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Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in danger!, 1797
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Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in danger!, 1797
Political ravishment, or the Old Lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger!, 1797; showing a thin old woman dressed in one-pound notes, throwing up her arms in terror as William Pitt embraces her with his right hand and takes guineas from her pocket with his left. The satire is a protest against the introduction of paper money
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