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1. Dr. Lenetive ---Prize. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1816]
- Call Number:
- Print00772
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Lenetive, of "The Prize", finely dressed and seated on a chair, a table overturning to his right, waving his wig and a prize ticket in his hands; a lottery puff or handbill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- New Year's Lottery begins 21st this month (Jan.), 2 of 20,000 guineas, and 40 other capitals
- Description:
- Title from heading to second paragraph of letterpress text, printed beneath double line., Text directly beneath woodcut: New Year's Lottery begins 21st this month (Jan.), 2 of 20,000 guineas, and 40 other capitals. All sterling money - no stock prizes. Tickets and shares are selling by the contractor, T. Bish, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross., Attribution to George Cruikshank and approximate date of publication from description of a similar handbill in the British Museum, which uses the same woodcut with slightly different text; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1217.149., Handbill with woodcut illustration at top and eighteen lines of letterpress text below., Quoted text beneath title begins: "My ticket, no. 2, 5, 3, 8, drawn this day a prize of ten thousand pounds! ..., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1442., and Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 2825.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britiain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Lotteries, Advertising, Physicians, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Dr. Lenetive ---Prize. [graphic]
