Revenue Collection

Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman
H.M. Bateman had a particular loathing for the taxman as exemplified in this cartoon showing the inhabitants of Somerset House (then the home of the Inland Revenue)

The Income Tax Official in Hades by H. M. Bateman
A tax man from the Inland Revenue suffering his worst nightmare - locked in a cage suspended over a pile of cheques and money he cannot reach. Cartoon by H. M

SMUGGLER
Though technically criminals, smugglers are often popular heroes, as is this fellow, Will Watch the Smuggler Bold who will die bravely in a fight with the revenue men

Main building, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
General view of the main building of the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The school opened in 1870 to house workhouse children from the two unions

INCOME TAX 1940 / 1
A letter asking for income tax to be paid

John Brown and Co. sink British Revenue Cutter Gaspee
The Burning of the " Gaspee". HMS Gaspee a British customs schooner ran aground after being boarded by a group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, who attacked, boarded

Mesmerism, Rabbit vs. Stoat by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman who frequently lampooned the tax man in his work. Here, a meek looking man looks rather like a rabbit, trembling under the intense

Inland revenue envelope, c. 1920s
An prepaid envelope for the collection of income tax, addressed Inverness, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel
British Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel. Date: circa 1770

Robert Scott Ltd. selling Aertex garments, 8 Poultry, London
Robert Scott Ltd. selling Aertex garments, Revenue House, 8 Poultry, Cheapside, London Date: 1910

Tax office in Toamasina, Madagascar
Tax office in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar. Date: circa 1910

The Melbourne Custom House
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Melbourne Custom House in the city of Melbourne in Australia. In this building customs officers recorded all goods entering or leaving Victoria;

Carolina Cheruto cigar advertisement, Reginald McKenna taxes
Advertisement for Carolina Cheruto cigars from the First World War period featuring a picture of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald McKenna

Eve and her luxuries, WW1
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, pictured surrounded by some of her favourite luxury items - hats, dresses and lingerie

Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House, London, 1861
Engraving showing the exterior of the Inland Revenue Office at Somerset House, Wellington Street, London, 1861

Licence for Servant
A LICENCE FOR ONE MALE SERVANT Issued by the Inland Revenue at Castle Cary, Somerset, 14 January 1891

The Gaspee Burnt
THE GASPEE INCIDENT - The citizens of Rhode Island, angered by British tax demands, board the grounded revenue schooner Gaspee and burn her

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