COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
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JCB Political Cartoons
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Accession number:
31604
accession_number
31604
Accession number
false
Title:
The Great Financier, or British OEconomy for the Years 1763, 1764, 1765.
title
The Great Financier, or British OEconomy for the Years 1763, 1764, 1765.
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Publisher:
Publd. according to Law
publisher
Publd. according to Law
Publisher
false
Date:
[1765]
date
[1765]
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching
image_technique
Etching
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
22 x 32 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
22 x 32 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Question of the legality of the General Warrants issued for the arrest of the authors, printers, and publishers of John Wilkes's North Briton, no. 45 (April 23, 1763), which was insulting to George III. General Warrants were eventually declared illegal. Images include: America as a burdened Indian; Britannia despondent; the Economy as a servant; ships for sale; William Pitt, Earl Chatham, on a crutch; George Grenville holding a scale; a prison; "Stamp Men," (tax collectors).
narrative_description
Question of the legality of the General Warrants issued for the arrest of the authors, printers, and publishers of John Wilkes's North Briton, no. 45 (April 23, 1763), which was insulting to George III. General Warrants were eventually declared illegal. Images include: America as a burdened Indian; Britannia despondent; the Economy as a servant; ships for sale; William Pitt, Earl Chatham, on a crutch; George Grenville holding a scale; a prison; "Stamp Men," (tax collectors).
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 4128; Cresswell, American Revolution, 622.
references
BM 4128; Cresswell, American Revolution, 622.
References
false
Notes:
Includes poetry. 6-stanza verse, "Our Budget is empty, & upward it flies."
notes
Includes poetry. 6-stanza verse, "Our Budget is empty, & upward it flies."
Notes
false
Subject:
Stamp Act Grenville Administration (April 1763-July 1765) General Warrants
subject
Stamp Act Grenville Administration (April 1763-July 1765) General Warrants
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1765
normalized_date
1765
Normalized date
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