John Bull and the sinking fund mb-artistname A Bannerman View of the grammar and

View of the grammar and mathematical schools at Christ's Hospital

while alarmed drovers shout and wave sticks to warn him off

'Les divertissements de la lotterie'

A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table

View of the City of London from across the River Thames

John Bull and the sinking fund mb-artistname A Bannerman View of the grammar and'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.