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A visitor to John Bull for the year 1799. or. the assess'd taxes taking their leave!!   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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A visitor to John Bull for the year 1799. or. the assess'd taxes taking their leave!!
Description
English: A sequel to BMSat 9043. John Bull turns in terror towards a large demon (right) who clutches him by the coat-tail and leans towards him with an insinuating grin. Four smaller demons of the same species (left) depart, their spokesman, who holds a book, bowing with a sardonic grin. All five are nude, satyr-like monsters, with small horns, webbed wings, and splayed toes. The 'Visitor', who holds a large book, says "Please your Honor I am a Tax upon Income!" John cries: "Mercy on us! - am I never to be at Peace - this from his size - must be the commanding Officier of the Squad!" The departing imps say: "Good bye - Mr Bull - we are very much obliged to you for the Services of last year - very much obliged to you indeed!!" John, a 'cit', wears the ill-fitting wig of the artisan. 12 December 1798
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Date 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 260 millimetres
Width: 366 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6802
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

On 3 Dec. Pitt expounded his scheme for an income tax (a tenth of income) in place of the tripling of the Assessed Taxes, see BMSat 9043, &c, which had been shamelessly evaded. 'Parl. Hist.' xxxiv. 1 ff. For the income tax see BMSat 9363, &c.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6802
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