Engraving by James Gillray, 1807
An etching by the famous cartoonist James Gillray. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Petty, takes 42 million pounds in tax payments from the English symbolic figure John Bull. Lord Petty gives most of it to the powerful and privileged. Lord Petty had presented a financial plan, on the basis of which taxes were to be reduced for the higher incomes
Picture No
13329111
Media ID
48314779
Size
4960px x 3626px
(2.5MB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1807
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1807 Basis Cartoonist Distribution Exchequer Gillray Higher Income Incomes Payment Payments Petty Pound Pounds Privileged Reduced Revenue Taxes
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