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1. The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1801]
- Call Number:
- 801.08.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- 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 ..., and Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
- Subject (Name):
- Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
- Subject (Topic):
- Prayer
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]