Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of their task-masters the excise officers, Dent, William, active 1783-1793, artist, England, en sanguine engraving 1790, a British satire on an attempt by William Pitt and George Rose to transfer to excise law certain import duties; standing in opposition is Edward Thurlow. The central image shows Britannia, wrapped in a blanket labeled Extension of Excise, being rocked to sleep in a cradle by Pitt and Rose. Another man, possibly Wi