File:The stratagem alias the French bug-a-bo or Iohn Bull turn'd scrub (BM 1868,0808.6811).jpg
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The stratagem alias the French bug-a-bo or Iohn Bull turn'd scrub
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Print made by: Charles Williams
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| Title |
The stratagem alias the French bug-a-bo or Iohn Bull turn'd scrub |
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| Description |
English: Pitt (left), supporting with his right arm a wolf-like monster, points arrogantly at the money-bags held out by John Bull (left), whose knees flex with terror. He says: "If you dont come down with your Income, I'll let him loose!!!" Round the monster's thick neck is a collar: 'La Grande Nation'; from its jaws issue flames and an army of skeletons, brandishing weapons; flames dart from its nostrils. John says "Oh spare my life and take all I have"; he holds out a large bag inscribed '10 Pr Cent on Income', and a smaller one containing 'Remaining fruits of Industry'. Behind his head is a placard:
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| Depicted people | Associated with: William Pitt the Younger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1799 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
1868,0808.6811 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) For the Income Tax see BMSat 9363, &c. Incomes of £200 a year and upwards paid at the highest rate, those under £60 being exempt. This was denounced by Pulteney (see BMSat 9212) as ruinous to the 'middling class'. 'Parl. Hist.' xxxiv. 137 (27 Dec. 1798). It had been an Opposition theme that unfounded fears of a French invasion were exploited by the Ministry, cf. BMSat 8836. For Commutation, or tax on windows instead of tea, see BMSats 6630, 6634, &c. Broadley, 'Napoleon', i. 125-6. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6811 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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