Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt
Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte receiving bags of money from the Treasury, handed over from a wheelbarrow by the Prime Minister, William Pitt. The Prince of Wales (later George IV, right) seems disappointed by a note for £200, 000 from his friend Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orleans. A disabled man sits on the ground (left) with an upturned and empty hat
Picture No
10956027
Media ID
48223163
Size
5916px x 4586px
(8.5MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Cartoon in The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist; with the History of His Life and Times, edited by Thomas Wright, 1873
Date
1786
