Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]

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Title: Anticipation, or, Taxes as they will be!! [graphic]
Alternative Title: Taxes as they will be!!
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ...
Abstract: In seven scenes in a design of two tiers, citizens dispute the oppressive fees imposed by a zealous tax collector who taxes bugs, pets, a bulbous nose and a runny nose, corns on a foot, and a man's skin. In the scene on the upper right, the tax collector penalizes a man whom he accuses of evading tax as he defecates in a bush
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Isaac Cruikshank by Krumbhaar.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: From the collection of Paul McCarron, sold at Dennis Auction Service, Stewartsville, New Jersey, 16 November 2018. Anne Rogers Fine Art; October 2019.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 33.3 x 47 cm, on sheet 35 x 49 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Taxation
Black people
Birds
Birdcages
Cats
Defecation
Dogs
Servants
Single women
Tax payers
Subjects: Taxation > Great Britain > 18th century
Black people
Birds
Birdcages
Cats
Defecation
Dogs
Servants
Single women
Tax payers
England > 1796
England > London > 1796

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