The stock jobber's prayer!! [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1 August 1801]eng"A man in old-fashioned dress kneels in profile to the right at a high-backed elbow-chair, clutching a bundle of 'Bank Notes'. He addresses the 'Adorable and ancient Lady of Thread-needle Street', asking for wealth, for success to the conductors of the new buildings of the Stock Exchange, and for 'prosperity to the little man in the brown bob wig [? John Bull], for he has much money and little wit, therefore fair game for . . . my profession'. He also prays that he may never be a Lame Duck (a defaulter, cf. BMSat 6273)."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from letterpress text printed on same sheet as plate.Three paragraphs of text below title: Adorable and ancient Lady of Thread-Needle-Street, have pity on thy admirer, bless him with thy solid charms, in Bullion, or stamped gold, or if it best pleases thee, let the light texture of thy paper garments float before his enraptured fancy, and animate him to pursue the path that leads to riches in abundance ...1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.1 x 22.6 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of title and lines of letterpress text.Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.