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Joanna Southcott

Print of the engraving of Joanna Southcott by William Sharp, dated 12 January 1812. Starting as a Methodist, she became a prophetess. She left (after her death) a seled wooden box, not to be opened until a time of national crisis. Opened in 1927, the box was found to contain a few oddments and unimportant papers, amongst them a lottery ticket! HPF/5C/42

Picture No
10252703
Media ID
46541849
Size
3652px x 4482px (10.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/HARRY PRICE
Source
Engraving by William Sharp. Harry Price Library of Magical Literature. HPF/5C/42
Date
1812

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