The gamester bes--t, or, A new way to win money- [graphic]

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Title: The gamester bes--t, or, A new way to win money- [graphic]
Alternative Title: New way to win money
Gamester beshit
Creator: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created: May 13th, 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Emblems of gambling -- Chequered wallpaper -- Orders: Garter -- Brooks's Club: Interior -- Scatology -- Sports: Cock-fighting -- Devil -- Literature: Swift, Theophilus, 1746-1815, scene from Gamblers, i.1.550.
Partial watermark bottom center of sheet.
Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch ; Dec. 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Drypoints England London 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching & drypoint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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