Publication Place: London / Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized / Subject (Topic): Taxation

Creator:: Spence, William, -1797, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1796]
Call Number:: 796.00.00.61
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a ...
Alternative Title:: Freeborn Englishman
Description:: Title etched above image.
Publisher:: Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A free born Englishman!!! The glory of civilized life & the envy of Indian nations! / [graphic]

Creator:: Lee, Richard (Publisher)
Published / Created:: [1795]
Call Number:: File 66 795 H153
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Alternative Title:: Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder
Description:: Signed: Don Quixote de la Mancha, Knight of the Lions.
Publisher:: Sold by R. Lee
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Hair preparations, Taxation, Hairdressing, Equipment and supplies, Toilet preparations, Anglo-French War, 1793-1802, and Finance
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > By permission of the supreme hog-driver, Great Mogul of the Isle of Swine, and Lord of the powder monkies!!. Licence for the guinea pigs to wear powder, ...

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: Augt. 8th, 1791.
Call Number:: 791.08.08.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A politcan cartoon protesting the taxes: a scene outside the Treasury, with "Taxation" an obese figure composed of "customs", "stamps", "Excise", "incidents" and a hat of "taxation". Another figue "Publican" receives payment from a "sinner".
Alternative Title:: Election expenses paid under the rose and Faithful and blessed performance of a promising treasurer, and moderate secretary
Description:: Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Dent
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Taxation and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Election expences paid under the rose, or, The faithful and blessed performance of a promising treasurer, and moderate secretary addressed to those who feel the weight of excessive taxes in general, and the independent electors of Westminster in parricular. [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 December 1792]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Design in two compartments contrasting on the left the poverty and depravity of "French Liberty" with the opulence of the British on the right "British Slavery." The thin, ragged sansculotte with a liberty cap on his head, warms his bare, talon-like f...
Alternative Title:: British slavery
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. December 21st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: France, France., and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: History, Taxation, Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Poverty, Rugs, Taxes, and Wealth
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > French liberty British slavery / [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [5 April 1797]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap (i.e., bonnet rouge) trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is the yokel with wrinkled gaiters ... with a tattered great-coat hel...
Alternative Title:: John Bull evading the hat tax
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pub. April 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond & St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):: Taxation, Taxation of articles of consumption, Law and legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Cats, Hats, Millinery, Slaughtering, Swords, Taxes, Show displays, and Window displays
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 March 1795]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A domestic interior. A fat and ugly citizen, wearing old-fashioned dress with a small unpowdered wig, stands on the hearth-rug (right), his back to the fire; he is meditatively reading the 'Gazette', headed: 'New Taxes', and 'Bankru[pts]', his left h...
Alternative Title:: Frugal family saving the guinea
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. March 10th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain., England, and England.
Subject (Topic):: Hair powder, Taxation, Clothing & dress, Fireplaces, Families, Hairdressing, Interiors, Mirrors, Parlors, Rugs, and Wigs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Leaving off powder, or, A frugal family saving the guinea [graphic]