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1. Sir Cecils budget for paying the national debt [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1784 March 30
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Collection Title:
- The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-53
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- In 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 Wray.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Mrs. Dackery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Darchery, Elizabeth, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Riviere & Son Binding., Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England), and Wray, Cecil,--Sir,--1734-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Building failures., Chamber pots., Disabled veterans. , Peg legs. , and Servants.
- Collection Created:
- London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Cecils budget for paying the national debt [graphic].