No.11: Blessings of Britain – or – Swarm of Tax-Gatherers. “All with United Force Combine to Drive the Lazy Drones from the Laborious Hive” (Virgil)

Charles Williams

Coloured etching

January 1817

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  • About the work
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    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Charles Williams was a prolific caricaturist, etcher and illustrator who occasionally used the pseudonym ‘Ansell’ or ‘Argus’. He worked with George Cruikshank and illustrated The Every-Day Book by William Hone.
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    Artist
    Charles Williams
    Title
    No.11: Blessings of Britain – or – Swarm of Tax-Gatherers. “All with United Force Combine to Drive the Lazy Drones from the Laborious Hive” (Virgil)
    Date
    January 1817
    Medium
    Coloured etching
    Dimensions
    height: 24.90 cm, width: 35.30 cm
    Acquisition
    Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, December 2012
    GAC number
    15655