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Cartoon, Lord Palmerstons Unpopular Exhibition -- a satirical comment on the Foreign Secretarys activities and interests, including a Spanish Marriage, the Confiscation of Cracow
Cartoon, Manager Peel Taking His Farewell Benefit -- a satirical comment on the departure of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister
Cartoon, A Chip of the Old Block -- Sir Robert Peel introduces his eldest son (Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, 1822-1895, who became an MP the following year) to Mr Punch. Date: 1849
Cartoon, Hercules Tearing Theseus from the Rock to which he had grown -- a satirical comment on Sir Robert Peels intention to oust the Whig government under Lord Melbourne
Cartoon, Something Looms in the Future -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis speech to his constituents in Buckinghamshire
Cartoon, A Bit of Animated Nature, the Protectionist Cuckoo in the Hedge Sparrows Nest. A satirical depiction of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the cuckoo
Cartoon, The Political Chameleon -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis ability to change his partys allegiance from Protectionism to Free Trade in anticipation of an approaching General
Cartoon, The Calculating Boy Gets the Prize for Arithmetic -- satirical depiction of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer
Cartoon, The Protection Giant -- Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the Blood of an Englishman; Be he Alive, or be he Dead, I ll grind his Bones to make my Bread
Cartoon, An Easy Place -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis relatively easy job as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was adopting the financial arrangements of the previous (Liberal) government
Cartoon, A Plain Question -- Now, Sir, don t let us have any more Derby Dilly Dallying. What are your Intentions towards Miss Britannia
Cartoon, Up Goes the Quartern Loaf -- Now, Gents, Give us only a Little Encouragement -- Say a Five Shilling Duty -- and UP Goes the Quartern Loaf
Cartoon, The Game of Speculation (as performed at the Theatre Royal, St Stephen s) [ie the Houses of Parliament]. Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
Cartoon, Dressing for a Masquerade, Mr Disraeli as a Great Protectionist Leader. Disraeli had tried to help farmers by supporting the relief of agricultural distress in Parliament
Cartoon, Agriculture -- The Real Unprotected Female -- a satirical comment on the Free Trade policy, which was benefiting the country, but in which the agricultural districts had not yet taken part
Cartoon, The Parliamentary Toots -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis criticism of Lord John Russells government. Mrs Blimber (co-owner of a school)
Cartoon, The Queen, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert PeelCartoon, The Queen, Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, and Sir Robert Peel. A comment on the resignation of Peel as Prime Minister (27 June), and his replacement by Russell (three days later). 1846
Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert PeelCartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841
Rev. Patrick BellThe Reverend Patrick Bell (1799 - 1869), Church of Scotland minister and inventor of the reaping machine. Date: 1868
Rev Theobald Mathew administering Temperance PledgeThe Very Reverend Theobald Mathew administering the Temperance Pledge. 19th century
Harold Macmillan elected M. P. for StocktonHarold Macmillan (1894-1986), publisher, Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, appearing in The Illustrated London News in November 1924 after his election as M.P
Women with high-profile war connections, September 1939Series of women, closely associated with high-ranking men, photographed in uniforms shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939
Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939Sir Samuel Hoare and his wife Lady Maud Hoare walking home with their gas masks, days after his appointment as Lord Privy Seal following the outbreak of war. 1939
Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, LondonStanley Baldwin (1867-1947), British Conservative Prime Minister, standing outside 10 Downing Street, London, at the time of the General Strike of 1926. 1926
Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, 10 Downing StreetNeville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, outside 10 Downing Street, London. circa late 1930s
Vice-Admiral Kato Tomosaburo of Japan (1861-1923), Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese First Fleet, cabinet minister, and later 12th Prime Minister of Japan. Date: circa 1913-1914
General Louis Botha of South AfricaGeneral Louis Botha (1862-1919) of South Africa, politician and Prime Minister. Date: circa 1913-1914
Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politicianRobert Laird Borden (1854-1937), Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada. Date: circa 1913-1914
Herbert Henry Asquith, British politicianHerbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), British Liberal politician and Prime Minister. circa 1913-1914
Winston Churchill, British politicianWinston Churchill (1874-1965), British politician, army officer and writer. Date: circa 1913-1914
Bronze statue of Camillus or Minister of Sacrifice. Copperplate engraving by Bossi after an illustration by G. Bossi from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum)
Jacqueline de la Grange in escoffion and armorial robeJacqueline de la Grange, wife of Jean de Montagu, Grand Minister of France under Charles VI. She wears an escoffion hat with veil
Costumes of the Berber officials of Tunisia, 1828. The Bey of Tunis in mufti 1, Salekat or grand head of the government 2, minister in a thick leather kaftan 3, Seus Botartur 4
Burmese court officials to the Emperor. Chief minister and counsellor (Woongee, Woondock) at left, privy counsellor and first secretary (Attawoon and Sere Dogee) and rhahaan or priest with fan
Sedan chair of the Prime Minister, Qing Dynasty ChinaSedan chair of the Prime Minister, Grand Colao, Qing Dynasty China, late 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste
French minister of state, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)
Guillaume Juvenal des Ursins, Justice MinisterGuillaume Juvenal des Ursins, chancelier de France, Justice Minister of France 1400-1472. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a painting by Jean Fouquet n Roger de Gaignieres portfolio
Minister fanning sacred flame with flabellumFestival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums
Bacchic rites of ThalysiaTwo ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl). Perhaps the festival of Thalysia
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Heston AerodromePrime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome, returning from the Munich Conference, 30 September 1938, on a Lockheed Super Electra aircraft. 1938
Neville Chamberlain, PM, outside 10 Downing StreetNeville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, outside 10 Downing Street, London. circa late 1930s
Outbreak of WWII - crowds outside Downing StreetA large crowd gathered outside 10 Downing Street at 11 o clock on 3 September 1939, at the time the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain was broadcasting the announcement of war. Date: 1939
Herbert Henry Asquith, Liberal Party politicianHerbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), Liberal Party politician, British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. 1906
Von Hindenburgh and Gessler, GermanyThe German President, Field-Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, and Minister of Defence, Otto Gessler, at an event in Germany. 1925
Rev Peter Thompson, Wesleyan MethodistRev Peter Thompson (1847-1909), Wesleyan Methodist, East London Mission. Date: circa 1908
Roger Williams Building his Own HomeRoger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, early abolitionist, and Puritan minister, stands looking out at the landscape, holding an axe, a partially constructed log house behind him
Handwritten address on a letter with red sealing waxHandwritten address on a letter to the 3rd Earl of Portsmouth (John Wallop, 1767-1853), 61 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, from Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Prime Minister
Gorton in Court in MassachusettsSamuel Gorton stands in front of the judge in a courtroom in Massachusetts, hand raised as he looks to the judge, the rest of the court room facing him as they examine his dispute with the minister