"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 ...
Alternative Title:
Raining cats dogs and pitchforks with the prongs downward
Description:
Title etched above image.
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
"Above the design: '"Take heed, have open eyes; for thieves do foot abroad [sic]. Shakespeare' ['Merry Wives', II. i] 'Render unto Seizer those things which are Seizers.' A bishop (right), wearing apron and shovel-hat, brandy-faced and scowling, walks...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub June 2d, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
