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Sir Francis Burdett riding to the right on horseback. Lithograph, 1838.

Date

11 June 1838

Reference

608229i

William Pitt the younger stands in the House of Commons facing the opposition benches, who are in corked and labelled bottles, as he uncorks a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan. Etching by J. Gillray.

Date

[1830]

Reference

585508i

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

Date

1 December 1813

Reference

38418i

William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.

Date

29 September 1809

Reference

26481i

Part of

The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself

Celebrations of Wellington's victory at the battle of Salamanca: Sir Francis Burdett's house is attacked, a funeral procession of Whigs passes by, and a toast is drunk to Wellington by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke, 1812.

Date

1 October 1812

Reference

38421i

A pair of inflated breeches, inside which corpulent members of Grenville's ministry sit around a table devouring loaves and fishes, are poised on an ostrich feather as several men attempt to pull down the legs while a man with a pair of shears and a tape measure sits on the 'rock of independence'. Etching by J. Gillray.

Date

[1830]

Reference

585506i

Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.

Date

1 October 1813

Reference

38481i

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

Date

Published for the Satirist July 1st. 1809

Reference

12204i

Sir Francis Burdett holds up a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as he and Samuel Whitbread encourages those who are making a bonfire of statutes on the cobbles of Palace Yard; Westminster Hall is stoned and demolished by the mob beyond. Etching by J. Gillray.

Date

[1830]

Reference

585521i

Britannia holds her shield and cap of liberty on a staff as she rushes to the edge of a cliff urged on by Wellington and five other ministers. Coloured engraving, 1820.

Date

[?1820]

Reference

603169i