'Rich Fare', Lloyd George as the 'Giant Lloyd-Gorgibuster', 1909 (litho)

personification of Lloyd George as the giant from the fairy tale 'Jack & the Beanstalk; Lloyd George had the task of finding the money to fund the Old Age Pensions Act introduced in the Budget of 1908; David Lloyd George (1863-1945) was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Liberal Government of 1908-15 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1916-22 Coalition Government of the Liberals and Conservatives; new taxation included taxes on building sites, death duties, tobacco, land, licensing, minerals and incomes (income super tax); cartoon from 'Punch' magazine, April 28, 1909;