John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Guardian Angell
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10in. (25.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "I' have read many crabbed things in the course of my time - but this for an easy piece of Business is the toughest to understand I ever met with'"; upper right: "'Cease rude Boreas blustering railer, Trust yout Fortunes care to me.'"; center: "Tax upon Income | A plain, short, and easy description of the difference clauses in the income tax as to render it familiar to the meanest capacity"; center right: "The sweet little chorus that sits up aloft to keep watch for the purse of poor Jack"; lettered below image, lower center: "John Bull at His Studies. Attended by His Gaurdian Angell."; lower left: "Pubd March 13th by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly"; lower right: "Folios of Carracatures lent out fot the evening"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection