87 results filtered with: Politics, Practical
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In the House of Commons, James Scarlett on the left makes violent gestures towards Joseph Hume on the right, with the Speaker between them. Etching by T. H. Jones, 1830.
Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828.Date: 1830Reference: 603172i- Books
The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra / R.P. Kangle.
Kauṭalya.Date: 1986- Pictures
A man shows a boy a peep hole through which he sees a series of 12 scenes of political activity. Engraving, 1779.
Date: 1 July 1779Reference: 585042i
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A history of England in the eighteenth century / William Edward Hartpole Lecky.
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838-1903.Date: 1879-1890- Pictures
King William IV and Lord Grey inspect a race-horse with the head of Lord Althorp in a paddock. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 1 March 1831Reference: 651321i- Pictures
A hustings in which a man stands on a flimsy platform beside a sloping gangway up which spectators (voters) are thronging to his booth as figures stand in the distance on a rival booth. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 1831Reference: 627433i- Pictures
An episode in Paradise Lost featuring William Pitt as Death and Lord Thurlow as Satan, separated by the Queen, who attempts to protect Pitt. Etching by J. Gillray, 1830.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585517i- Pictures
Lord Grey offers a lamp from a box slung round his neck to John Bull who holds up his own old lamp looking over his shoulder to Peel. Lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: March 8 1831Reference: 651327iPart of: HB sketches
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The diary of Samuel Pepys / completely transcribed by Mynors Bright, from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, with Lord Braybrooke's notes ; edited, with additions, by Henry B. Wheatley.
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.Date: 1899
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Mankind in the making / by H. G. Wells.
Date: 1903- Pictures
Three figures celebrate the actions of Admiral Keppel against the French on a precipice off which fall Sir Hugh Palliser who is pulled down by the rope of an old hag and the fire breath of the devil. Etching, ca. 1779.
Date: [1779]Reference: 585015i- Pictures
Two scenes: above, four sovereigns are seated at a table looking at a map; below, another group of men sit in discussion as King George III appears in the doorway beyond in despair. Engraving, 1769.
Date: [April 16 1769]Reference: 582590i