A new way to pay the national-debt / design'd by helagabalis; executed by sejanus. Summary: cartoon depicts a slovenly-attired king george iii and queen charlotte standing before the treasury with moneybags under their arms and with a surfeit of gold guineas overflowing their pockets and bursting from the fly of the king's breeches. William pitt, his pockets similarly overflowing, hands the king another moneybag from a pile in a wheelbarrow. The prince of wales (heir to the throne) stands to the right, destitute in torn rags and missing a shoe; he is being handed a check saying "accept £200000 from your friend orleans". A quad-amputee sits on the ground to the left with an empty begging hat between the stubs of his prostheses-fitted legs. Posters on the wall read "last dying speech of fifty-four malefactors executed for robbing of a hen-roost" and "just published for the benefit of posterity: the dying groans of liberty". Medium: 1 print: etching. Created/published: [london]: pubd. By willm. Holland, 1786 april 21. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the british museum. Division i, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6945
forms part of: british cartoon prints collection (library of congress). Exhibited: gillray and the art of caricature. Date: 21 April 1786.
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