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1. Jack in office [art original].
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D574 no. 5 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A exciseman stands in profile facing to the left. His lower lip protrudes, and his chest is thrown out
- Description:
- Title inscribed in ink, lower right: Jack in office., Attributed to Dighton based on published print of the same title., Date based on publication date. Original sketch of British Museum 8395A?, Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., and Watermark.
- Subject (Topic):
- Government officials, Excise tax, Inkstands, and Taxes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack in office [art original].
2. The noble stand, or, The glorious CCIIII [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1733]
- Call Number:
- 733.03.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the defeat of the Excise Bill. In the foreground, on the left, stands Justice trampling on Oppression, in her scales papers lettered, "Magna Charta", "City Petition" and "204" (the number of members of parliament who voted against the Bill) outweigh chains and wooden shoes; on the right, Trade, a merchant holding a ship standing on two barrels, one of wine and one of tobacco, is supported by Liberty holding a hat on a staff. In the background, Britons, including a sailor, dance around a maypole decorated with tobacco leaves and grapes and topped with a sign lettered "Perry & Barnard" referring to the members for the City of London. Above fly Plenty and Fame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Glorious CCIIII and Glorious 204
- Description:
- Title from item., Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., "Price 6 Pence."--Lower right corner., Twenty lines of verse in three columns below image: 'Arise Britannia! joyfull now arise! ... And the Vine's fruit, they raise and dance around'., Below the verses is an explanation of the 'two hundred and twice two' as 'The number of the Senators who oppos'd the Excise Bill'., State without subtitle "Sacred to their Immortal Honour down to the latest Posterity". Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1921., and Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Excise tax, Tobacco taxation, Internal revenue, Allegories, and Justice
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The noble stand, or, The glorious CCIIII [graphic].
