Reading Between The Lines Collection

Income Tax, 1798. John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as an angel playing a harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in the style of Gillray

Stock-Jobbers Extraordinary, Stock Exchange, London, c1795. Artist: Robert Dighton
Stock-Jobbers Extraordinary, c1795. Interior of the Stock Exchange, Bartholomew Lane, showing some members seated a around a table studying the Gazette Extraordinary while others appear to be taking

The Letter, 1910. Artist: William Mouat Loudan
The Letter, 1910; a woman stands in a room reading a letter

A salesman gets a helping hand in checking the figures, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
A salesman gets a helping hand in checking the figures, 1967

The Colonial Maidens Dilemma, Two Proposals, Which Will be Accepted. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Colonial Maidens Dilemma, Two Proposals, Which Will be Accepted. Stereoscopic card detail

Bostonians reading the Stamp Act, 1765 (c1880). The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first attempt by the British government to impose direct taxation upon the American colonies

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