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Politicians

Images

  • George Washington on his deathbed, 1799. Coloured engraving by J. Rodgers after Chapin, 1799.
  • Doctor Cromm talks to a diseased prostitute; surrounded by macabre symbols of contemporary French politics. Lithograph by Félicien Rops.
  • John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.
  • 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.
  • Sadi Carnot, the president of France, lies in bed having his pulse taken. Lithograph by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893.
All images (58)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0012959: Portrait of Thomas Chaloner (1559-1615)

    | Date: April 1953 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/115/83
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Rudolf Virchow : Mediziner, Anthropologe, Politiker / Constantin Goschler.

    Goschler, Constantin. | Date: 2002
    • Books

    Defining moments : an autobiography / Marius Barnard with Simon Norval.

    Barnard, Marius. | Date: [2011], ©2011
    • Pictures

    The birthplace of William Roscoe, Liverpool, Merseyside: Mount Pleasant. Etching by R. Wallis, 1829, after S. Austin.

    Austin, Samuel, 1766-1834. | Date: 1829 | Reference: 20329i
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    | Reference: 26400i
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