There are few early satirical prints with local reference before the Reform Bill of 1832. It has not always been possible to associate the ones illustrated below with a specific election and any corrections would be gratefully received.
South Devon. 1832? View of the Castle yard, with the domineering and tyrannical land-owners of the southern division of Devon driving rtheir poor dependent vassals and slaves to the polling shop. - [Exeter] : [Rowe?] , [1832?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Honiton. 1852. Protection : famine, starvation & despair, Free trade : plenty, happiness & prosperity. -[s.l.] [s.n.] , [1852]. - 1 sheet : ill. - Unsigned lithograph which circulated during the Honiton election of 1852. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: sf324.61/HON/COL: vol. 2 item 071.
Honiton. 1852. Free trade. Protection. -[s.l.] [s.n.] , [1852]. - 1 sheet : ill. - Unsigned wood engraving which circulated during the Honiton election of 1852. The larger 4d loaf on the left shows the engraving to be in support of free trade. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: sf324.61/HON/COL: vol. 2 item 072.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." The great Greek pie [...] repectfully dedicated (without permission) to Edgar Bowring, Esq. - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - To be had of all booksellers. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." "The son of his father." - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - To be had of all booksellers. With verse mentioning "Young Edgar Horner" i.e. Bowring. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." The stile he can't get over. - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 4. "Bye and bye is easily said [...] Dedicated to the great and illustrious Liberal (!) Party of Exeter. - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 5. "The earth has bubbles as the water has, and these are of them [...] Which is the working man's candidate?. - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Conservative cartoon showing the radical newspaper publisher Thomas Latimer reconciling the claims of the two Liberal candidates for Exeter, Edgar Bowring and Sir John Coleridge. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 6. "Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep [...] Mephistopheles. A fancy portrait. - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Printed in black and red. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 7. "Let the galled jades wince, our withers are yet unwrung." [...] The wail of the "Times". "Those dreadful Tory papers!" - [Exeter] : Drawn and printed for the publisher by the Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company (Limited), Exeter , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 8. "The weakest goes to the wall." [...] The rivals, or a "tip" to both. - [Exeter] : Drawn and printed for the publisher by the Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company (Limited), 3, Waterbeer St, Exeter , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. "Shakespeare illustrated." - No. 9. "This was the most unkindest cut of all." Don't they wish they may get it! - [Exeter] : [Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company] , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868. Exeter election, 1868. The "cat" the radicals fear! - [Exeter] : Drawn and printed for the publisher by the Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company (Limited), 3, Waterbeer St, Exeter , [1868]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868? Aesop's fables illustrated. No. 1. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1868?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868? Aesop's fables illustrated. No. 2. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1868?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868? Aesop's fables illustrated. No. 3. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1868?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1868? Aesop's fables illustrated. No. 4. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1868?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873. Great election race, Exeter, 1873. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1873]. - Lithograph. - Sir Edward Watkin (1819-1901), a railway entrepreneur, was Liberal M. P. for Great Yarmouth 1857-1858.
Exeter. 1873. Rejected Yarmouth bloater. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1873]. - Lithograph. - Named as W-tk-n. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873. Extracts from the Yarmouth bribery commission of 1866. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1873]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon and Exeter Institution.
Exeter. 1873? The Nottingham perfect cure "on hot bricks." Radical spleen, intolerance, and venom. - [Exeter] : Drawn and printed for the publisher by the Devon and Somerset Steam Printing Company (Limited), 3, Waterbeer St. Exeter , [1873?]. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873? "Inner life of the House of Commons," Mr. Edgar Bowring, C. B., M. P., flattens his nose. - [Exeter] : Published by Palmer, Old Post Office St. Exeter , [1873?]. - Lithograph. Signed with GP and eye. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873? The wolf turned shepherd. After Gustave Dore. Respectfully dedicated to Sir J. D. Coleridge, M. P. - [Exeter] : Published by Palmer, Old Post Office St. Exeter , [1873?]. - Signed with GP and eye. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873? The up and bedouin Arabs; or, the great globe trick. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1873?]. - Lithograph. - Mentions attorney-general and Mills. In 1871 John Coleridge was promoted to Attorney-General, a post he held until 1873. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1873? The a'torny general's cat. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1873?]. - Lithograph. - Mentions attorney-general and Mills. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1880? "Piggy would a wooing go.". - [Exeter] : Printed and published by W. J. J. Norton, 185, Sidwell Street , [1880?]. - Price one penny. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1885? Exeter stakes, value 2,166. - [Exeter] : : [s. n.] , [1885?]. - Lithograph. - On the Conservative election victory in Exeter. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1886. Uniform platforms. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1886]. - Lithograph. - Politicians stand on barrels dated 1885 and 1886. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1886. Echoes of the Exe election cartoon, July, 1886. Hector and Ajax. A burlesque. Combat for the recovery of the city of Exon and the rescue of the captive Erin. - [Exeter] : [Echoes of the Exe] , [1886]. - Lithograph. - One penny. Signed: Grip. One penny. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1892. Exeter election, 1892. No. 2. A medley, dedicated, without permission, to Sir H. S. Northcote, M. P. (pro. tem.). [Exeter] : [Southwood] , [1892]. - One penny. Of all newsagents. Signed: Grip. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1892. Exeter election, 1892. No. 3. A midsummer day's dream. Printed and published by W. J. Southwood Exeter , [1892]. - One penny. Of all newsagents. Signed: Grip. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1892? Exeter election fair and variety entertainment. Grip del. - [Exeter] : [s. n.] , [1892?]. - Lithograph. - One penny. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1895. Exeter election 1895. "The worship of the golden calf." A midsummer night's nightmare. - [Exeter] : Printed by Chudley, Exeter , [1895]. - One penny. Of all newsagents. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1895? Justice or Charity. Which will you have? - [Exeter] : Printed and published by W. Chudley, Exeter , [1895?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1895? Profession and practice. - Printed by W. Chudley & Son, 11 & 12, South Street, Exeter , [1895?]. - Lithograph. - One penny. With quotation fron speech by Sir Stafford Northcote. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre.
Exeter. 1895? The last labour of Hercules. The 3 headed Cerberus. - [Exeter] : Printed and published by James Townsend & Son, Exeter , [1895?]. - Lithograph. - Held by: Devon and Exeter Institution.
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