I. Calculator, Esqr. aetat 24, the celebrated conjuror. [graphic]

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Description

Title
I. Calculator, Esqr. aetat 24, the celebrated conjuror. [graphic]
Published / Created
[30 August 1776]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd as the act directs, Augt. 30th, 1776, by A.B., London
Abstract

Design in an oval depicts John Molesworth holding a wand seated at a wooden table and wearing a conical hat and dressing gown. He points towards lottery wheels from which 2 small boys wearing paper crowns observe him. Molesworth is saying "Eo, Meo, and Areo, stick close my boys and let me have all the capital prizes in my calculation." Before him on the table are ink bottle and quill, several books, including one entitled Calculations and another Conjurations, together with The life of Duncan Campbel, deaf & dumb fortune-teller. Molesworth in 1774 authored Proofs of the reality and truth of lottery calculations

Description
Title etched below image.
Dedication etched below title: This plate is humbly inscribed to all keeper's of lottery offices by their humble servt. A.B.
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 25.0 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 22.0 cm.
Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 7 of 12.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Gillray v. 7

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Aquatints England London 1776
Material
etching & aquatint ;
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Name)
Molesworth, John
Subject (Topic)
Lotteries
Frauds
Hats
Magicians
Subjects
Molesworth, John > Caricatures and cartoons
Lotteries > England
Frauds > England
Hats
Magicians
England > 1776
England > London > 1776
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
6570124
Object ID (OID)
11859159

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