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A satire on the 'Loyalty loan' of £18,000,000 and on the defence measures for which it was raised.
Print shows John Bull as a stout countryman wearing jack-boots, riding through a wood on a wretched hack, ready to fall under his weight. Pitt kneels on the ground at left and aims a blunderbuss at John; it is inscribed 'Standing Army'. He masquerades as a beggar: his dress is tattered, on the ground is his hat, containing coins; he says: "Good Sir, for Charity's sake "have Pity upon a poor ruin'd Man; - "drop if you please, a few bits of "Money into the Hat, & you shall "be rewarded hereafter -" From his coat-pocket project a cocked pistol and a paper: 'Forced Loan in reserve'. He points to a document on the ground beside him: 'Humble Petition, for Voluntary - Contribution Subscriptions & new Taxes, to save the Distres'd from taking worse Courses.' John Bull, holding his own hat, full of guineas, drops guineas into Pitt's hat. His horse, disfigured with sores, is evidently the white horse of Hanover, its head-band is red and blue, the Windsor uniform. From the bushes behind Pitt emerge the heads and shoulders of Dundas, Grenville, and Burke, each with a pistol levelled at John Bull. On the left is a signpost pointing 'From Constitution Hill' and 'To Slavery Slough by Beggary Corner.'