The lottery, or, The characters of several ingenious, designing gentlewomen, that have put into it.

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Title
The lottery, or, The characters of several ingenious, designing gentlewomen, that have put into it.
Alternative Title
Characters of several ingenious, designing gentlewomen, that have put into it
Contributor
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created
[1740]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Sold in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Description
Publisher identified from address.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Two columns of text below title: A barber's daughter near the Exchange, who, they say could upon a good occasion ...
Publisher's announcement following imprint: Where may be had one hundred sortments of political and satyrical prints.
Letterpress broadside illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 12.1 x 21.2 cm.).
Temporary local subject terms: Exterior of Royal Exchange -- Lottery -- Trades: pickpockets -- Trades: booksellers -- Trades: lottery dealers -- Placards for distributing lottery shares -- Lottery Office -- Lottery tickets -- Bag of money -- Lighting: lanterns as signs for Lottery Office -- Birds: cock -- Lottery dealers: Berry & Jordan -- Lottery dealers: Hazard -- Lottery dealers: F. Wilson -- Lottery dealers: Pachter -- Signs: Lottery Office -- Literature: Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704. The fifth volume of the works of Mr. Thomas Brown; done from the originals. London : printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1721 -- Bookshops.
Provenance
Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) : 43 x 24 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
740.00.00.10+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Broadsides England 1740
Satires England 1740
Satires (Visual works) England 1740
Etchings England London 1740
Material
1 ill. (etching) ;
Subjects
England > 1740
England > London > 1740

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Orbis Record
8855146
Object ID (OID)
10700224

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