Sir Cecils budget for paying the national debt [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[30 March 1784]engIn the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the proposal to abolish the Chelsea Hospital and to tax employers of maid servants, attacks with brooms and a slop jar the proposal's author, Sir Cecil WrayTitle etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.4 x 33.7 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Formerly mounted on leaf 53 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.