Quarterly dunns, or, Clamorous tax gatherers [graphic].

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[3 February 1805]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 35 x 24.8 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW

Abstract:

"Three tax-collectors beset a house door, on which is a plate: 'Doctor Humbug', and above: 'Advice Gratis.' An elderly man holds the knocker, a ring in a lion's mouth, and looks up at the window above where two heads peer out: a grotesque aged couple wearing nightcaps. On the lintel stands a pestle and mortar, inscribed 'Hippocrates.' On the house are two bills: 'The Goodwill of this House to be disposed of for Particulars enquire' - and 'The Budget opened or how to raise the Wind for the Year 1805.' The tax-collector holds a large open book: 'Window Tax Income Property House Tax'; under his arm is another book;..'Tax-Servants-Horses.' Papers inscribed 'Tax' and 'Taxes' project from his coat-pocket. Beside him, a man holding a paper points his pen viciously at the open window. A third man stands close behind holding a large book inscribed 'Dog Tax.' On the extreme left a woman carrying an infant begs, looking up at the window; a little boy beside her holds out his hat for alms to the tax-collector. On the right a fat man gapes up at the window while a little boy picks his pocket of a hankerchief. The house is at a corner, and from its wall a lamp with oil, spilling it on the people below. In the background (right) are tall, old-fashioned houses, all the windows, except in the top floor and attics, are 'Block'd Up'; one is 'To Lett.'"--British Museum catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Clamorous tax gatherers

Topics:

Beggars.
City & town life.
Pickpockets.
Poor persons.
Taxes.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1805.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1805.
Watermarks (Paper)--1809.--CtY-LW

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

805.02.03.01+
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Orbis Record:

8505429

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr11306

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10367
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 2, page 49

OID:

11018158

PID:

digcoll:976428