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John Arthur Roebuck. Stipple engraving by H. Robinson after G.F. Watts.

Liberal and radical politicians as ballad singers (Thomas Wakley, Charles Buller, D. W. Harvey, Joseph Hume, Lord Brougham and J.A. Roebuck) sing a song sympathetic to Canadian rebels below the window of John Bull, who proposes to drench them with the contents of the house pail. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

John Arthur Roebuck. Engraving by D.J. Pound, 1858, after J. Mayall.

J.A. Roebuck attempts to exchange a horse having the head of Lord Durham for another having the head of Lord Brougham as a stage coach waits on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

John Arthur Roebuck. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son after Ape (C. Pellegrini), 1874.

John Arthur Roebuck. Lithograph by S. Moss after J. Green, 1833.

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John Arthur Roebuck. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son after Ape (C. Pellegrini), 1874.

J.A. Roebuck attempts to exchange a horse having the head of Lord Durham for another having the head of Lord Brougham as a stage coach waits on. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

John Arthur Roebuck. Lithograph by S. Moss after J. Green, 1833.

John Arthur Roebuck. Engraving by D.J. Pound, 1858, after J. Mayall.