Sujet
'The New Stamp Duty', 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
Légende
'The New Stamp Duty', 1880. The gentleman in the dark glasses is Mr Henry Fawcett, the blind Postmaster General. He had just introduced a scheme whereby small amounts could be saved in the Post Office Savings Bank by the accumulation of stamps. Twelve penny stamps could be put on one sheet and received as a deposit of one shilling. The little boy is posting his savings, but the little girl on the right has been sent by her more feckless parents to fetch a bottle of beer with their money. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 27, 1880.
Date
1880
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector
Notre référence
HRM19A90_154
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,8Mo (4,1Mo) / 31,1cm x 43,3cm / 3675 x 5115 (300dpi)