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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • W.E. Gladstone and other Liberal politicians as prisoners being released from prison; relatives and friends waiting for them at the gate. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 18 December 1886.
  • British politicians playing cricket: Parnell, batting with a bat marked "treason" is bowled by The times newspaper. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 May 1887.
  • British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.
  • 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.
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • The coffin of W.E. Gladstone lying in state in Westminster Hall, attended by five men praying. Drawing by G.B. Scott after A. Kemp Tebby, 1898.
  • William Gladstone in a church, a halo around his head, holding a sword lettered "Disestablishment" behind his back. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • William Gladstone standing in a wheelbarrow. Engraving, March 1880.
  • W.E. Gladstone being kicked out by opponents of his Irish Home Rule bill after the failure of the bill on 8 June 1886. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1886.
  • Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
  • William Gladstone with Charles Bradlaugh who is splilling the content of a cup on which is written "Fruits of philosophy Bradlaugh" on to Rosebery's face; William Adam is shown behind. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
  • Gladstone dancing with Lord Rosebery, who is wearing a kilt; celebrating the Liberal victory in the British General Election of 1880 and a crown. Engraving, 1880.
  • William Marriott, member of Parliament for Brighton, as Hercules fighting a two-headed hydra with the faces of W.E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 1 March 1884.
  • W.E. Gladstone and his Liberal allies, dressed as Roman soldiers, are about to defeat the Conservatives, who throw themselves from the citadel marked "Counties". Lithograph, ca. 1880.
  • Gladstone is being confronted by J.S. Blackie regarding his foreign policy; Lord Rosebery wearing a crown and holding an umbrella in the background. Engraving, 1880.
  • C.S. Parnell riding a horse called "Home Rule" crashes into the window of a drapery shop in which Queen Victoria is buying textiles. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 2 February 1884.
  • 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.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.
  • William Ewart Gladstone. Photograph.
  • Gladstone is welcomed home by a woman who could not cope with her four children any longer, representing the parliamentary constitutency of Midlothian; Disraeli as Lord Beaconsfield ploughs a field in the background. Lithograph, ca. 1879.
  • William Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886.
  • William Gladstone, amid clouds, dressed as an angel with a sword. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • William Gladstone chasing with a stick a dog with the face of Benjamin Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.
  • An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.
  • British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • 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.