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A quack and a clown on stage presenting their wares to a hostile audience; referring to various politicians reactions to the replacement of the fixed duty on corn. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1841.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 15 May 1841Reference: 13436iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
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Three despairing women, one of whom looks disapprovingly at three quack medicine vendors concocting a mixture; representing Britain's economic depletion and distress at the hands of her politicians. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 1 March 1830Reference: 12228i- Pictures
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Vignettes of Peel's first ministry. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
Date: 2 February 1835Reference: 12240i- Pictures
Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603166i- Pictures
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A large man in bed after giving birth to a mouse; referring to the Duke of Buckingham's attempt to introduce his own 'Reform Bill' which excluded disenfranchisement. Coloured lithograph by J.Doyle, 1832.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: [23 April 1832]Reference: 12237iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
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The First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Minto, is thrown overboard by Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston and Lord Duncannon during a storm. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 21 July 1838Reference: 36805iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
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King George IV with Lady Conyngham inspecting wigs on wig-stands presented by a Frenchman; representing a disagreement in the cabinet with the 'Canning-ites' over the Corn bill. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1828.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.Date: March 1828Reference: 12221i- Pictures
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Burdett, Peel, O'Connell and Wellington in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, suffocating John Bull with a rope; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by A. Sharpshooter, 1829.
Sharpshooter, A.Date: [April 1829]Reference: 663317i- Books
Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / John Wolffe.
Wolffe, John.Date: 2000- Pictures
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John Bull presented as the Chinese labourer Hoo Loo surrounded by surgeons discussing the removal of his tumor; referring to British political reform. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 2 May 1831Reference: 12234iPart of: HB Sketches- Pictures
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Queen Victoria, seated in an armchair by an open fire, day-dreaming about illustrious men of her reign. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1887.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: June 11th 1887Reference: 570431i- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1800-1882Reference: MS.7203/1-71Part of: Royal College of Surgeons