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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
93 - [Pencil Drawings 1800-1809] - [1800-1809]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5459/1/93/38
Former Reference
D5459/1/189
Title
The Plough in Danger
Date
[1800-1809]
Description
A horse harnessed to a plough is bucking. On his back is sat William Pitt the Younger, writing in book marked 'Tax'. The farmer comments:
"Rabbit it - if there beant Measter Billy on th' back of the ould Mear - going to tax her mayhap - I thought she would not wince about so for nothing. Dang it - if that Billy beant here and there and everywhere. He be worse than the fairies!!"
Available on CD 159.
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Artist
Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator
George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information
The drawing dates from before Pitt's death in 1806. Pitt oversaw the introduction of a number of taxes, including income tax, a tax on clocks and watches, a tax on powder for hair, and tax on horses for leisure (but not workhorses).
Physical Description
Pencil drawing with text in ink. Size 363 x 270 mm.
Copies
A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material
For more depictions of William Pitt see D5459/1/61 etc.
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