Figure 3: James Gillray. “_Political Ravishment, or The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street in Danger!_” 1797. Wikimedia Commons.

Figure 3: James Gillray. "_Political Ravishment, or The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street in Danger!_” 1797. Wikimedia Commons.

Figure 3: James Gillray. “_Political Ravishment, or The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street in Danger!_” 1797. Wikimedia Commons.

Figure 3: James Gillray. “_Political Ravishment, or The Old Lady of Threadneedle-street in Danger!_” 1797. Wikimedia Commons. Figure 4. George Cruikshank. “Johnny Bull and his Forged Notes!! Or, Rags and Ruin in the Paper Currency!” 1819. Courtesy the British Museum.