Imitation bank note promising "to cut any lady or gentleman's hair superior to any man in Europe ...".
Description:
Title engraved at top of sheet., 'No. 49' is inscribed twice over the text in the fashion of a stamp's impression., "One hundred"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's history., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Subject (Topic):
Advertising, Smokeless tobacco, Tobacco chewing, and Men
"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.
A shop card with allegorical figures and a banner with the motto "In nocte laetamur" etched in a banner below the figures and above text
Alternative Title:
Harrison's tobacco paper
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., and On page 3 in volume 1. Sheet 95 x 70 mm.
Title and publisher from item., Funded by the Tobacco Tax Initiative., A parody of the "Marlboro man" cigarette ads., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Caption title., Date based on the watermark on the copy in the British Library., At foot of the first page: "Sold by the proprietor, G. Packwood, 16, Gracechurch-street London.", On the verso: "Vended in London by the following perfumers" and "Vended in the country by the following perfumers.", and Sheet trimmed close on left margin with loss of beginning characters in the first column of names on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Barbershops, Razors, Advertising, Perfumes industry, and Perfumes
Title from item., Place of publication derived from street address., In margin top: 164 ; The Graphic ; August 9, 1890., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Proprietary medicines.
Publisher:
Printed at 12, Milford Lane, by Edward Joseph Mansfield, and published by him at 190 Strand, in the Parish of St. Clements Danes, Middlesex and Edward Joseph Mansfield
Subject (Name):
Carter Products, Inc.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Advertising, Medicine, Crows, and Banners
Shop card for Woodford's with allegorical figures and a banner with the motto "In nocte laetamur" etched in a banner below the figures and above text
Alternative Title:
Lumber Troop arms
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Copy., and On page 3 in volume 1; sheet 68 x 85 mm.
