Satirical depiction of the abolition of the drinking tax in Austria in 1783, anonymous, (1783), etching on paper, sheet: 19 × cm, [] 'O drinking tax, ever good night!, No human friend thought of you: | Whoever weeps in a thousand, So he weeps as an enemy of man.' (within the representation); [] 'Let us truly praise him | Who lifted the drink tax' (below the depiction

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License: Licensed
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