I. Calculator, Esqr. [graphic] : aetat 24, the celebrated conjuror.

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Title: I. Calculator, Esqr. [graphic] : aetat 24, the celebrated conjuror.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Molesworth, John--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1776 August 30
Copyright Date: [30 August 1776]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: A.B.
Abstract: Design in an oval depicts John Molesworth holding a wand seated at a wooden table and wearing a conical hat and dressing gown. He points towards lottery wheels from which 2 small boys wearing paper crowns observe him. Molesworth is saying "Eo, Meo, and Areo, stick close my boys and let me have all the capital prizes in my calculation." Before him on the table are ink bottle and quill, several books, including one entitled Calculations and another Conjurations, together with The life of Duncan Campbel, deaf & dumb fortune-teller. Molesworth in 1774 authored Proofs of the reality and truth of lottery calculations.
Description: Dedication etched below title: This plate is humbly inscribed to all keeper's of lottery offices by their humble servt. A.B.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching & aquatint ; plate mark 24.9 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Aquatints--England--London--1776.
Etchings--England--London--1776.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1776.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Molesworth, John--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Frauds--England.
Hats.
Lotteries--England.
Magicians.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5360