Library — 1872
A penny sweepstake
An illustration showing a group of boys holding a penny sweepstake on the results of the Derby. Taken from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. Jerrold writes that 'every school-boy affects to know a good mount ' and 'on the eve of the Derby, urchins pretend to be knowing in their playgrounds on the relative chances of the horses'.
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- NN23607(55)
- Object name:
- A penny sweepstake
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Doré, Gustave, Grant and Co., E.R.
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- Production date:
- 1872
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 70 mm, W 170 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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