Pitt (left) sits in profile to the right beside a writing-table, pen in hand; he looks up with dismay at a man (right) who approaches, hat in hand, holding up one leg to display his stocking. The visitor says: "Please your Honor -  I am a Delegate - from the worthy and respectable Society of Hosiers, to know whether your Honor means to extend the Tax to Clocks upon Stockings." He holds his three-cornered hat; the stamp of the royal arms inside the crown shows that it has been taxed. Pitt holds a large 'Tax Pen'; his left hand rests on a scroll headed '[T]axes', the list incomplete: 'Shoe Strings Knee Strings Hair Strings Halte...'. A bundle of 'Tax Pens worn out' lies on the table. Other 'Tax Pens' stand in a large pot of 'Permanent Ink'.  9 August 1797
<br>Hand-coloured etching
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<p>After: George Moutard Woodward
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<dl><dd>Published by: S W Fores</dd></dl></div>
1797<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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