Central image with title at top and caption below. Campbell-Bannerman and a small party of thuggish men stand by a street corner. One man is dressed in a fur hat and ragged clothes (Alien), another is a stereotypical Irishman with a club (Home Rule). Bannerman offers the services of his respectable party to accompany John Bull and a well-dressed lady representing the colonies down the street. Artist: E Huskinson Printer: McCorquodale and Co Ltd Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
John Bull reaches out to lay his hand in a benedictory fashion upon the shoulder of a reluctant but noble-looking Balfour. Artist: Unknown Printer: McCorquodale and Co Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Cartoon showing John Bull shaking hands with a Japanese soldier, against the Union Flag and Japanese flag, with a packet marked Alliance at their feet. Text banner top and bottom. Artist: E Huskinson Printer: Hill, Sifken and Co. Publisher: Conservative Central Office Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Cartoon of Balfour holding a plate in front of him with a small loaf of bread on it. Text banner at top and caption at bottom. Liberal poster protesting against a proposed tax on food. Artist: F.B Printer: Avenue Press Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Full colour lithograph showing Balfour up a ladder in a flat cap and Chamberlain pasting a sign reading Beware of Home Rule over the top of Liberal posters criticising their taxation policies. Artist: F.C.G [Francis Carruthers Gould] Printer: Avenue Press Ltd Publisher: Liberal Publications Department Place of Production Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Instructions on ordering single letter posters to be hung to form slogans such as Socialism Denies Liberty and Tariff Reform Means More Work, produced by the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations. Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
British politicians forced to forced to endure the stink of Campbell-Bannerman's cigar of Irish Home Rule. Stylish image in three colours and black on white paper, produced for the Conservative/Unionist Party. Artist: R. Troussel Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Cartoon based on the Radical 'Infamous Poster', showing John Redmond herding a chain gang of politicians including Campbell-Bannerman and Asquith, towards the Home Rule Compound. The caption at the bottom of the poster exhorts its readers to vote against, and work against, the Radical Party. Artist: Unknown Printer: Witherby and Co Publisher: Conservative Central Office Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Satire based on the nursery rhyme of the old lady who lived in a shoe, with Bannerman as the old lady, sitting in the road and blocking his ears. Behind him, the shoe is overflowing with characters representing Liberal Promises such as Social Reforms, Home Rule Promises, etc. Artist: Unknown Printer: David Allen and Sons Ltd Publisher: Conservative Central Office Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
The Reverend Stiggins (?) is shown accosting a small schoolboy in a country lane, with the words What! your father wants you to learn the Church Catechism, in a school built by the Church of England? How dare he? Artist: M.A Printer: A White Publisher: Conservative Central Office Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
John Bull is seen standing outside a Church School door, which bears a sign reading For Head and Assistant Master and Mistress-ships, no Nonconformist need apply. He comments that that is not his idea of religious equality. Text caption below image, large title in upper case type above. The poster is bordered by a thick red line. Artist: F.C.G [Francis Carruthers Gould] Printer: Avenue Press Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
[A J Balfour] posing as a conjuror or magician, stands behind a covered table, and places an egg named Khaki 1900 into John Bull's hat. [Joseph Chamberlain] peeks from behind the table cover holding a duck. In the next scene, Balfour withdraws two white rabbits from the hat (called Education Acts and Licensing Act 1904), while a duck called Tax on Food sits on its brim. Poster produced for the Liberal Party (based on a cartoon in the Westminster Gazette?). Artist: F.C.G [Francis Carruthers Gould] Printer: The Avenue Press Publisher: Printer Place of Production Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Blue and red ink on white paper, illustrating the increase in the price of tea and sugar under a Tory government (Tory government of 1905 compared to Liberal government of 1895), produced for the Liberal Party. Artist: Unknown Printer: Avenue Press Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Black and red ink full text poster with very detailed statistics from the Report of the Royal Commission on Depression of Trade, 1886,in order to illustrate The Cause for the Decline in British Industry. Artist: Unknown Printer: Jackson, Wragge and Co Publisher: Place of Production: Manchester Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
A Tory wearing a monocle, spats, and a top hat with Tariff Reform written on it, is shown rolling a huge barrel called taxation over an angry-looking man of the Working Classes. Quotes from Tories about the desirability of broadening the basis of taxation appear in a cartouche to the left, and in the caption below the illustration. Artist: F.C.G [Francis Carruthers Gould] Printer: Waterlow and Sons Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Progressive posters from the London County Council Elections of 1907. The central point of this poster is a painted picture of a man teaching another , slightly bemused looking man, by writing on a very large blackboard. On the blackboard is written the following: 'When the Trusts own Capital, the Moderates call it by its right name: Capital. But when the people own Capital, the Moderates and the Yellow Press call it Debts to frighten fools.' At the bottom of the poster in large black lettering is written, 'Vote Progressive'. Artist: Jordie Printer: G.S Christie Limited Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Cartoon reprinted from the Daily Chronicle newspaper for the London County Council Elections of 1907. This cartoon is split into two different pictures. The top picture shows a group of men walking, viewed from the front, all wearing sandwich boards which spell out 'Moderate Party'. The second picture shows this same group of men viewed from the back and their boards spell out 'Electric Trust'. Artist: David Wilson Printer: Daily Chronicle Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Progressive poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette. This posters central feature is a long handwritten story written in nursery rhyme style. The text has cartoons at either side, showing a dog in a variety of situations. The text at the bottom of the page reads,'Electors, beware of false names and Vote Progressive'. Artist: Printer: Carl Hentschel Ltd Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Reprint for Reynold's Newspaper, the popular Sunday journal,' of a cartoon concerning the London County Council Election of 1907. The cartoon in this poster shows a political meeting and a speaker shouting to an audience. The Speaker has 'Municipal Reform' written on his belly and is saying (in speech bubble)'Our Policy is- All of us, and, the remainder-for our friends!'. He is flanked by two men to his right, who are marked 'Capital Trust'. To his left, seated behind a table marked 'Municipal Reform', are three figures, one of whom declares, 'That's what I've always done!'. At the bottom of the cartoon are the heads of the audience from the back. On these heads are written various terms, such as 'Gas Trust','Landlords Trust' and 'No Parks and Music for the People, Primrose League'. Artist: Unknown Printer: John Dicks Press Limited Publisher: Reynolds Newspaper Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
London County Council Election poster from 1907. This poster continues with text regarding accusations of Bribery, Treating, Undue Influence and Personation. The text is black and the poster has a white background. Artist: Unknown Printer: Bowers Brother Limited Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Reprint of a cartoon from the London Chronicle newspaper. This cartoon depicts a man, smoking a pipe, to the left of the picture, who hlds several bits of paper marked 'Votes'. To the right of the picture, leaning over him are three large men, dressed in black and wearing top hats. They are marked 'The Co. Promoter','The Manager' and 'The Director' from left to right. Behind their backs they hold pieces of paper marked Co. Prospectus and Electric Trust. Artist: David Wilson Printer: The Daily Chronicle Publisher: Printer Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Progressive Poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. The main feature of this painted poster is a fox with a human head (apparently of the Duke of Norfolk) wearing the robes of Royalty, stood on a pulpit, preaching to a crowd of geese. On the wall behind the central figure is a sign reading, 'Down with the Progressives. Monopolies forever'. His pulpit is marked 'Municipal Reform League' and behind/below him are two large sacks marked 'Unearned Uncrement' and 'Ground Rents'. Artist: F.C.G Printer: G.S Christie Limited Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
Progressive Party poster from the 1907 London County Council Election campaign. This main feature of this poster is a large black and white cartoon depicting several caricutures of members of the Moderates sitting on a whale in the middle of an ocean. The whale is marked 'Trusts' and the figures on the whale hold banners proclaiming 'The Moderate Party supported by Trusts' and a newspaper entitled 'The Daily Liar'. To the right of the whale, in the distance, is land marked 'America' and on the left land marked England and London. Artist: Jordie Printer: G.S Christie Limited Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee Place of Production: London Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.
