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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.1722

Production date

pre-1866

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 132mm
width: 117mm
depth: 25mm

Location

Burlington House -

Object history note

The Virginia Company was created in 1606 to promote the settlement of Jamestown. In 1612, the Company was given permission to hold lotteries in order to raise money for the plantation. Of the fifteen broadsides known to have been issued by the Company, the Society holds five. The Antiquaries not only collected manuscripts and artefacts from England, but from English colonies as well, conceiving of British history as a global history.

References

Reference details

p. 47

Reference (free text)

Lemon, Robert; Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides, in the possession of the Society of antiquaries of London; 1866.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Taken from the original broadside: no. 151 (A declaration for the certaine time of dravving the great standing lottery).
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting a reproduction of a woodcut illustration from a 17th century broadside, originally from 1616; separated into two panels; above showing two ornate chalices or cups flanked on either side by three sacks of coins; below showing a seated male figure in contemporary clothing, holding two cylindrical objects, possibly pipes, in either hand, and flanked by two globular objects, resembling containers resting in small wicker baskets. Image reproduced from a sheet produced by the Virginia Company of London, tasked with establishing colonies in the New World, promoting a lottery as a means of raising funds towards a plantation, titled 'A declaration for the certaine time of dravving the great standing lottery' [A Declaration for the certaine time of drawing the great standing Lottery]. Printed in London by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1615. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Judith Blezzard FSA.