Sailing to the house, wind full north

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Thomas Colley
Sailing to the house, wind full north
etching & engraving, hand colored
plate mark: 125 x 173 mm; image: 104 x 158 mm; sheet: 128 x 175 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2367
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[London] : Pubd. April 10th, 1782 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1782]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title from item.
Attributed to Colley by BM Satires.

Summary: 

Lord North, carrying a large sack labelled "budget, small beer, soap, tobacco, insurance, carriages, tea", references to his proposed taxes of 1782. The Devil stands behind helping support the sack, as North approaches an open window at which a fox (Charles James Fox) is standing.

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