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Taxation

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  • Advertisement : this is the reason why "it must be Bovril".
  • Advertisement : this is the reason why "it must be Bovril".
  • United States Internal Revenue stamp for special tax : received from ... the sum of ... dollars for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer to be carried on at ... : May 1873 ... April 1874.
  • A Frenchman in a tobacconist's declares he will take snuff to defy the increasing tax on tobacco. Coloured lithograph after H. Demare, c. 1870.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
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    • Online

    The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1 August 1816 | Reference: 12212i
    • Ephemera

    The Tatler : Numb. 144, from Thursday March 9. to Saturday March 11. 1709 : Sheer-Lane, March 10 ... / by Isaac Bickerstaff esq.

    Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 | Date: 1709
    • Books

    Essays on social security and taxation : Gustav von Schmoller and Adolph Wagner reconsidered / edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus.

    | Date: 1997
    • Ephemera

    United States Internal Revenue stamp for special tax : received from ... the sum of ... dollars for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer to be carried on at ... : May 1873 ... April 1874.

    | Date: 1873
    • Pictures
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    Jesus calls Matthew from among the tax officials. Woodcut, 16th century.

    | Reference: 23932i
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