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James Gillray
1756-1815
The dog tax / X.
[London] : Pubd April 12th 1796 by H Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1796]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.407
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[London] : Pubd. April 12th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1796]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
Summary:
Print shows two dogs with the heads of Sheridan and Fox hanging from a gibbet inscribed 'not Paid for'. Two other dogs with the heads of Pitt and Dundas stand beneath, looking up at them with complacent triumph, these are 'To be Paid for'. The gibbet is formed of two uprights with a cross-bar. Fox has a fox's brush. He urinates upon Dundas who is immediately beneath him, facing Pitt. Dundas is a fat mongrel, Pitt a lean greyhound
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