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C.J. Grant's political drama : a radical satirist rediscovered / catalogue edited by Richard Pound ; contributions by David Bindman [and others].

A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.

Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.

A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

Science: a parody frontispiece to the Penny Magazine, with humorous representations of the "March of intellect" movement. Lithograph by G. Davies, 1832, after C.J. Grant.

London seen from the dome of St Paul's Cathedral at the opening of New London Bridge. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.

A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

Festivities at the opening of New London Bridge. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

Two scenes: a group of men and women men wrestling; and two men sing and dance with a woman. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

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Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852

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A man in bed with vegetables sprouting from all parts of his body; as a result of taking an overdose of James Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

Festivities at the opening of New London Bridge. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.

A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.

Two scenes: a group of men and women men wrestling; and two men sing and dance with a woman. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

London seen from the dome of St Paul's Cathedral at the opening of New London Bridge. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1831.