Print: A New Way To Pay The National-Debt, 1786
Print: A New Way To Pay The National-Debt, 1786
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Print: A New Way To Pay The National-Debt, 1786

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  • Title: A New Way To Pay The National-Debt, 1786
  • Description: Cartoon shows King George III and Queen Charlotte standing before the Treasury, moneybags under their arms, their pockets overflowing and bursting with coins (funds from the Treasury to cover Royal debts), William Pitt, his pockets full of coins, hands the king another moneybag taken from an overflowing wheelbarrow; the Prince of Wales, George IV, stands to the right looking destitute; a quadriplegic sits on the ground to the left with an overturned and empty hat between the stubs of his legs, which are fitted with prostheses.
  • Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
  • Subjects: Avarice--1780-1790, Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818, George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820, George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830, Miserliness--1780-1790, Monetary policy--Great Britain--1780-1790, Pitt, William,--1759-1806, Public debt--Great Britain--1780-1790, Quadriplegics--1780-1790
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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