A great stream from a petty fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the flood of new-taxes cormorants fishing in the stream. [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[May 1806]engA torrent of taxes gushes from the mouth of Lord Henry Petty, chancellor of the exchequer, emptying into the "Unfathomable Sea of Taxation" in which John Bull is drowning in full view of greedy cormorants representing members of the Grenville ministry which was formed after the death of William PittTitle etched below image.Attributed to Williams in the British Museum catalogue.A copy of a print by Gillray. Cf. No. 10564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.With stamp of S.W. Fores in the lower right corner.