Repeal of the Corn Tax, 1846
Repeal of the Corn Tax, 1846. When the high price of bread could no longer be borne, the Government took off the duty on corn! A newspaper boy runs to a baker's shop with the news, Penny Buns for Everybody, but the baker doesn't seem to be very pleased. The shop window is well stocked with plum cake, buns and loaves
Picture No
10542895
Media ID
47538546
Size
7934px x 6029px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Mary Francis Ames, words by Ernest Ames, in Really and Truly', circa 1900
Date
1846
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