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John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new Excise duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is implied by the image of a bull, muzzled and blindfolded, with legs chained to a stump, being harassed by dogs (depicted with heads of members of Parliament). Edward Thurlow, also shown as a dog, registers his opposition to these New Excise Fetters for John Bull by urinating on tobacco leaves. Among the members of Parliament depicted are: William Wyndam Grenville, Henry Dundas, Charles Lennox Richmond, Charles Jenkinson, Richard Pepper Arden, Sir Charles Pratt Camden, and possibly Francis Osborne Carmarthen.

John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new Excise duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is implied by the image of a bull, muzzled and blindfolded, with legs chained to a stump, being harassed by dogs (depicted with heads of members of Parliament). Edward Thurlow, also shown as a dog, registers his opposition to these New Excise Fetters for John Bull by urinating on tobacco leaves. Among the members of Parliament depicted are: William Wyndam Grenville, Henry Dundas, Charles Lennox Richmond, Charles Jenkinson, Richard Pepper Arden, Sir Charles Pratt Camden, and possibly Francis Osborne Carmarthen.
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John Bull, baited by the dogs of excise, en sanguine engraving 1790, British satire on efforts by William Pitt, George Rose, and some members of Parliament to impose new Excise duties on tobacco (cf. Tobacco Excise Bill). The additional tax burden on British citizens is implied by the image of a bull, muzzled and blindfolded, with legs chained to a stump, being harassed by dogs (depicted with heads of members of Parliament). Edward Thurlow, also shown as a dog, registers his opposition to these New Excise Fetters for John Bull by urinating on tobacco leaves. Among the members of Parliament depicted are: William Wyndam Grenville, Henry Dundas, Charles Lennox Richmond, Charles Jenkinson, Richard Pepper Arden, Sir Charles Pratt Camden, and possibly Francis Osborne Carmarthen.
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42.3 x 27.9 cm | 16.7 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)
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(CF. (DEPICTED 1790 ADDITIONAL AGED ANATOMY: LEG ANTIQUE ARDEN ARGOLLA ARKHEIA ART ARTS ARTWORK BAITED BILL) . BLINDFOLDED BRITISH BULL BURDEN CAMDEN CARMARTHEN CHAINED CHAINS CHARLES CITIZENS CULTURE DEPICTED DOG DOGS DUNDAS DUTIES EDWARD EFFORTS ENGLISH ENGRAVED IMAGE ENGRAVED ENGRAVEMENT ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) ENGRAVING ENGRAVING. ENGRAVINGS ETCHING EXCISE FETTERS FRANCIS GEORGE GRENVILLE HANDCUFFS HARASSED HEADS HEIMWEHR (AUSTRIAN MILITIA) HENRY HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIC ART HISTORIC HISTORICAL HISTORY HOMESICKNESS ILLUSTRATIVE TECHNIQUE IMAGE IMPLIED IMPOSE JENKINSON JOHN LEAVES. LEG LEG, ANATOMY LEGEND LEGS LENNOX LONGING (NOSTALGIA) MEMBERS MUZZLED NEW NOSTALGIA NOSTALGIC OLD FASHIONED OLD OLD-FASHIONED OPPOSITION OSBORNE PARLIAMENT) . PARLIAMENT PEPPER PISSING PITT POSSIBLY PRATT PRINT REGISTERS RETRO STYLED RETRO RICHARD RICHMOND ROMANTIC ROMANTICISM ROSE SANGUINE SATIRE SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP SHACKLES SHOWN SIR STUMP TABAC TABACCO TAX THURLOW TOBACCO TRADITIONAL TRADITIONS URINATING USED BOOK STORE VICTORIAN ERA VICTORIAN VINTAGE WANDERLUST WILLIAM WISTFULNESS WOEFULNESS WYNDAM