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Gillray inv. & fect. Pub.d Feb.y 23d 1807 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street.\r\n\r\nNumerous inscriptions made in plate throughout the plate, often acting as speech bubbles","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"\r\nA sinking fund receives surplus tax revenues that are then used to repay debt. Sinking funds were popular with British governments in the eighteenth century, and Lord North instituted such a fund in 1786 to help repay the national debt incurred fighting in the American Revolution. The plan worked well until 1793, when war with France destroyed any logical rationale for the fund. John Bull, depicted here, is the personification of England.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"K4-6 Rotation January 2017"}],"datebegin":1807,"sortnumber":"1962   28x","published_date":"2026-02-11 08:29:39.375468","objectid":9898,"dimensions":"plate: 25 x 35.1 cm. (9 13/16 x 13 13/16 in.)\r\nsheet: 34.5 x 48.4 cm. (13 9/16 x 19 1/16 in.)","on_view":false}