Gillray, James (1756 – 1815) – ‘A new way to pay the National-Debt’.

'A new way to pay the National-Debt'. Etching. 'Pubd. April 21 1786. by Willm. Holland, No 66 Drury Lane'. 'A satire on the debates of 5 and 6 Apr. 1786 on Pitt's motion for a grant of £210,000 to discharge the debts on the Civil List [...] Fox urged an additional grant for the Prince, whose debts were notorious' (Dorothy George). Pitt is handing George III and Queen Charlotte a bag of money that he's wheeled form the Treasury. Money spews from both his and George's pockets. To the right, in rags, the Prince of Wales is offered a bill from Orleans. All this in sight of the legless and armless sailor in the foreground. 16.25x20.25 inches.