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The Rigid Collector, 20 June 1802

 Item — Box: LF104/6 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/6/89

Scope and Contents

By 'Giles Grinagain'. A little boy (left) draws by a string a toy coach and pair which moves on a platform with low wheels. The coach has coronet, two footmen stand behind, two heads are seen through the window. A tax-collector (right), with a large volume under his left arm: 'Tax on Carriages and Horses kept for Pleasure', runs after him, extending his stick to the child's head, and saying with a frown, "Hollo! you young Gentleman; I'll trouble You to stop a little, You h'ant paid the New Assessment on Carriages & Horses kept tor Pleasure." The boy answers: "Why mine b'ent a live Coach & Horses, They d'ont eat Oats and Hay." The collector: "That's the very Reason why you can better afford to pay Taxes, So out with your Pence! - Besides You must come down for your Armorial Bearings." Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 June 1802

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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