Mr. John Alder the fortunate cooper of Abingdon

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Title: Mr. John Alder the fortunate cooper of Abingdon
Creator: Roth, William, active approximately 1768-1770, printmaker
Contributor: Stoppelaer, Charles, -1772, artist.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, [1767 or 1768]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: John Alder, a cooper of Abingdon, shown three-quarters length and facing the viewer, holding a piece of paper informing him that his was the winning number in a lottery with a prize of 20000
Description: Title engraved below image.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.27. John Alder won the lottery on 21 November 1767.
"Price 2s."
Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Provenance: Samuel Gedge; July 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 32.5 x 22.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1767
Material: mezzotint ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Alder, John, -1780,
Subject (Topic): Lotteries
Coopers
Subjects: Alder, John, -1780
Lotteries > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Coopers
England > London > 1767