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John Bull about to be bled by three doctors; representing Britain's budget manipulated by the cabinet. Coloured etching by J. Phillips?, 1830.
Phillips, John, active 1829.Date: 8 March 1830Reference: 12227i- 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- Pictures
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An elephant running wild with Lord Auckland in its trunk. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868Date: February 1843Reference: 37124iPart of: HB sketches- Pictures
King William IV dressed as a sailor dances in the centre of a semicircle of ministers who have black bodies and are partially draped. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1830.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: 19 July 1830Reference: 608213i- Pictures
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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- Archives and manuscripts
Knighton, Sir William (1776-1836)
Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836.Date: 1814-1830Reference: MS.8899- 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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Sir Charles Wetherell collapsed in a chair surrounded by both smiling and weeping fellow politicians; referring to reactions to the Plan of Reform which disenfranchised sixty boroughs. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 7 March 1831Reference: 12229iPart of: HB Sketches- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence received by the College
Date: 1800-1882Reference: MS.7203/1-71Part of: Royal College of Surgeons- Archives and manuscripts
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), chemist
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.Date: 1801-1828Reference: MS.8504