The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.

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Title: The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon,--Baron,--1732-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Copyright Date: [1 August 1801]
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: Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ...
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 44 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Drypoints--England--London--1801.
Etchings--England--London--1801.
Prayers.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1801.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon,--Baron,--1732-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic): Prayer.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9796
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 31