George Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, holding a pair of unbalanced scales representing his budget, while William Pitt the elder and others mock him and make suggestions for reducing the British government's debt. Etching, 1765.

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George Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, holding a pair of unbalanced scales representing his budget, while William Pitt the elder and others mock him and make suggestions for reducing the British government's debt. Etching, 1765.