Sujet

The property tax for ever!!!', 1816. Artist: George Cruikshank

Légende

'The property tax for ever!!!', 1816. A scene in the Guildhall. Alderman John Atkins is haranguing the audience on the matter of the income tax. Sir William Curtis is wearing sailor's trousers. The Recorder Sir John Silvester is holding a spyglass and the Mayor Matthew Wood is registering disapproval.

Date

1816

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B01_237

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,4Mo (1,7Mo) / 31,3cm x 24,4cm / 3694 x 2876 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people politics country finance costume listening British English dress location century city of london Britain speaking lecturing tax B&W cartoon MONOCHROME income tax guildhall taxation 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery alderman Alderman of London Corporation of London harangue Recorder of London TGN John Atkins Matthew Wood Sir John Silvester Sir Matthew Wood Sir William Curtis etching caricature satire John William George Cruikshank;Cruikshank George George Cruikshank Curtis Matthew Sir Matthew Sir William Sir John Wood William Curtis Silvester Atkins Cruikshank George