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The suppressed diary of the late Emperor Frederick.
Frederick, III, German Emperor, 1831-1888.Date: 1888
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The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: 1901- Pictures
Sir Francis Burdett holds up a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as he and Samuel Whitbread encourages those who are making a bonfire of statutes on the cobbles of Palace Yard; Westminster Hall is stoned and demolished by the mob beyond. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585521i- Pictures
Two men on horseback chase a couple of foxes with the heads of men as they are cheered on by a crowd behind. Etching, ca. 1790.
Date: [1790?]Reference: 614165i- Books
Al-Fārābīs̀ aphorisms of the statesman / by D.M. Dunlop.
Fārābī.Date: 1999- Ephemera
Advice to the Kentish long-tails : by the wise men of Gotham, in answer to their late sawcy petition to the parliament ... signed by the mayor, aldermen, and the Common-Council;all the inhabitants, both men and wpomen, and children, that could make their marks, at the quarter sessions holden at Gotham, in comitatu Essex, the 12th of May.
Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.Date: [1701?]
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The memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, written by his widow Lucy / edited by Harold Child.
Hutchinson, Lucy, 1620-1681Date: 1904- Pictures
Lord Bute in highland dress accompanied by Proteus as a merman pulls the string of a kite with the head of William Pitt the younger; a bull spears the cap of liberty before a crowd of gentlemen holding flags of their relevant companies. Engraving with etching, ca. 1767.
Date: [1767?]Reference: 585373i- Pictures
Charles James Fox, holding a lantern and a bundle of matches, is carried in a chair resting on two poles by two of his political supporters, the apothecary, Hall and Sam House. Engraving by W. Dent, 1783.
Dent, W., active 1793.Date: [March 31 1784]Reference: 585317i- Pictures
King William IV carries on his shoulders the chancellor Brougham who puts a bonnet rouge on the King's head and throws off the crown. Coloured engraving, 1831.
Date: May 6 1831Reference: 643099i- Pictures
The British lion with one paw cut off stands before the French cock pecking at the Union flag, while Admiral Byng points to a battle plan. Engraving, 1756.
Date: [1756]Reference: 579983i- Pictures
King William IV sits back in an armchair with one foot resting on the base of a round table as he talks to Lord Melbourne who stands before him. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1830.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: May 17 1831Reference: 651603iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
Sir Robert Walpole stands in the middle of a large room with one hand to his head, a lion to his right and Justice with her sword raised to his left. Engraving with verse below, 1742.
Date: Feb 18 1742Reference: 578711i- Pictures
Three devils dangle three men on the ends of fishing rods below a crowd of onlookers. Engraving with engraved verse below, 1748.
Date: Jan 30th 1748Reference: 579271i- Pictures
Lord Birkenhead carrying out a damning phrenological diagnosis of a bust of Bonar Law. Reproduction of drawing by L. Raven-Hill, 1922.
Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942.Date: 15 November 1922Reference: 47051i- Books
Genetic politics : from eugenics to genome / Anne Kerr and Tom Shakespeare ; with cartoons by Suzy Varty.
Kerr, Anne, 1969-Date: [2002], ©2002- Pictures
A man with the head of a pig jumps through a hoop held by a figure with the hat of Mercury and a shield as the circus master holds a ring and whip and an audience look on. Lithograph, ca. 1840/1845.
Date: [1845?]Reference: 627427i
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A memoir of Dr. James Jackson : with sketches of his father, Hon. Jonathan Jackson, and his brothers, Robert, Henry, Charles, and Patrick Tracy Jackson; and some account of their ancestry / by James Jackson Putnam, M.D.
Putnam, James Jackson, 1846-1918.Date: 1906- Pictures
A pack of hounds and a huntsman chasing a fox which has seized a goose. Etching, 1756.
Steady, Tom.Date: [1756]Reference: 579990i- Books
Human nature in politics / by Graham Wallas.
Wallas, Graham, 1858-1932.Date: 1920
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Walter Hayle Walshe, M.D. : a biographical sketch / by J. Russell Reynolds.
Reynolds, J. Russell (John Russell), Sir, 1828-1896.Date: 1893- Pictures
The Earl of Bute stands on the step of a pedestal in a large black jack-boot decorated with the star of the order of the garter in front of the British lion. Engraving with engraved text, 1762.
Date: [May 1762]Reference: 580760i- Pictures
Charles James Fox holds the right hand of Lord North who points towards Britannia who has been pushed to the ground on to her shield as the Earl of Shelburne pulls her hair and tears her clothes and William Pitt the younger looks on. Engraving, 1783.
Date: May 20 1783Reference: 585272i- Books
The politics of fluoridation : the campaign for fluoridation in the West Midlands of England / Paul Castle.
Castle, PaulDate: 1987- Pictures
Charles James Fox as Christian in 'The pilgrim's progress', sinking into the slough of despond and unable to reach the Celestial City, which is shown as a Jacobin citadel in the right background. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585520i