Political terriers hunting for new taxes [graphic].

Description

Title: Political terriers hunting for new taxes [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 June 1806]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 23rd, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
Abstract: A satire on the impeachment of Lord Melville, with politicans heads on dogs bodies
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 25.9 x 35.9 cm.
Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.3 x 34.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815
Windham, William, 1750-1810
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Taxes
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William, 1750-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dogs
Taxes
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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