Title

'The Kentish lottery - or a new way to pay old debts', 1819. Artist: Anon

Caption

'The Kentish lottery - or a new way to pay old debts', 1819. The Duke of Kent and Lord Mayor of London Sir Matthew Wood advertising a lottery scheme. An allusion to an application by the Duke of Kent, unable to find a purchaser for his debt-laden estate at Ealing, to dispose of the property by lottery.

Date

1819

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A99_060

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

19,1Mb (1,2Mb) / 10,3in x 7,2in / 3084 x 2164 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men country sign guy costume British English color colour royal dress advertisement advertising war location century advert Britain royalty concept lottery placard cartoon ad military uniform 19th century Duke nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Duke of Kent Lord Mayor of London Matthew Wood Sir Matthew Wood The Prince Edward Augustus Duke of Kent and Strathearn etching caricature satire Anon Anonymous Matthew Sir Matthew Prince Wood Edward Augustus Prince Edward Augustus Duke of Kent and Strathearn