...Oppress'd with taxes, grievous to be born!

...Oppress'd with taxes, grievous to be born!

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Collier, John, 1708-1786
Publication:
[London:] , May 1773
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Orthopedic Equipment
Politics
United Kingdom
Genre(s):
Caricatures
Abstract:
An old man on crutches and representing the English is crippled by the weight of taxes placed on his back, whereas a young man representing the "half French-Britons" experiences no such burden, receiving only a piece of paper from the official.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):
Is part of: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures...designed in the Hogarthian style...; See related catalog record: WZ 336 C69 no. 1
Extent:
1 print
Technique:
etching
NLM Unique ID:
101425288 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A014355
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101425288