File:John Bull at his studies. Attended by his guardian angell. (BM 1868,0808.6864).jpg
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John Bull at his studies. Attended by his guardian angell. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
John Bull at his studies. Attended by his guardian angell. |
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Description |
English: John Bull, obese and gaitered, sits beside a table gaping at an enormous document, the bulky rolled end of which rests on the floor. He scratches his head, saying: "I have read many crabbed things in the course of my time - but this for an easy piece of Business is the toughest to understand I ever met with." Pitt (right), with wings and playing an Irish harp (see BMSat 9284, &c), leans towards him from clouds, saying:
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: William Pitt the Younger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1799 date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6864 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The Act, 39 Geo. III, c. 13, with three unimportant amending acts in Mar., May, and July, was very elaborate; each increment of £5 above £60 a year involved a different rate, varying from 1/120th to the full rate of 1/10th, which was paid on £200 a year and upwards. The clauses relating to deductions (for debts, children, life insurance, repairs) were also complicated. It was denounced as inquisitorial. The famous budget speech, 3 Dec. 1798, summarized the scheme, a result of the failure of the tripling of the assessed taxes (see BMSat 9043) and of a desire to meet the year's expenses without loans and to inspire other nations to similar exertions. It became law on 9 Jan., to come into operation on 5 Apr. See 'Parl. Hist.' xxxiv. 1 ff.; 'Ann. Reg.', 1799, pp. 184 ff.; Dowell, 'Hist. of Taxation', 1888, iii. 92 ff.; Seligman, 'The Income Tax', 1914, pp. 72-89. See BMSats 8620 A (1800), 9280, 9281, 9282, 9283, 9337, 9338, 9344, 9353, 9354, 9366, 9367, 9391, 9400, 9518, 9520, 9544. The print is described by Dowell, op. cit. ii. 326, and Seligman, op. cit., p. 78. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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