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A man standing on a bank holds a large union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

Date

[1 June 1771]

Reference

584088i

William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.

Date

[1830]

Reference

585509i

Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.

Date

[1762]

Reference

40975i

A procession of officials of the city of London approach the entrance to St James's Palace to present to King George III the petition of the Livery of London. Engraving, 1769.

Date

[July 5 1769]

Reference

584090i

Queen Anne.

Date

1906

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

Sketches of the colony of Sierra Leone and its inhabitants / by Robert Clarke.

Date

1863

A colossal William Pitt hovers over the city of London mounted on stilts labelled 'sedition' and 'pension', while leaning on a crutch marked 'popularity' that rests on the Royal Exchange, with a view of New York to the left. Etching, with etched verse within the plate, 1766.

Date

(1766)

Reference

584677i

The life of Sir William Petty, 1623-1687 : one of the first Fellows of the Royal Society, sometime secretary to Henry Cromwell, maker of the 'Down Survey' of Ireland, author of 'Political Arithmetic' &c. : chiefly derived from private documents hitherto unpublished / by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice.

Date

1895

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.

Date

13 April 1831

Reference

651324i

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Admiral Byng and a group of men in discussion around a table with Henry Fox as a fox who holds a balance with numerous names in one paw and a weight in the other. Engraving, 1756.

Date

[26 July 1756]

Reference

579974i

The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion / by Jonathan Haidt.

Date

[2012]

Reflections on the present crisis of publick affairs, with an enquiry into the causes and remedies of the existing clamours, and alleged grievances, of the country, as connected with population, subsistence, wages of labourers, education, most respectfully submitted to both houses of Parliament, on occasion of their assembling on the 18th of April, 1831, for the further consideration of the question of reform / by Sir Gilbert Blane.

Date

1831

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

Date

1 Oct 1832

Reference

608220i

Daniel O'Connell as a farmer tips Joseph Hume out of a wheelbarrow on to a rubbish heap. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.

Date

22 October 1836

Reference

36635i

Part of

HB sketches

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

Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

Date

1873

Reference

603166i

Lord Brougham sits on the woolsack in the Lords wearing a barrister's wig as four politicians stand around inspecting him. Lithograph by John Doyle, 1830.

Date

Dec 31 1830

Reference

651320i

The submission of four petitions against the Convention of Cintra. Etching by J. Gillray.

Date

[1830]

Reference

585548i

L'action politique de Calvin hors de Geneve d'apres sa correspondance / par Francis de Crue.

Date

1909

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

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.

Date

[1832]

Reference

643254i

Nītisāraḥ K̄âmandakīyaḥ : Śaṅkarāyakr̥tayā Jayamaṅgalākhyayā vyākhyayā sametaḥ ... Ta. Gaṇapatiśāstriṇā saṃśodhitaḥ.

Date

1912

Science, politics and the public : communicating the issues : second symposium of parliamentarians and scientists / edited by Paul T. Hough.

Date

[1988]

La vie et les oeuvres de Nicolas Chambon de Montaux (1748-1826) : aperçu sur la vie et les idées médicales au temps de la Révolution / par le Docteur Joseph Génévrier.

Date

1906