'The Member for Huntingdon', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

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'The Member for Huntingdon', 1897. Caricature of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) who was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire in 1628. He is depicted in the shape of a barrel, with a bulbous nose. From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]

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