File:John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise.jpg
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English: SUMMARY: A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is implied by the image of a bull, muzzled and blindfolded, with legs chained to a stump, being harassed by dogs (depicted with heads of members of Parliament). Edward Thurlow, also shown as a dog, registers his opposition to these "New Excise Fetters for John Bull" by urinating on tobacco leaves. Among the members of Parliament depicted are: William Wyndam Grenville, Henry Dundas, Charles Lennox Richmond, Charles Jenkinson, Richard Pepper Arden, Sir Charles Pratt Camden, and possibly Francis Osborne Carmarthen. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching and aquatint. |
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| Source | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07654 |
| Author | Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. [London] : Pubd. by H. Humphrey No. 18 Old Bond Street, 1790 April 9th. |
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| current | 21:42, 28 July 2005 | | 1,024 × 657 (205 KB) | Petrusbarbygere (talk | contribs) | SUMMARY: A British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new "Excise" duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is implied by the image of a bull, muzzled |
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