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57 results filtered with: Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
  • British politicians at the Derby at Epsom. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 31 May 1884.
  • Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.
  • W.E. Gladstone and other Liberal politicians as prisoners being released from prison; relatives and friends waiting for them at the gate. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 18 December 1886.
  • British politicians playing cricket: Parnell, batting with a bat marked "treason" is bowled by The times newspaper. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 May 1887.
  • British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • British politicians including W.E. Gladstone, Rosebery, Chamberlain and Earl Spencer, in the role of British soldiers in Crimea in the painting 'The roll call' by Elizabeth Thompson (Butler). Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 13 February 1886.
  • A band is tuning up in a theatre; the stage curtain is inscribed "The autumn session 1890-1". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 22 November 1890.
  • A boxer representing St. Stephen's Review has knocked out his opponent who is representing the Hansard Union. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 February 1891.
  • An American man is watching a procession that includes a German anarchist, a Russian nihilist, a Native American, an Englishman etc. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 11 April 1891.
  • W.E. Gladstone being kicked out by opponents of his Irish Home Rule bill after the failure of the bill on 8 June 1886. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1886.
  • Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.
  • 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.
  • Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.
  • William Marriott, member of Parliament for Brighton, as Hercules fighting a two-headed hydra with the faces of W.E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 1 March 1884.
  • C.S. Parnell riding a horse called "Home Rule" crashes into the window of a drapery shop in which Queen Victoria is buying textiles. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 2 February 1884.
  • C.S. Parnell and John Walter, dressed as ancient Greek warriors, are engaged in single combat under the eyes of two judges and a barrister. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 27 October 1888.
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, on horseback as a Cavalier general, is leading an army of supporters and stamping on two opponents with his horse; representing Churchill's opposition to Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 6 March 1886.
  • Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.
  • Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
  • A solicitor and a barrister throw black paint or tar at a woman sitting at the feet of a statue of Justice. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1892.
  • William Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886.
  • A priest (the Catholic church) has tied a young woman (Ireland) with a rope and is admonishing her. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, July 1891.
  • John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
  • Gadarene swine throwing themselves off a cliff into water, representing the British Liberal Party. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 April 1884.
  • A man has been knocked to the ground and is being beaten by a man wearing a long gown and a turban, the police nearby seem reluctant to intervene. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry.
  • An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.
  • A man in a boat house (C.S. Parnell) is damaging a boat representing the Liberal Party with a hammer inscribed "Manifesto". Colour lithograph attributed to Tom Merry, 21 March 1891.
  • A contrast between the housing conditions of the Irish rural poor and those of the middle-class urban population, envisaged as the result of Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 17 October 1891.
  • Sir William Harcourt in the role of Sir John Falstaff wooes Ireland in the role of one of the merry wives of Windsor. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 6 April 1889.