"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.
Caption title., Authorship attribution and date of publication from Cohn and Reid., Originally published in the March, April, and May 1868 issues of the Band of hope review. For the serial and octavo editions, see: Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 48, 468., Twelve woodcut illustrations, arranged in three rows of four, with verses in letterpress below. Numbered list of 27 "Illustrated penny readings" with prices is printed beneath woodcuts. With decorative border., "Reprinted from the Band of hope review. An illustrated paper for The young. Published monthly. Price one halfpenny"--Beneath title., "Price one penny"--Lower left., "This is printed in a book form, 16 pp., price one penny"--Lower right., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co., 9, Paternoster Row, London
Subject (Topic):
Temperance, Alcoholism, Public health, Alcoholic beverages, Gin, and Intoxication
Caption title., Authorship attribution and date of publication from Cohn and Reid., Originally published in the March, April, and May 1868 issues of the Band of hope review. For the serial and octavo editions, see: Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 48, 468., Twelve woodcut illustrations, arranged in three rows of four, with verses in letterpress below., "Reprinted from the Band of hope review. An illustrated paper for The young. Published monthly. Price one halfpenny"--Beneath title., "Price one penny"--Lower left, following series statement., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
S.W. Partridge & Co., "British Workman" Office, 9, Paternoster Row, London and Geo. Watson & Co., printers, 28, Charles Street, Farringdon Road
Subject (Topic):
Temperance, Alcoholism, Public health, Alcoholic beverages, Gin, and Intoxication