A New Way to Pay the National Debt,King George III,Queen Charlotte,William Pitt
Title: A new way to pay the national-debt / design'd by Helagabalis ; executed by Sejanus.
Creator(s): Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pubd. by Willm. Holland, 1786 April 21.
Summary: Cartoon shows King George III and Queen Charlotte standing before the Treasury, moneybags under their arms, their pockets overflowing and bursting with coins (funds from the Treasury to cover Royal debts), William Pitt, his pockets full of coins, hands the king another moneybag taken from an overflowing wheelbarrow; the Prince of Wales, George IV, stands to the right looking destitute; a quadriplegic sits on the ground to the left with an overturned and empty hat between the stubs of his legs, which are fitted with prostheses.
Notes:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6945
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.
Subjects:
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830.
Miserliness--1780-1790.
Monetary policy--Great Britain--1780-1790.
Public debt--Great Britain--1780-1790.
Avarice--1780-1790.
Quadriplegics--1780-1790.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1780-1790.
Etchings--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2001695207/
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