1816
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Death of Property Tax!!! is a 1816 ink by George Cruikshank, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a wild, colorful scene where a giant monster made of vines and a lion is being attacked by men with sticks and signs. One man in a blue coat is swinging a club, while others cheer or look on. A woman in a yellow dress sits on the ground, and the sky is full of clouds with more people floating above. The ground is messy, with scraps of paper and a broken tree. The title at the bottom reads *The Death of Property Tax!!!*, suggesting this is a political cartoon mocking taxes. The messy monster looks like a mix of different problems, and the people seem to be celebrating its defeat. This is an example of etching, a printmaking technique where artists carve into metal plates.
George Cruikshank or Cruickshank ( KRUUK-shank; 27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life.
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