Total amount of debt owed to lenders by a government/state
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Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
James GillrayDate: 1873Reference: 603166i
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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.
Date: [1765]Reference: 31513i
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A large balloon representing the British national debt placed on top of the Stock Exchange in London. Aquatint by F. Jukes after Elizabeth Henrietta Phelps after William Phelps.
Phelps, William, active 1780-1785.Date: July 1. 1785Reference: 31502i- E-books
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An essay on circulation and credit , in four parts; and a letter on the jealousy of commerce. From the French of Monsieur de Pinto. Translated, with annotations, by the Rev. S. Baggs, M.A.
Pinto, Isaac de, 1715-1787.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Pictures
King George III and Queen Charlotte stand before the open gate of the Treasury from which William Pitt the younger has just wheeled a wheelbarrow laden with money bags one of which he hands to the King. Line block after J. Gillray.
James GillrayDate: 1873Reference: 603163i