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  • People voting in the election for Chancellor of Cambridge University. Wood engraving, 1847.
  • Professors C.B. Spruyt and Van Pesch are told by Death that all knowledge comes from him; referring to the change in electoral law concerning the minimum voting age. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1893.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone runs to relieve an old woman of her burden; representing his intention to relieve Midlothian of the burden caused by fraudulent voting and land laws. Wood engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.
  • A man rushing into a barber-surgeons' shop to inform the practitioner of the imminent need to vote. Lithograph.
  • A country doctor out in his horse and trap, enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving, 1886.
  • What shall we play today? : put your hand up for your favourite activity and play the game that gets the most votes ... : teacher wallchart / Change 4 Life.
  • A figure composed of barrels batters the drooping head of a thistle; representing the forced resignation of Lord Melville following implications of malversation and the vote on Whitbread's motion. Aquatint by J. Sayer, 1805.
  • Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.
  • The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.
  • Form of proxy / Royal Institute of Chemistry.
  • Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.
  • 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.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone runs past the Earl of Dalkeith who lies on the ground amid burning faggots. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone is saluting a crowd; his opponent the Earl of Dalkeith is hiding behind a tree in order to throw faggots at him. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • The Royal Society / John D. Griffith Davies.
  • Lord John Russell addresses Sir Robert Peel on the subject of his "friend" the Marquess of Normanby. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • Count Louis-Michel Lepelletier de Saint Fargeau (1760-1793) Lithograph by H. Grévedon, 1823.
  • Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as schoolboys at a class given by Sir Robert Peel: Lord Brougham peeps from behind a door. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1841.
  • A kitchen in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn MP is rotated on a spit before a fire. Engraving, 1745.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: people are burning in a ballot box, Disraeli is kissing a Turk representing tyranny and crime, a Zulu warrior looks on, and broken puppet of Lord Dalkeith lies in the foreground. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • Against animal testing : the final countdown / The Body Shop, BUAV.
  • Against animal testing : the final countdown / The Body Shop, BUAV.
  • A man speaking to a crowd: democracy and governance in Rwanda. Lithograph, ca. 2001.
  • A crowd of Rwandans around a speaker: democracy and governance in Rwanda. Lithograph, ca. 2001.
  • A man speaking to a crowd: democracy and governance in Rwanda. Lithograph, ca. 2001.
  • Crowds of Rwandans guided by arrows to different groups watched by a speaker: democracy and governance in Rwanda. Lithograph, ca. 2001.
  • People at Rickmansworth, Herts., some in drag, gather outside at a swimmming gala. Photographic postcard, 1908.