Tories Collection

Hogarth Election / 1Of4(C)
THE ELECTION An election entertainment: a Whig banquet, with Tories demonstrating outside plate 1 of 4 Date: 1755

The Election III The Polling, 1754-55 (oil on canvas)
SJS1998 The Election III The Polling, 1754-55 (oil on canvas) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 101.5x127 cm; Courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soanes Museum

Conservative party television team
The Conservative Party television team and some election posters for the General Election of 8th October 1959. The Conservatives broadcast five television programmes of 15 or 20 minutes each starting

The Field of Battersea, 1829 (colour etching)
XCF290965 The Field of Battersea, 1829 (colour etching) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ken Dodd and William Roache at a Conservative party rally. 6th June 1987

Colonel Charles Sibthorp as Don Quixote attacking a steam engine
5308383 Colonel Charles Sibthorp as Don Quixote attacking a steam engine.; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Colonel Charles Sibthorp as Don Quixote attacking a steam engine)

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751
5614334 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751; (add.info.: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678-1751. English politician, government official and political philosopher)

Michael Heseltine pictured outside Number 10 Downing Street, where he attends a meeting regarding the new Conservative cabinet under John Majors leadership

Michael Heseltine, giving a press conference following his resignation as Minister for Defence. He resigned over the Westland affair. January 1986

Michael Heseltine, pictured at his home with his wife Ann. A few days earlier he resigned as Secretary of State for Defence over the Westland affair. 13th January 1986

Michael Heseltine, pictured at his home. A few days earlier he resigned as Secretary of State for Defence over the Westland affair. 13th January 1986

Michael Heseltine and family move in to a new house in Oxfordshire. 14th August 1973

Children demonstrating to save school playing fields
Children demonstrating to save their school playing fields, Havering, Essex. Date: circa 1970s

Anti-Tory demonstration with Morning Star banner
Anti-Tory demonstration on a London street with a Morning Star banner and Socialist Worker placards. Date: circa 1980

John Mahon London District Secretary Communist
john, mahon, london, district, secretary, communist, communism, party, great, britain, biographer, biography, harry, pollitt, woman, admiring, poster, brick, wall, news, media, press, stories, beat

An Election Entertainment, 1755 (engraving)
1071396 An Election Entertainment, 1755 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); 43.2x53.7 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Henry St John, Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke (engraving)
964896 Henry St John, Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry St John, Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke)

Conservative Party Conference - Brighton Conservative Party Conference - Conference
Conservative Party Conference - Brighton. 1988

The Election - Canvassing for Votes: satire on the parliamentary election of 1755
5997532 The Election - Canvassing for Votes: satire on the parliamentary election of 1755, one of a series of four titled Humours of an Election (engraving) by Hogarth

Cartoon lampooning LLoyd George as the Great Improviser or leader of the
KDC400226 Cartoon lampooning LLoyd George as the Great Improviser or leader of the Improvisa-Tories, June, 1920 (litho) by English School

The Polling, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated
STC451173 The Polling, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

Poster celebrating victory of Conservative candidates in parliamentary elections in
5917329 Poster celebrating victory of Conservative candidates in parliamentary elections in Yorkshire, 1841 (print) by English School

The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli (colour litho)
613314 The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli (colour litho) by Pellegrini, Carlo (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli)

Two Pair of Portraits: anti-Whig cartoon depicting John Henry Tooke with portraits of Charles James Fox personifying
5997523 Two Pair of Portraits: anti-Whig cartoon depicting John Henry Tooke with portraits of Charles James Fox personifying vice and William Pitt the Younger representing virtue

Margaret Thatcher celebrates with women Tories at the Conservative conference in Brighton, October 1976

Michael Heseltine concedes victory for leadership of the conservative party to John Major. Pictured outside his Belgravia home wife Anne by his side. 27th November 1990

MP Michael Heseltine visiting Bootle, Merseyside. 13th May 1990

Michael Heseltine about to get into a helicopter. He is pictured a few days following his resignation as Secretary of State for Defence over the Westland affair. January 1986

Conservative politician Michael Heseltine. 19th April 1988

Michael Heseltine, leaves the Ministry of Defence after his resignation as Minister for Defence. He resigned over the Westland affair. 9th January 1986

Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, during his walk about in Lewisham, where he was attending a peace vigil at St Marys Church. 11th February 1983

Concorde returns to Heathrow after world sales tour. Pictured, left to right, Michael Heseltine, Minister for Aerospace and Brian Trubshaw

Michael Heseltine arriving at the Tory Party Conference in Brighton. 11th October 1978

Michael Heseltine speaking at the Tory Party Conference. October 1966

Falklands crisis. Michael Heseltine (left), Secretary of State for the Environment, leaving Number 10 Downing Street after a crisis cabinet meeting about the Falklands

Michael Heseltine, left, Secretary of State for the Environment, being applauded by Lord Thorneycroft, the chairman of the Conservative party. Conservative party conference 8th October 1980

Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for the Environment, speaking at the conservative party conference 8th October 1980

1954 Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool Left to Right Home Secretary Sir David Maxwell Fyffe, Lord Wooton join in singing " for hes a jolly fellow" to Anthony Eden (right)

Conservative Party Conference in Brighton. Margaret Thatcher. 10th October 1980

Edward Heath Prime Minister out on the hustings drumming up support for the Tory party in the up coming election. February 1974 S74-0908-002

Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party Leader, compares the worth of £; 1 pound worth of shopping at February 1974 prices and today, 24th April 1979

ROSEBERY CARTOON 1895
The Earl of Rosebery falls from power, as his Liberal party lose the 1895 election. Lord Salisbury clears the fence and the Tories win. Date: 1895

The Election by William Hogarth
1. Humours of an election, entertainment Date: AFTER 1752

Politics, Media, Communications, Press hoards on gantry in Downing Street during 2017 General Election

Attack on Whig mug-house
The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom

Jonathan Swift, 1667 - 1745. Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs)
Jonathan Swift, 1667 - 1745. Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patricks Cathedral, Dublin

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, 1678 - 1751. English politician, government official and political philosopher. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Margaret Thatcher Tory MP for Finchley October 1961. Pictured at her Farnborough Kent home with children twins son Mark Thatcher & daughter Carol Thatcher

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister. During the course of his political career he moved from the Tory party to the Liberals

Cartoon, Broad Bottom Drones storming the Hive, Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees joining in the Attack, by James Gillray. Showing leading politicians (both those in power and those in opposition)

Cartoon, Confederated Coalition, or, The Giants storming Heaven, with the Gods alarmed for their everlasting abodes, by James Gillray. Depicting government ministers Hawkesbury, Addington and St

Cartoon, The State Waggoner and John Bull, or, the Waggon too much for the Donkeys! together with a distant view of the New Coalition among Johnnys Old Horses, by James Gillray

Broad Bottoms, 1745 (etching)
XJF863021 Broad Bottoms, 1745 (etching) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frontispiece to " An Address of Thanks to the Broad-Bottoms)

Lord Beaconsfields Cabinet 1874 - Her Majestys Ministers in Council, print
XJF498553 Lord Beaconsfields Cabinet 1874 - Her Majestys Ministers in Council, print made by Henry Lemon, 1880 (engraving) by Mercier

Sacheverell rioters destroy part of a chapel near Lincolns Inn (engraving)
XJF384086 Sacheverell rioters destroy part of a chapel near Lincolns Inn (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Re-Electing of Reynard, or Fox the Pride of the Geese, 1783 (hand-coloured engraving)
XCF306888 The Re-Electing of Reynard, or Fox the Pride of the Geese, 1783 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Polling, 1758 (engraving)
XJF393886 The Polling, 1758 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; (add.info.: from the Humours of an Election series; ); English, out of copyright

The Tories and the Whigs pulling for a crown, London, 1789, George, Prince of Wales, seated on a throne in the background waiting the results of a tug-of-war over the crown

The Polling, engraved by George Presbury, from The Works of William Hogarth
KW281814 The Polling, engraved by George Presbury, from The Works of William Hogarth, published 1833 (litho) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Three False Brethren (engraving) (b / w photo) (see also 250720)
XJF250719 The Three False Brethren (engraving) (b/w photo) (see also 250720) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Bickham the Elder (1684-1759); Daniel Defoe

Tory Pandemonium, from John Trumbulls M Fingal, engraved by Elkanah Tisdale
BAL124145 Tory Pandemonium, from John Trumbulls M Fingal, engraved by Elkanah Tisdale (1768-1835) 1795 (engraving) (b&w photo) by American School, (18th century); Private Collection; American

The Tories And The Whigs Pulling For A Crown, London, 1789, George, Prince Of Wales, Seated On A Throne In The Background Waiting The Results Of A Tug-of-war Over The Crown

Margaret Thatcher caricature. Artwork of a fish caricature of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (born 1925). Thatcher was Prime Minster from 1979 to 1990

Poll Tax demonstration, Central London
A Metropolitan Police officer in the middle of a peaceful crowd of demonstrators during the Poll Tax demonstrations in Central London

The Old Labourers Last Job, picture and poem
An old man sits breaking stones while a workhouse looms behind. In the accompanying verse he bemoans his poverty, particularly at the hands of the Tories who have taxed our clothes and bread

John Bright Caricature
JOHN BRIGHT depicted as The man of peace but willing to take on Tories and Rebels

FOURTH PARTY TORIES
Randolph Churchill speaks, Wolff, Balfour and Gorst on the Bench, leading members of the Tory Fourth Party group

Election / Rosebury Falls
The Earl of Rosebery falls from power, as his Liberal party lose the 1895 election. Lord Salisbury clears the fence and the Tories win

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"The Tories: A Journey Through History and Politics" From the Hogarth Election to The Field of Battersea, They have left an indelible mark on British politics. As depicted in these iconic artworks, their presence has been felt for centuries. Fast forward to modern times, where we see the Conservative party television team strategizing and campaigning tirelessly. They understand the importance of media in shaping public opinion. But it's not just about elections and power; it's also about issues that affect everyday people. Children demonstrating to save school playing fields show that even at a young age, they recognize the impact of Tory policies on their lives. On the other side of the spectrum, anti-Tory demonstrations with Morning Star banners showcase dissenting voices. John Mahon London District Secretary Communist stands as a symbol of opposition against conservative ideologies. In this diverse political landscape, artists like Billy Bragg emerge as powerful voices using music to express their political activism. Their songs become anthems for those who challenge Tory policies and advocate for change. Meanwhile, figures like Michael Heseltine make headlines outside Number 10 Downing Street or within the comfort of his home with wife Ann. His resignation as Secretary adds another layer to Tory politics - a constant ebb and flow of power struggles. Through all these moments captured in history or contemporary life, one thing remains clear: They can an integral part of British society. Whether celebrated or criticized, they shape our nation's path through victories and defeats alike. As Michael Heseltine moves into a new house in Oxfordshire with his family back in 1973, we witness how politicians' personal lives intertwine with their professional ones - reminding us that behind every decision made by the Tories lie real people with hopes and dreams too.