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Lord Melbourne sleeps on a chair set on a chest marked "treasury", the Duke of Wellington holds a pole inscribed "magnanimity", while Lord Brougham uses his pole inscribed "faction" as a lever. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 19 November 1838

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A group of politicians debate at a coroner's inquest whether Lord Melbourne's temporary resignation was equivalent to murder or to suicide. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 1 May 1839

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British politicians gambling at Ascot. Lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 June 1884.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 14 June 1884

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British politicians at the Derby at Epsom. Lithograph by Tom Merry,31 May 1884.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 31 May 1884

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Louis XIV in bed surrounded by physicians (politicians) of all nations. Etching by P.B., c. 1689.

Romeyn de Hooghe

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Louis XIV in bed surrounded by physicians (politicians) of all nations. Etching by P.B., c. 1689.

Romeyn de Hooghe

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Politicians of the Parti National with stomach disorders and haemorrhoids. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.

Pépin, 1842-

Date: 7 April 1889

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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]

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Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 5 December 1885

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Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars; trees in the background. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1902.

Boyd, A. S. 1854-1930.

Date: [1902?]

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British politicians playing cricket with a bat on which is inscribed "treason". Lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 May 1887.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 14 May 1887

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Gladstone and three other politicians involved in Irish politics as Christmas drinking companions. Lithograph by Tom Merry, 24 December 1887.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 24 December 1887

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A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.

Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860.

Date: [1 December 1812]

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A man with influenza, taken in hand by a doctor, surrounded by dancing politicians. Wood engraving by Pépin (E. Guillaumin), 1889.

Pépin, 1842-

Date: 12 January 1890

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Samuel Whitbread. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, c. 1815, with letterpress.

Holl, William, 1771-1838.

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Daniel O'Connell drives a coach containing cheering schoolboy politicians that departs from the "Victoria Establishment". Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1840.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 11 August 1840

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John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

Date: 1 December 1813

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Lord Durham, surrounded by schoolboy politicians, is victimised in a game and jostled by Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 31 December 1838

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A group of politicians around a table examining witnesses and jumbled exhibits; representing the Green Bag Committee. Coloured etching by L. Marks, 1817.

Marks, Lewis, active 1817-1824.

Date: 27 February 1817

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The ministry of Spencer Perceval defending their government, represented as a citadel, against attack by Opposition politicians. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1811.

De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.

Date: 1 March 1811

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Queen Victoria, seated in an armchair by an open fire; heads of various British politicians above her. Lithograph by Tom Merry, 11 June 1887.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 11 June 1887

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Philibert Orry. Engraving by B. Lepicié after H. Rigaud, 1737.

Rigaud, Hyacinthe, 1659-1743.

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The James M. Patton Leper Village, Chiengmai Leper Asylum, Thailand: Thai royalty and politicians stand at the entrance with asylum doctors; patients are seated. Photograph, 1921.

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A large group of British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Barker, Thomas Jones, 1813-1882.

Date: 10 August 1863

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A fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured etching by J. Gillray after J. Sneyd, 1803.

Sneyd, John.

Date: 14 March 1803

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A decrepit old man is told by his friend that he is ripe for a position in the government. Lithograph by J-R. Draner.

Draner, Jules-Renard, 1833-

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Pontius Pilate prepares to kill himself in remorse. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.

Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.

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A woman being stabbed while the blood pouring from her wounds is drunk by a group of men; representing Britannia's resources being drained by politicians. Engraving, 1768.

Date: [10 May 1768]

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Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.

Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.

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An alchemist using bellows on a small furnace to heat a concoction he is creating; representing the effect of politicians on Britain. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd.

Boyd, A. S. 1854-1930.

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A wig-seller dressing a wig on a stand in his shop; the stands all bear the heads of whig politicians. Wood engraving by W.C.W after R. Seymour.

Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.

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A naked woman representing Truth is defended by Lord Holland against attack by politicians abusing a government privilege in libel cases. Coloured etching by Samuel De Wilde, 1811.

De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.

Date: 1 April 1811

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John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; satirizing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by CJG, 1831.

C.J. G.

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Lord Brougham dressed as Jaffier addresses a group of radical politicians including Roebuck, Whittle Harvey, Sir William Molesworth, Charles Buller and Joseph Hume. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 10 January 1838

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Victorian politicians sympathetic to Irish Home Rule in the guise of Guy Fawkes and his conspirators breaking into the undercroft of the House of Lords. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1887.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: Oct.r 29th 1887 [29 October 1887]

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George Washington on his deathbed, 1799. Coloured engraving by J. Rodgers after Chapin, 1799.

Chapin, active 1799.

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A humorous comparison between the obese Daniel Lambert and Charles James Fox, the politician. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.

Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.

Date: 7 April 1806

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George Washington on his deathbed. Coloured wood engraving.

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A man being restrained in a chair while a doctor and nurse prepare to give him some medicine; referring to English politicians' feelings towards Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1833.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 23 February 1833

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Daniel O'Connell about to feed a loaf of bread to a cage full of big cats with the heads of politicians, Queen Victoria looks on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 12 February 1839

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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 1831

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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 1830

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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 1841

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Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901.

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Politicians in the smoking room of the House of Commons; representing the second reading on 24 October of the New Bill for the Representantion of the People of the United Kingdom? Chromolithograph by G. Pipeshank, 1884.

Wallace, John, -1903.

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Beneath the broken equestrian statue of William III a group of robed politicians, including the Duke of Wellington, attack with scrolls Morrison the Mayor of Dublin, who collapses. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 29 April 1836

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Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.

Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

Date: 2 May 1803

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Nine men in a public bath; representing the Liberals' rejection of doubts about Home rule for Ireland. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1886, after himself.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 20 November 1886

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Men attempt to quell the flames of the House of Commons with water piped from fire engines and a rocket attached to a man's back inscribed 'war'. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

Grant, C. J. active 1830-1852.

Date: Oct 27 1834 :

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Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of Wellington high up in a building inscribed "House of Lords" peer down at a group of politicians carrying a battering ram with the head of Daniel O'Connell. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 6 June 1836

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Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

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An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

Eugène-Francois-Marie-Joseph Devéria

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A troupe of quack medicine vendors crying up their wares, representing Opposition politicians advertising their policies to the Prince Regent, but he, represented as a horse ridden by R.C. Wellesley, gallops away from them. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after "Nathaniel NoParty", 1812.

NoParty, Nathaniel, active 1812.

Date: 1 Feb[r]u[a]ry 1812

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An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

Eugène-Francois-Marie-Joseph Devéria

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A doctor giving a woman some medicine in front of a group of disagreeing men; representing Dr. Musgrave's attempt to bring charges against a group of politicians who had allegedly taken bribes from the French to complete the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Etching, 1769.

Date: [12 August 1769]

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Henry Brougham wearing wig and gown and holding spectacles in his hand at his desk with papers for 'Reform'. Aquatint silhouette by J. Bruce.

Bruce, John.

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A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938

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A half naked woman held by two men, one of whom is peering up her skirt, while another forcibly pours the contents of a teapot down her throat which she spits back into his face: representing America being punished by British politicians with the Boston Port Bill. Engraving, 1774.

Date: [1 May 1774]

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The rulers of Europe as doctors prescribing remedies for Empress Maria Theresa. Etching and letterpress, 1742.

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The Dutch minister Bergansius and Hendrik Pieter Tindal visit an influenza hospital populated with representations of the countries of Europe; Bergansius points to the Dutch representative, attempting to persuade the apocalyptic Tindal that all is indeed well. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1889.

Braakensiek, Joh. 1858-1940.

Date: 22 December 1889

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The gouty George IV using tongs to pass his discarded wig to Wellington; representing the Duke's appointment to office as First Lord of the Treasury. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.

Heath, William, 1795-1840.

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The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz.

Krantz, Moritz, 1812-1869.

Date: [c. 1860]

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Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.

van Geldorp, active 1901.

Date: 28 June 1901

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Doctor Cromm talks to a diseased prostitute; surrounded by macabre symbols of contemporary French politics. Lithograph by Félicien Rops.

Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898.

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Swearing to the cutting monster - or a scene in Bow Street.

Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

Date: 20 May 1790

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Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.

Follit, J.

Date: [1844?]

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A decrepit Louis-Philippe is made ready for an enema by François Guizot; symbolising Guizot's domination of the French government towards the end of the July monarchy. Lithograph by J.E. Deshayes, c. 1848.

Deshayes, Jean-Eleazar, -1848.

Date: c. 1848

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Lord Goderich shaving, and Lord Howick shoeing, a group of slaves: referring to the abolitionists. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1832.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 28th June 1832

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Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

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A patient refusing the prescriptions of opposing doctors; referring to Russell's refusal to take any further part in electoral reform. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1837.

Doyle, John, 1797-1868.

Date: 12 December 1837

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Six men of William III's reign in England. Engraving.

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Caricature: John Bull in Apothecaries shop

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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 1830

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Thomas Dromgoole speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin; represented as Doctor Drum "letting the cat out of the bag". Coloured etching, 1813.

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Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.

Heath, William, 1795-1840.

Date: April 1829

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Wellington and Peel in the roles of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; representing the extinguishing by Wellington and Peel of the Constitution of 1688 by Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching after W. Heath, 1829.

Heath, William, 1795-1840.

Date: March 1829

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Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Date: 24 May 1890

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A sick man in bed, offered a warming pan by his maid and advice by his physician; representing Lord John Russell being given a seat at Stroud by Melbourne after his defeat in South Devon, looking for support to the radical Daniel O'Connell. Lithograph, 1835.

Date: 1 June 1835

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Wellington and Peel compared with the Siamese twins (above); a rich bishop and a poor parson; and a street vendor of figurines. Etching by W. Heath, 1830.

Heath, William, 1795-1840.

Date: 1 January 1830

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A deerhound and a terrier with human heads in domestic settings. Caricature of a painting by E. H. Landseer. Chalk lithograph.

Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873.

Date: 1835

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Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.

Date: 22 February 1879

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A frightened and dishevelled woman...

John. Sneyd

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Lady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren after Hamilton, 1802.

Hamilton.

Date: 11 December 1802

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The wedding of Lady Lucy Stanhope to Thomas Taylor, a surgeon-apothecary: the bride is given away by her father Earl Stanhope, while Fox and Sheridan officiate. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

Date: 4 March 1796

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Theo Heemskerk as an alchemist trying in vain to distill a report from members of a commission set up to reform the constitution of the Netherlands. Line block after J. Braakensiek, 1912.

Braakensiek, Joh. 1858-1940.

Date: 9 June 1912

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Three men in uniform with swords take their morning walk: Cambacérès, d'Aigrefeuille and La Vieuville. Coloured engraving, ca. 1815.

Date: [ca. 1815]

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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 1831

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King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1820.

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.

Date: September 1820

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Sheridan presented as Francisco Pizarro presented as a physician; representing his loyalty to the British Crown against the Franch Revolution and Bonaparte. Coloured aquatint, 1799.

Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819.

Date: 8 July 1799

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A French hair-dresser (his nationality indicated by his bag-wig and ruffles) applying tongs to the hair of his seated customer, a bespectacled politician, who appears alarmed at a paper he is reading. Engraving after S.H. Grimm.

Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733-1794.

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The young foppish politician Charles James Fox having his hair dressed; represented by a fox with pages from the Magna Charta as curl-papers. Engraving, 1771.

Date: published as the Act directs June 9 1771

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Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, with a whip in one hand and a letter in the other, mounted on an ass with a human head. Etching with engraving, 1745.

Date: [March 1745]

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A patient asking her doctor his political leanings, he retorts that it varies - depending on who he is treating. Wood engraving after A.T. Smith.

Smith, Albert Talbot, 1877-

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A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.

Date: Aug. 6, 1789

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A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.

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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]

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King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.

Date: [1770]

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Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.

Gillray, James, 1756-1815.

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John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.

De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832.

Date: Published for the Satirist July 1st. 1809

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Portrait, Sir John Sinclair, politician & writer

H Macbeth Raeburn

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