James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, To Be Paid For - The Dog Tax, 1796
- Title:
- To Be Paid For - The Dog Tax
- Date:
- 1796
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 x 8 9/16in. (27.9 x 21.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered within image, upper center: "not Paid for."; lower center: "To be Paid for."; lower rigth: "Pub.d April 12th 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street"; lettered below image, lower center: "The DOG TAX. | New Grievances so thinkly come | And Taxes fall so hard Sir, | Poor Johnny Bull can't pay his Sum | For Dogs that are his Guard Sir | But tho so poor is Johnny's Purse, | How hard it is to say Sir | For R__l Dogs that are our Curse. | Poor John is made to pay sit | Bow Wow Wow"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.886
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | dog | satire
- Associated People:
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43683
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