"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
Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437
Published / Created:
[ca. 1402]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 118
Container / Volume:
File
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript letter, on parchment, in a Chancery hand, containing a petition by Joan of Navarre to her husband, King Henry IV of England, for the right of the Aurum Reginae, revenues alloted to the queen of England out of fees for offices or franchises ...
Description:
In Middle French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and England
Subject (Name):
Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413. and Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437.
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Taxation
