The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]

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Title: The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 August 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
Abstract: "A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protection for her Bank and especially for the protection of 'all our Honorable, and Right Honorable Fraternity from the Lectures of L-d K-n [Lord Kenyon], and all the dire horrors of the stocks and pillory!'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title printed in letterpress below image.
Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ...
Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. IX ; May, 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 44 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Prayers
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Drypoints England London 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Material: etching and drypoint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image and text
Subject (Name): Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Subject (Topic): Prayer
Subjects: Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Prayer
England > 1801
England > London > 1801
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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