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
Manuscript on parchment of Cistercian statutes. In two sections, of the early fourteenth and late fifteenth century respectively. The manuscript is damaged by moisture, badly affecting parts of the text and the colours of the decoration
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
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
"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
"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
