Retrenchment, or, John Bull Routing his Rapacious Servants

Charles Williams British

Publisher Thomas Tegg British

September 1819

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Title: Retrenchment, or, John Bull Routing his Rapacious Servants
Artist: Charles Williams (British, active 1797–1830)
Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
Date: September 1819
Medium: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions: Image: 9 11/16 × 13 5/8 in. (24.6 × 34.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Object Number: 1970.541.110
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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