Person who holds or seeks positions in government

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George Washington on his deathbed, 1799. Coloured engraving by J. Rodgers after Chapin, 1799.

Peel about to force-feed a large tablet to John Bull in an apothecaries shop; representing England at the hands of the politicians. Lithograph by H. Heath.

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.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

Jules Grévy takes the pulse of Marshal Macmahon, who lies sick in bed with a priest and another man; they are choking from the fumes of their burning bed; Léon Gambetta emerges from behind the scenes carrying a clyster. Coloured wood engraving, 1879.

Phrenological head of Lord Ellenborough as Governor General of India 1841-1844. Lithograph, ca. 1844.

Charles James Fox, dangerously ill, visited by an entourage of interested factions; representing the social and ministerial conflict surrounding him. Aquatint after J. Gillray, 1806.

Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.

The death mask of Charles Talleyrand, the French statesman. Lithograph, c. 1860, after M. Krantz.

M0012959: Portrait of Thomas Chaloner (1559-1615)

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

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

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

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

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Politicians

Images from the collections

Images referencing Politicians

Works from the collections

M0012959: Portrait of Thomas Chaloner (1559-1615)

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

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

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

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

Politicians

Images from the collections

Images referencing Politicians

Works from the collections

M0012959: Portrait of Thomas Chaloner (1559-1615)

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

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

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

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

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