"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.
Title from text above image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Heading continues: The drift of this ladder to well comprehend, take a paddy's advice and begin at the end., Each of ten numbered images in sequence paired with letterpress caption: (1.) A wight by poverty oppress'd, by duns and creditors distriss'd, thus to his dame in dudgeon said, while dreams of horror fill'd his head (go to No. 2) ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Caption in letterpress continues: I have been digging for good luck all my life; but I've foud it was a waste of thyme ..., Several sections of text in letterpress in lower portion of print: New lottery contains three prizes of £30,000 and 6,711 other prizes! ... Tickets and shares are selling by T. Bish, Stock-broker, 4 Cornhill and 9 Charing-Cross, London and by all his agents in the country., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
