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Images about Legislative bodies - Reform

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  • John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • A patient refusing the prescriptions of opposing doctors; referring to Russell's refusal to take any further part in electoral reform. Coloured lithograph by John Doyle, 1837.
  • John Bull defending Britain against the invasion of cholera; comparing the Reform Bill to the cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.
  • A doctor and nurse prescribing new medicines for their patient; representing Britain under a new government. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1842.
  • John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
  • Thomas Wakley shown as Orpheus with his lyre, opposing the Literary Copyright Act of 1842 on the grounds that he could write poetry according to a recipe; and British tradesmen offering shoddy coats for sale. Letterpress and wood engraving.
  • John Bull defending Britain against the invasion of cholera; comparing the Reform Bill to the cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832.
  • A sick old woman seated between two doctors each prescribing different medication; representing Wellington's and Russell's opposing political views. Coloured etching, 1831.
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United Kingdom
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Politicians
Politics, Practical
Political science
Great Britain - History - 1800-1837
Physician and patient
Physicians