Excise a la mode, 1763

A group of men from the Corporation of London petition King George III against an excise scheme taxing cider. John Stuart, Lord Bute (Prime Minister) stands on the right dressed in tartan. The print is a satire of Lord Bute's deeply unpopular tax on cider and perry

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