Protectionism Collection

Protectionist Meeting at Lincoln, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Protectionist Meeting at Lincoln, 1850. A county meeting was the only legitimate mode of making known to the Crown the present grievances of agriculture'

Plate presented to Mr. Peter Mathews... 1850. Creator: Unknown
Plate presented to Mr. Peter Mathews, at a Protectionist Demonstration, at Cirencester, on Wednesday, 1850....a costly Testimonial...was presented to Mr

Great Protectionist Meeting on Barham Downs, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Protectionist Meeting on Barham Downs, [near Canterbury, in Kent], 1850....the object [of the meeting] being to discuss questions bearing on the present agricultural distress

Great Tenant-Right Meeting at Kilkenny, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Tenant-Right Meeting at Kilkenny, [Ireland], 1850. It is peculiarly the curse of Ireland, though it is also the curse of other countries

Scene at the Castle Gate, Lincoln, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Scene at the Castle Gate, Lincoln, 1850....what was the cause of their present distress? It was simply this - that the tenant-farmers

The Great Protectionist Meeting, in the Castle-Yard, Lincoln, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Protectionist Meeting, in the Castle-Yard, Lincoln, 1850....a meeting of the nobility, gentry, farmers, merchants, and others, of the county of Lincoln, convened by the High Sheriff

New version of John Gilpin, after Stothard, 1846. Sir Robert Peel, shedding a hat inscribed Toryism and a wig inscribed Conservative, and with a purse, Income Tax

The imports of Great Britain from France, 1757. Artist: LP Boitard
The imports of Great Britain from France, 1757. The landing of passengers and cargo from France at the Custom House. A satire on the importation of French goods

Facsimile of the proclamation about the tea ship, 1773 (c1880). In May 1773 the British government passed the Tea Act. Designed to protect the East India Company

Fidgety Joe, 1903. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Fidgety Joe, 1903. The troubles of coalition government. Two parents representing the Duke of Devonshire and Arthur Balfour (centre)

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