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  • Doctors reduced to drinking in a seedy public house: representing the effect of the various Reform bills introduced by Sir James Graham. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    • Leech, John, 1817-1864.
    Reference
    15640i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • King William IV as Gilpin rides a horse past the inn at Edmonton followed by two men on galloping horses. Lithograph, 1831.

    Date
    May 13 1831
    Reference
    643107i
    • Pictures
  • King William IV leads a leap-frog procession down a hill, Lord Grey tumbles over his head knocking off his crown. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1831.

    • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
    Date
    13 April 1831
    Reference
    651324i
    Part of
    HB sketches
    • Pictures
  • John Bull defending Britain against the invasion of cholera; comparing the Reform Bill to the cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.

    Reference
    12236i
    • Pictures
  • John Bull reclines on a bank yawning as four men help themselves to the contents of his open sack. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

    • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
    Date
    1 Oct 1832
    Reference
    608220i
    • Pictures
  • 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.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date
    29 September 1809
    Reference
    26481i
    Part of
    The life of William Cobbett, - written by himself
    • Pictures
  • King William IV sits on a stool of 'repentance' turning in despair towards the prime minister, Lord Grey and Chancellor Brougham as Queen Adelaide stands behind with her fist clenched. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.

    • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
    Date
    [1832]
    Reference
    643254i
    • Pictures
  • A large man in bed after giving birth to a mouse; referring to the Duke of Buckingham's attempt to introduce his own 'Reform Bill' which excluded disenfranchisement. Coloured lithograph by J.Doyle, 1832.

    • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
    Date
    [23 April 1832]
    Reference
    12237i
    Part of
    HB Sketches
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.

    Date
    2 February 1835
    Reference
    12241i
    • Pictures
  • Two doctors - left, the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and right, H. H. Asquith - recommending different remedies to an irate patient; representing arguments surrounding the Parliament Act of 1911 and reform in the House of Lords. Pen drawing by F.C. Gould, 1911.

    • Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844-1925.
    Date
    1911
    Reference
    15747i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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.

    • Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880.
    Date
    October 15 1831
    Reference
    640525i
    • Pictures
  • A sick old woman seated between two doctors each prescribing different medication; representing Wellington's and Russell's opposing political views. Coloured etching, 1831.

    Date
    1 April 1831
    Reference
    12233i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A doctor visiting a patient who insists on self medication; representing Lord Rosebery's chairmanship of a committee advocating reform in the House of Lords. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1907.

    • Sambourne, Linley, 1844-1910.
    Date
    1907
    Reference
    15357i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Thomas Wakley shown as Orpheus with his lyre, opposing the Literary Copyright Act of 1842 on the grounds that he could write poetry according to a recipe; and British tradesmen offering shoddy coats for sale. Letterpress and wood engraving.

    Date
    1842
    Reference
    15619i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.

    • Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.
    Date
    March 1831
    Reference
    12231i
    • Pictures
  • Legacy - Parliament 2010-15 : Government response to the House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee : ninth report of session 2014-15 / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills by Command of Her Majesty.

    • Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
    Date
    2015
    • Books
  • A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.

    • Doyle, John, 1797-1868.
    Date
    23 April 1842
    Reference
    13437i
    Part of
    HB Sketches
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • John Bull being force-fed via a stomach pump, by a queue of people; representing Britain's numerous political problems. Colour photomechanical reproduction after S. Pritchard, 1913.

    • Pritchard, Stanger, active 1913.
    Date
    25 December 1913
    Reference
    15781i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    Reference
    12234i
    Part of
    HB Sketches
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    Reference
    12204i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.

    Date
    [1831/1832]
    Reference
    563564i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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, 1841-1903.
    Date
    1884
    Reference
    13791i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    Reference
    12248i
    Part of
    HB Sketches
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Pictures
  • A woman representing the Irish church is about to be drowned by rising waters (Disestablishment), as the ghost of Gladstone holding a dagger hovers above her. Wood-engraving by W.B.(?) after T.R.E., 1868.

    Date
    24 March 1868
    Reference
    643258i
    • Pictures
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