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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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