'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. Artist: James Gillray
/1620311.jpg "'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. Artist: James Gillray")
1-620-311 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images
'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. A p(r)etty scheme for reducing the taxes and paying off the National Debt; showing John Bull on his hands and knees on a flat rock, an enormous money bag on his back. Lord Petty stands astride the mouth of the bag shovelling coins to greedy ministerialists outside the Treasury.
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People Information
Creator
- James Gillray: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
After
- James Gillray: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
- Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne: British: Politician
Category Hierarchy
Artistic Representations Allegories
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
History & Politics Politics Politicians
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3136x2215
File Size : 20,351kb
Aliases
- 20383
- p5447705
- 0220004950
- 1-620-311
- 1620311
- 20383
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