Articles to be taxed large bonnets & small waists, false curls & bustles, false teeth, mustachios worn by fops not military nor civil ; Swing ; First Friday in Lent ; The man of many falls ; Benefits of the budget : cheap tobbacco [sic], cheap advertisements, cheap coals - a real blessing, cheap candles, cheap printed cotton. [graphic]

"ARTICLES TO BE TAXED (16864) See also British Museum Satires 16591, &c. [1] 'Large Bonnets & Small Waists'. A lady (three-quarter length) wearing a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich-feathers, and much larger than an umbrella, with an hour-glass waist and sleeves like balloons. [2] 'False Curls & Bustles'. A lady, with loops of hair twisted like ribbon massed on her head and ringlets, stands in back view, looking over her shoulder. She wears inflated pads on her shoulders and at her waist to distend her sleeves and skirt. [3] 'False Teeth'. Bust portrait of a man with a set smile revealing over-regular teeth. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8174. [4] 'Mustachios Worn By Fops Not Military Nor Civil'. Bust portrait of a man with a moustache, but without whiskers, directed to the left and squinting truculently upwards. For the civilian moustache cf. British Museum Satires No. 14763. Cf. also British Museum Satires No. 16180."--British Museum online catalogue

"SWING (16588) In the foreground are symbolical objects: sealed letters, a saucepan, &c. backed by flames. In the background (left) a man holding a letter slinks off, on the right are blazing ricks. Below the title: 'His nose is like Steel cutting thro' every thing his cruel Eye looks hard and void of mercy as a flint--his impudent jaws a brazen tinder Box and his tongue like an anonymous letter cowardly and abusive, while his fiery Hair gives him altogether a most ferocious appearance'. See British Museum Satires No. 16400, &c."--British Museum online catalogue

"FIRST FRIDAY IN LENT (16589) A City feast. The Lord Mayor, on a dais, has an ass's head (as 'Don-key', see British Museum Satires No. 16303, &c.) and is surrounded by bloated and guzzling bishops. Behind the guests are flunkeys in a row. On the backs of the chairs are the City arms. Below the title: 'Then came the time for prayer & fasting so the Elders of the City and the chief Priests met together to feast!!!!!' Cf. British Museum Satires No. 16533."--British Museum online catalogue

"THE MAN OF MANY FALLS. (16590) Wellington, thrown by a prancing horse, lies on his back in a London street. Footmen at the back of a passing carriage (left) gape at him. (The fall is political, see British Museum Satires No. 16333, but cf. British Museum Satires No. 15773, &c.)."--British Museum online catalogue

"BENEFITS OF THE BUDGET (16591) Five designs (slight reductions in cost, as below, resulted from adjustments of taxation, see No. 16582). [1] 'Cheap Tobbaco'. Two men sit together; a paunchy 'cit' smokes two long pipes, saying 'What a Luxury'. A more fashionable man looks at his cigar, saying, 'I scarcely think it smokes so well'. [2] 'Cheap Advertisements'. Two half-length figures in conversation: 'I want a wife shall I advertise'. Answer: 'No No ther's so many advertisements now nobody reads them'. [3] 'Cheap Coals--a real blessing'. A man in his shirt warms himself at a blazing fire in a primitive grate, tilting his chair, a little girl between his knees. [4] 'Cheap Candles'. A man (half-length) delightedly reads a newspaper by the light of the candle he is holding. Below the title: 'Throwing a light upon the subject'. [5] 'Cheap Printed Cotton'. A comely young woman (half-length) in sprigged cotton looks over her shoulder alluringly."--British Museum online catalogue