A Tenant At Will
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- quill, book, smoking pipe, satire, man, 19th century costume, coat, waistcoat, breeches, spectacles, wig, cap, hat, staff, cartoon, fireplace, door, window, domestic interior, chair
- Materials & Techniques
- board, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Title
- A Tenant At Will
- Date
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- height: 30.50 cm, width: 39.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, December 2012
- Inscription
- Three word balloons, from left to right: (1) It seems we shant have much to / carry (2) I have come for the last time in the name of his / Majesty, for a Twelve months Taxes due to his / aforesaid MAJESTY. (3) Tell his aforesaid MAJESTY that I sharnt / pay a farthing OLD COCKALORUM. So you may / SIEZE for it.
- Provenance
- Inland Revenue, Somerset House; transferred to GAC 2012
- GAC number
- 15566