Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data form local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., The word 'my' from the title is inserted superscript over a caret symbol., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Imprint continues: ... sole publisher of W-Heaths etching., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily publis[hin]g., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., A small triangle is etched above printmaker's signature in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: West Indies., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.
"In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham (left), in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest, saying, 'There is no such thing as getting those Devilish Locks of Bramahs open'. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of the giraffe (see British Museum Satires No. 16108). A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Quoted text below image: "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack - of Troy, brought thee his pedler's pack - vide Cleaveland., and Offset of another impression on verso.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Athlumney, Harriet Maria Somerville, Lady, -1843
Subject (Topic):
Giraffes, Skeletons, Luggage, Clothes chests, and Cupboards
Title from text above image., Print caption: We shall find the little dear at his studies. You can't think how fond he is of his Bible ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"John Bull, a fat "cit", is beset by descending water covered with the word 'Tax', many times repeated, in which dogs, cats, and pitchforks fall with violence. His eyes and spectacles are transfixed by a pitchfork inscribed 'Window Tax'; the shaft of another inscribed 'Malt & Hops Tax' sticks in his bleeding mouth, dislodging teeth. His paunch is pierced with a third fork; the handle, inscribed 'Tax ...' [&c. &c], supports an angry cat, spitting 'Tax ...' Another falling cat knocks off his wig, which emits a cloud of powder inscribed 'Powder Tax'. His gouty feet, in slashed shoes, are stabbed by three pitchforks: 'Corn Laws' [the biggest, cf. British Museum Satires No. 15510]; 'Leather Tax'; 'Land Tax'. A 'Dog Tax' strikes down J. B.'s dog, its collar inscribed 'Poor Tray'. Another dog worries a cat (left). J. B. holds up a derelict umbrella, inscribed 'Trade', pierced by many prongs and useless."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Raining cats dogs and pitchforks with the prongs downward
Description:
Title etched above image., Caption title below image., and Text below caption title: It must be the fault of the weather - for when it rains - it rains taxes - & when it shines - it shines taxes.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Animal attachs, Cats, Dogs, Pitchforks, and Umbrellas
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.