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A foolish man kissing a ribbon and surrounded by sentimental keepsakes; representing the Duke of Cumberland's love for Mrs. Powell. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1804.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 16 Aug[ust] 1804Reference: 12198i- Pictures
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Sophia Electress of Hanover, mother of King George I; in a garden, holding a fan. Engraving after R.B., ca. 1690.
Date: [1690?]Reference: 570737i- Pictures
The British lion is tormented by apes wearing coronets sitting on its back, prodding it, cutting off its tail and pulling it by a hook through the nose; representing Great Britain losing the Second Reform Bill in 1831 owing to the opposition of the House of Lords. Lithograph, 1831.
Date: October 15 1831Reference: 640525i- Books
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I. Reasons for addressing His Majesty to invite into England their Highnesses, the Electress Dowager and the Electoral Prince of Hanover. And likewise, II. Reasons for attainting and abjuring the pretended Prince of Wales, and all others pretending any Claim, Right, or Title from the late King James and Queen Mary. With Arguments for making a vigorous War against France.
Toland, John, 1670-1722.Date: M.DCC.II. [1702]- Books
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A letter from Her Royal Highness, the Princess Sophia, Electress of Brunswic and Luneburg, to ... the Archbishop of Canterbury. With another from Hannover, written by Sir Rowland Gwynne to the ... Earl of Stamford.
Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714.Date: 1706]- Pictures
John Bull stares with interest as a bearded magician pulls aside a curtain to show a mirror in which the princess Victoria wearing a crown is being pulled by the arms. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1830.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: June 8 1830Reference: 603499iPart of: HB sketches- Books
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A review of Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia's letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and that of Sir Rowland Gwynne to the Right Honourable the Earl of Stamford: or, a Jacobite plot against the protestant succession discover'd: Occasion'd by a Scurrilous and Factious Lib 1, lately Printed against the most Serene House of Hannover. With invincible Reasons for an humble Adress to her most Sacred Majesty to invite over the Presumprive Heir of the Crown, by that Means infallibly to secure the Protestant Succession, and in that our Laws, Religion and Constitution against the Power and Intrigues of the French King, in conjunction with he Jacobites, and others of this Nation.
Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.Date: [1706?]- Pictures
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Dressed as a beadle Joseph Hume kicks over a basket containing oranges, the wares of the Duke of Cumberland who is dressed as a female street seller. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 1836Reference: 36398iPart of: HB sketches- Books
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A manifesto, asserting and clearing the legal right of the Princess Sophia, and her issue, the serene House of Hanover, to the succession of Scotland.
Date: 1704- Books
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A manifesto, asserting and clearing the legal right of the Princess Sophia, and her issue, the serene House of Hanover, to the succession of Scotland.
Date: 1704- Pictures
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John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
Date: [1831/1832]Reference: 563564i- Books
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Three letters sent, two from Her Most Gracious Majesty, Viz. One to the Princess Sophia, The other to the Duke of Cambridge, And One from the Lord High Treasurer to the Duke of Cambridge; Relating to his Coming over to England.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.Date: [1714]- Books
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Three letters sent, two from Her Most Gracious Majesty, viz. one to the Princess Sophia, the other to the Duke of Cambridge; and one from the Lord High Treasurer to the Duke of Cambridge; relating to his coming over to England.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.Date: [1714]- Pictures
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A wig-seller dressing a wig on a stand in his shop; the wig-stands bear the heads of Tory politicians. Wood engraving by W.C.W. after R. Seymour.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1831Reference: 31578i- 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