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Title: Overthrow of the Republican Babel
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41o
Description: A Tower of Babel, constructed from official documents, topples, bringing down with it politicians and associated figures. Burdett, on his way up and backed by his supporters, is about to fall. ; George: 11327
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Subject: Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: 1809-05-01

Title: True Reform of Parliament, - i.e. - Patriots lighting a Revolutionary Bonfire in New Palace Yard
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41tru
Description: Burdett, liberty cap in hand, presides over a group of radical reformers that includes Cobbett and Tooke who are burning acts of Parliament. In the background, a mob destroys the Parliament building.; George: 11338
Subject: Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812; Bosville, William, 1745-1813
Date: 1809-06-14

Title: Posting to the Election: - a Scene on the Road to Brentford
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41po
Description: Burdett rides in a political procession along with his supporters, which include Cobbett, Tooke and Bosville, the latter with Paine's Rights of Man in his pocket.; George: 10614 Gimbel: 259
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Rights of man; Bosville, William, 1745-1813; Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: 1806-12-01

Title: The Loyal Address! - or - the Procession of the Hampshire-Hogs from Botley to St. James's: Vide Cobbett's Weekly Political Register
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41Loy
Description: Cobbett leads a procession in protest of the Convention of Cintra. He is cheered by a frenzied mob and sits in a "political hog trough", filled with issues of his Weekly Political Register.; George: 11047
Subject: Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812; Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Bosville, William, 1745-1813; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Date: 1808-10-04

Title: Triumphal Procession of Little Paul the Taylor upon his new Goose; Triumphal Procession of Little Paull the Tailor upon his new Goose
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41tri
Description: An electoral procession for Paull, riding on Burdett, who is depicted as a goose. ; George: 10608, Gimbel: 258. Two copies, variations in color. The figure of Bosville, distributing coins to the crowd, is identified by Gimbel as representative of Thomas Paine.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Paull, James, 1770-1808; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812; Bosville, William, 1745-1813
Date: 1806-11-08

Title: A Plumper for Paul! - or - The Little Taylor done over!: Vide - The terrible Effects of provoking a Red-hot-Shot from the Broad-Bottom'd Whig Battery; A Plumper for Paull! - or - The Little Tailor done over!
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41Pl
Description: James Paull and his petition, having arrived in the House of Commons on the back of Burdett, "the green goose from Brentford", is strongly rebuked by the Speaker. His supporters, including Cobbett, stand nearby while Tooke and Bosville start to move away. ; George: 10708, Gimbel: 260
Subject: Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Paull, James, 1770-1808; Bosville, William, 1745-1813; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: 1807-03-13

Title: Preparing for the Grand Attack. - or - a Private Rehearsal of "The ci-devant Ministry in danger".
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41Pr
Description: Burdett practices a dramatic reading of a speech written by Tooke on a scroll held by Fox and Sheridan. "Tom Paine" is among the busts seen in the background.; George: 9739, Gimbel: 257, 2 copies
Subject: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
Date: 1801-12-04

Title: Middlesex-Election 1804.: - " a Long -Pull, a Strong-Pull and a Pull-All-together."
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41m
Description: Burdett makes his way through a crowd seated inside a carriage pulled by his supporters and driven by Tooke, with Sheridan as footman while Moira, standing to the side beats a drum.; George: 10264
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Subject: Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812; Bosville, William, 1745-1813; Moira, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of, 1754-1826
Date: 1804-08-07

Title: View of the Hustings in Covent Garden: Vide, the Westminster Election, Nov. 1806
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 G41vi
Description: Sheridan and his supporters are shown opposed to Paull's, which include Cobbett, holding an issue of his Political Register.; George: 10619
Subject: Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Cobbett, William, 1763-1835; Paull, James, 1770-1808; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Bosville, William, 1745-1813
Date: 1806-12-15