Framed Print: The Property Tax, 1814
Framed Print: The Property Tax, 1814
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Framed Print: The Property Tax, 1814

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  • Title: The Property Tax, 1814
  • Description: Cartoon shows a prosperous John Bull seated in a chair as a blue demon hovers above him using a magnet to withdraw coins from Bull's waistcoat pocket. The ghost of William Pitt rises from the floorboards saying "Johnny shall never forget me."
  • Creator: Williams, C., artist
  • Subjects: Demons--1810-1820, John Bull (Symbolic character)--1810-1820, Pitt, William,--1759-1806, Taxes--Great Britain--1810-1820
  • 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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