Anticipation. A new mode of raising supplies, by Sr Boreas Blubber, or ways and means, for 1780 (BM 1868,0808.4731)

Lord North (r.), in profile to the left., points a pistol at two men who are squatting down, holding up their coat-tails. He is trying to force them to evacuate supplies and says, "I'll drain both Jew & Gentile". One is a fat Englishman, saying "We are quite exhausted my Lord". The other, a bearded Jew wearing a hat, says, "Will you give Twenty p' Cent". Two coins and an empty purse inscribed "Vacuum lie" on the ground. Beside North is a sheet of paper inscribed "Annihilation of Empire by Ld N-----h". Behind North (r.) hangs a map, "America", the country indicated by a few lines. Behind the other two (l.) hangs a picture, "The goose & Golden Eggs": a man and woman have cut open a goose which lies on a table in front of a cottage, they hold up their hands in astonishment at finding it empty of eggs. Cf. p. 216.

One of many satires on North's budgets, cf. BMSat 5703. See also BMSat 4968, 5541, 5542, 5637, 5703, 5964, &c. For 20 per cent. cf. BMSat 4926, 5012. 1779

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