John Bull and the sinking fund mb-artistname A Bannerman A man reads from a

A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table

View of the City of London from across the River Thames

'Moments of pleasure'

' A walnut seller carrying her produce in a basket with two children and the Tower of London in the distance

'Les divertissements de la lotterie'

John Bull and the sinking fund mb-artistname A Bannerman A man reads from a'John Bull and the sinking fund', 1807. A p(r)etty scheme for reducing the taxes and paying off the National Debt; showing John Bull on his hands and knees on a flat rock, an enormous money bag on his back. Lord Petty stands astride the mouth of the bag shovelling coins to greedy ministerialists outside the Treasury.