Satirical cartoon, An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax

Satirical cartoon, An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax. A delegate (a loaded word) of the Society of Hosiers asks Pitt whether the new tax introduced upon clocks will be extended to clocks on stockings. Pitt sits at a writing table, quill pen in hand, writing out an absurd list of possible items to tax, including shoe strings. On the table is a pile of worn out tax pens

1790s Absurd Clocks Concerning Delegate Enquiry Extended Hosier Hosiers Pens Pile Quill Raise Raising Strings Taxation Taxes

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