George Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, holding a pair of unbalanced scales representing his budget, while William Pitt the elder and others mock him and make suggestions for reducing the British government's debt. Etching, 1765.

Previous title, replaced April 2023 : One man is holding scales which appear unbalanced as a crowd of people on the left are discussing the situation. Etching.

[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1765]

1 print : etching ; image 22.2 x 32 cm

The great financier, or British oeconomy for the Years 1763, 1764, 1765. Our budget is empty , & upward it flies, But our debt is too unweildy and sullen to rise: Such wonders our grand financier can dispense. That he'll pay off ten millions by saving ten pence. Derry down. ...

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. IV, London 1883, pp. 359-361, no. 4128

Wellcome Collection 31513i