Sujet

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795. '...Or, a Finishing Blow for Poor John Bull'. British prime minister William Pitt, brandishing a club inscribed 'Convention Bill', towers above a crouching John Bull on whose back is tied a burden of five bundles: 'Pensions', 'Subsidies', 'Tax', 'Taxation', 'Debt'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A11_073

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,4Mo (1,0Mo) / 18,1cm x 25,4cm / 2143 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male man men government arts politics economics country finance law art guy British weapon weapons English angry color humour anger funny bill frightened political war thin prime minister location century gallery economy Britain alarm debt club scared afraid print tax concept rage pension legislation pensions fury frightening hand-tinted fearful cartoon parody politician warfare art gallery debts taxation Colour frighten allegory weaponry allegorical politicians 18th century allegorical figure Eighteenth Century hand tinted satire satirical artistic school John Bull William Pitt The Younger hand coloured etching caricature satire Unknown William Pitt William Pitt the Younger Art Institute of Chicago art centre hand-coloured S.W. W Pitt Heritage Art SW Fores Fores SW S. W. S.W. Fores Samuel William Samuel William Fores Samuel W. Samuel W. Fores Art Institute Chicago Prints and Drawings S W Fores S W Pitt the Younger Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper convention bill subsidies subsidy