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1. The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hall, John, 1739-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 1798.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [56] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's History of England; Tyler in his smithy, holding a hammer in his right hand and raising his arm to strike the tax collector standing at left, who reaches greedily towards him, another collector behind him carrying a bag labelled 'poll tax / three groa[ts]'; a woman stands between the two men, attempting to hold back the tax collector; further angry people in the background, a snarling dog between Tyler's legs."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Collector of the poll tax murdered by Wat Tyler
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [56] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- Tyler, Wat, -1381,
- Subject (Topic):
- Homicides, Poll taxes, Hammers, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The collector of the poll-tax murder'd by Wat Tyler [graphic]
