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The Lottery at the Queen Bess, Bristol Oil on canvas 15x23 inches / 38x59cm |
This fascinating picture, showing a lottery taking place in a Bristol
public house around the mid-1820’s is an intriguing insight into a type
of gaming that has been practised in various forms and at various times
throughout this country’s history.
Recent research has confirmed that a Queen Bess Tavern stood in St
Nicholas Street in Bristol and was pulled down around the years 1860/1.