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John Bull at His Studies, published March 13, 1799. Creator: Unknown.

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John Bull at His Studies, published March 13, 1799. '...attended by his Guardian Angell' (British prime minister William Pitt: "Cease rude Boreas blustering railer, Trust your Fortune's cares to me". John Bull, scratching his head: "I have read many crabbed things in the courses of my time - but this for an easy piece of Business is the toughest to understand I ever met with". List reads: 'Tax upon Income, a Plain, Short and easy description of the Different Clauses in the Income Tax so as to Render it familiar to the Meanest Capacity'.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM23A12_163

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19,1Mo (1,5Mo) / 18,9cm x 25,4cm / 2227 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male job man men music religious arts politics country religion finance art books book guy wings occupation British English color humour funny harp puzzled paper angel political prime minister location century musical instrument musical instruments gallery Britain profession accounts papers paperwork ledger print tax literature concept list accounting accountancy accountant hand-tinted cartoon stringed instrument metaphor parody complicated politician income tax art gallery ledgers taxation Colour allegory allegorical politicians 18th century allegorical figure Eighteenth Century hand tinted satire satirical artistic school guardian angel John Bull winged figure William Pitt The Younger hand coloured etching caricature satire Unknown William Pitt William Pitt the Younger Henry Stevens Art Institute of Chicago art centre hand-coloured W Pitt Heritage Art SW Fores Fores SW S. W. Fores S. W. George Alexander Stevens George Alexander Purgantius Pedasculus Paulus Paulus Purgantius Pedasculus Humm Sir Henry Humm Art Institute Chicago Prints and Drawings Pitt the Younger Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper