Title: Eleventh Annual Report of The Council of the Art-Union of London: with List of Subscribers; 1847, p 107 and 1848 p 81.
Date: 1847/8
Place: Westminster

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS

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Pluck, C. 46 Lillington st. Vauxhall bridge rd.                             [1 ticket purchased]
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Subscriptions amounted to £17,871. Each subscriber bought a ticket to a draw for a lottery of works of art up to £300 in value. In 1847 17,020 tickets were sold.

I have no idea whether he won anything. He wasn't discouraged, whatever happened, and had another flutter in the next year.

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Pluck, C. 65 Ponsonby pl. Vauxhall bridge                                 [1 ticket purchased]
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Subscriptions amounted to £12,857 5s. Each subscriber bought a ticket to a draw for a lottery of works of art up to £200 in value. In 1848 12,245 tickets were sold.