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An Enquiry concerning the Clock Tax

Satirical Print
9 August 1797 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-coloured etching. William Pitt sits at a writing table receiving a man who presents his leg for examination, saying, "Please your Honor - I am a Delegate - from the worthy and respectable Society of Hosiers, to know whether your Honor means to extend the Tax to Clocks upon Stockings."


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Object type
TitleAn Enquiry concerning the Clock Tax (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching
Brief description
George Moutard Woodward. An Enquiry concerning the Clock Tax. Published London, 9 August 1797, by S.W. Fores
Physical description
Hand-coloured etching. William Pitt sits at a writing table receiving a man who presents his leg for examination, saying, "Please your Honor - I am a Delegate - from the worthy and respectable Society of Hosiers, to know whether your Honor means to extend the Tax to Clocks upon Stockings."
Dimensions
  • Height: 12in
  • Width: 8.75in
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Accession number
E.507-1943

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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