The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]
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11791864
Description
- Title
- The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 August 1801]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
- Abstract
-
"A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protection for her Bank and especially for the protection of 'all our Honorable, and Right Honorable Fraternity from the Lectures of L-d K-n [Lord Kenyon], and all the dire horrors of the stocks and pillory!'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ...
Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 42.4 x 23.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and right edges, with probable loss of printer's line.
Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 7 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 20 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 44 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Prayers
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Drypoints England London 1801
Etchings England London 1801 - Material
- etching and drypoint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image and text
- Subject (Name)
- Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
- Subject (Topic)
- Prayer
- Subjects
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Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Prayer
England > 1801
England > London > 1801
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8330337
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791864
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