate his limbs. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • 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.
  • Sir Robert Peel holds a candle-snuffer inscribed "Conservatism" about to extinguish a low candle inscribed "Whiggery". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Henry Sacheverell: nine episodes in his life marked with pips allowing the episodes to act as playing cards. Wood engraving, ca. 1900 (?) after engravings.
  • Lord Melbourne and the Marquess of Normanby prepare to shoot two pheasants with the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, with Windsor Castle in the background. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.