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1. La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [5 April 1797]
- Call Number:
- 797.04.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap (i.e., bonnet rouge) trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is the yokel with wrinkled gaiters ... with a tattered great-coat held together by a military belt. In his left hand is a ragged hat. He says, with a broad grin: "Wounds, when Master Billy sees I in a Red-Cap, how he will stare! - egad; I thinks I shall cook em at last. - well if I could but once get a Cockade to my Red Cap, & a bit of a Gun - why, I thinks I should make a good stockey Soldier!" The shop is that of 'Billy-Black-Soul [Pitt], Hatter, & Sword-cutler \ Licenced to deal in Hats and Swords.' Above the door (right) are the royal arms and 'Stamp-Office' (the tax on hats being levied by a stamp). Within the window are crossed swords and military cocked hats with a number of stamps bearing the royal arms. In the foreground (left) is a pile of dead cats with a paper: 'List of Cats Killed for making skin caps 20000 Red 5000 Tabb ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull evading the hat tax
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond & St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Taxation of articles of consumption, Law and legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Cats, Hats, Millinery, Slaughtering, Swords, Taxes, Show displays, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]
2. La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [5 April 1797]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "John Bull stands full-face on the pavement outside a shop window, holding on his head a red cap (i.e., bonnet rouge) trimmed with fur of quasi-military, quasi-libertarian shape. He is the yokel with wrinkled gaiters ... with a tattered great-coat held together by a military belt. In his left hand is a ragged hat. He says, with a broad grin: "Wounds, when Master Billy sees I in a Red-Cap, how he will stare! - egad; I thinks I shall cook em at last. - well if I could but once get a Cockade to my Red Cap, & a bit of a Gun - why, I thinks I should make a good stockey Soldier!" The shop is that of 'Billy-Black-Soul [Pitt], Hatter, & Sword-cutler \ Licenced to deal in Hats and Swords.' Above the door (right) are the royal arms and 'Stamp-Office' (the tax on hats being levied by a stamp). Within the window are crossed swords and military cocked hats with a number of stamps bearing the royal arms. In the foreground (left) is a pile of dead cats with a paper: 'List of Cats Killed for making skin caps 20000 Red 5000 Tabb ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- John Bull evading the hat tax
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.3 x 26.0 cm, on sheet 40.2 x 29.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 4 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond & St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Taxation, Taxation of articles of consumption, Law and legislation, John Bull (Symbolic character), Cats, Hats, Millinery, Slaughtering, Swords, Taxes, Show displays, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La bonnèt-rouge, or, John Bull evading the hat tax [graphic]
