Prints: P1260

Title

"Hope I don't intrude"

Subject

Liston, John

Dimensions

height: 22cm
width: 9cm

Other materials

Woodcut

Inscription/signature

"Hope I don't intrude./ But I have just dropp'd in to say, if you/ would know " How to grow Rich," or/ be a person " Who wants a Guinea,"/ you may now be "Just in Time."/ WRhe Wheel of Fortune@ is loaded/ with "Richard," - " Speculation" in/ "The Lottery" is all " The Rage," - / "The Votary of Wealth," "The Poor/ Gentleman," "The Poor Soldier," in/ short, "Rich and Poor" are all delighted/ with the Scheme. "Tis "Quite Correct""/ Four Prizes of £30,000, all in One Day,/ Tuesday, 6th December. Perhaps you/ may think me a "Busy Body; " -/ "Every One has His Fault" yet you/ may not regret that you thus/ List-en to Paul Pry".

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024

Other number

E0162

This lottery puff piece, depicts John Liston as Paul Pry, complete with his striped trousers and umbrella. The dialogue is encouraging the public to play the lottery on the 6th of December (of an unknown year) where four prizes of £30,000 will be available to win. The dialogue makes refferences to different plays and Paul Pry's sayings. The state Lottery ran between 1566 and 1826.