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Politics, Practical

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  • 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.
  • Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington face each other as two opposing Irish chieftains. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
  • Daniel O'Connell plays chess with Lord Melbourne while Britannia watches. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1837.
  • A barber reading political news from a newspaper to his client; in the background another man listens too. Mezzotint after T. Clater (?).
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Catalogue

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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: [January 1771] | Reference: 584088i
    • Pictures

    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.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: [1830] | Reference: 585509i
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    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
    • Books

    Reappraising J.A. Hobson : humanism and welfare / edited by Michael Freeden.

    | Date: 1990
    • Pictures

    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
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