- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 27th, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.02.27.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull, grotesquely stout, is pressed downwards by a large rolled document which rests on his head inscribed 'Revision 3000 Resolutions Simplefication'. This roll is pressed down by three persons who rest their hands on it, their legs in the air, as if jumping to increase the pressure which has already so much compressed John Bull, concertina-fashion, that his arms reach the ground, and his contour is quasi-rectangular. The central figure is Pitt, saying, "Come, boys, since they say we have well begun, Let's bear hard till the whole's comprest in one". The other two are probably Rose and Steele, the Treasury Secretaries. The words 'Stamps' and 'Incidents' are inscribed on John Bull's shoulders, 'Custom' and 'Excise' (crossing each other) on his body."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified tentatively in British Museum catalog., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the speech of George III on January 23, 1787 -- Variety of taxes -- Tax reforms -- Consolidation of duties bill, February 26, 1778 -- Treasury secretary., and Partial watermark on left edge.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Rose, George, 1744-1818, and Steele, Thomas, 1753-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Consolidation of duties, addressed to John Bull
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- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May the 2d, 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.05.02.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Motion for restoring his Highness to dignity
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker tentatively identified in the Britihs Museum catalogue., Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new prints of Trip and Return from Brighton, Jovial crew &c., 'Mentor' in the title written in ink over illegible word that has been burnished out., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary allusion to Homer's Odyssey -- Mythology: Elysian Fields -- Mythology: Telemachus -- Mythology: Mentor -- Travesties: The Odyssey -- City of London arms reversed -- Puns on artists' names -- Pugilism -- Courtesans -- Horse racing -- Knocker on door: Delicacy -- Gambling -- Playing cards -- Drinking: Champagne and claret -- Treasury door: Knock and it shall be opened.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, N. 9, Haymarket, and W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Motion for restoring his H------- to dignity, or Mentor reconducting Telemachus to the Elysian fields a fancy peice [sic] in watercolors / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 30th, 1786.
- Call Number:
- 787.04.30.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Statement following date of imprint: ... of whom may be had the Battle of Hastings &c., Printmaker suggested in the British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes -- Proposal to farm the tax on post horses, 1787 -- Personification: Liberty -- Personification: Property.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street, E. Macklew, No. 9, Haymarket, & W. Dickie, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Post horse duty [graphic].