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1. Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- March 14, 1797.
- Call Number:
- 797.03.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lady Buckinghamshire, enormously fat, is seated in profile to the right in an open chariot which sinks through a rectangular aperture in front of the Weigh-House, its weight being too great for the apparatus for weighing wagons. She throws up her arm...
- Alternative Title:
- Overweight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro, Sinking fund, and Downfall of faro
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Card games, Horses, Obesity, and Street lights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]
2. Road to ruin [graphic].
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1792.
- Call Number:
- 792.03.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Notorious rakes and gamblers ride or run furiously towards rays descending from a sun in the upper left corner of the design inscribed 'Chance'; its centre, a segment of which is visible, is composed of the letters on an 'E.O.' (roulette) table (cf. ...
- Description:
- Title from text in image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Dent
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Fox, Elizabeth, 1750-1842, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Social life and customs, Horses, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Road to ruin [graphic].