The taxman's visit [graphic]

Description

Title: The taxman's visit [graphic]
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, active 1775-1804, printmaker
Contributor: Potsley, J., publisher.
Published / Created: August 7, 1797.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by J. Potsley
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified by former owner as probably Kingsbury.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top.
Place of publication from publisher's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Tax collectors -- Tradesmen -- Taxes: tax book -- Weapons: pistols -- Emblems: royal crown stamped on pistol as proof of paid tax -- Ink-bottles attached to coat -- Furniture: inkstands -- Children -- Reference to coalition with Portugal.
Mounted to 30 x 42 cm.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 25 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797

Access: Public
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