Sujet

'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. Artist: James Gillray

Légende

'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. A p(r)etty scheme for reducing the taxes and paying off the National Debt; showing John Bull on his hands and knees on a flat rock, an enormous money bag on his back. Lord Petty stands astride the mouth of the bag shovelling coins to greedy ministerialists outside the Treasury.

Date

1807

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A98_129

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

19,9Mo (1,5Mo) / 26,6cm x 18,8cm / 3136 x 2215 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England politics economics country money finance currency coin British English color colour location century economy coinage Britain sack treasury cartoon shovelling politician 19th century national debt allegorical figure nineteenth century statesman Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Chancellor of the Exchequer John Bull 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice etching caricature satire James Henry James Gillray James Gillray;Gillray Marquess of Marquess of Lansdowne Lansdowne Petty-Fitzmaurice Gillray James