"A stout farmer rides (left to right) past an inn on a cow. The cow befouls and tramples on a paper inscribed 'Tax on Ho[rses]'. The farmer looks triumphantly over his right shoulder at a group of spectators standing at the door of the inn, and snaps his fingers, saying, "Pitt be D------d". A basket containing poultry hangs from the saddle. Part of the inn is on the left of the design, its sign is a stout man holding a foaming tankard gazing at three sacks, inscribed 'Joe Jolly 1784' (a '7' appears to have been etched over the '4'). Five amused spectators stand by the door; from a window above two men applaud the farmer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a print originally published in 1784., Pitt's budget of 1784 imposed an annual tax of 10s. on saddle- and carriage-horses, exempting those used for trade and agriculture. On 27 November 1784 one Jonathan Thatcher rode his cow to and from the market of Stockport in protest against the horse-tax. See Chambers, 'Book of Days', ii. 627, where there is a copy of a similar print., and For a variant state, see no. 6672 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Volume 2, page 79. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 19. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl kneeling before a fence with a dog beside her, a goose in the basket which she holds in her right hand; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 79 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Volume 2, page 79. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 19. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl kneeling before a fence with a dog beside her, a goose in the basket which she holds in her right hand; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 19 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving, etching, and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 43.3 x 32.7 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street