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Free trade

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International trade

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Images about Free trade

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  • A healthy horse, representing the healthy effects of free trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir E. Landseer.
  • Free trade represented as a woman: the left half is a skeleton being cursed by unemployed and starving British workers; the right half is a beautiful young woman who is giving gold to importers of foreign goods. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 November 1886.

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    A healthy horse, representing the healthy effects of free trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir E. Landseer.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: Between 1800 and 1899 | Reference: 42427i
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    A short-legged dog with the head of Sir Robert Peel stands with its paws on a roller which winds a chain to work an invisible spit. Etching with border by William Heath, 1829.

    Heath, William, 1795-1840. | Date: Nov 16 1829 | Reference: 603171i
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    Free trade represented as a woman: the left half is a skeleton being cursed by unemployed and starving British workers; the right half is a beautiful young woman who is giving gold to importers of foreign goods. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 November 1886.

    Merry, Tom, 1852-1902. | Date: 21 November 1885 | Reference: 565092i

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