The lottery [graphic]

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Title
The lottery [graphic]
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sympson, Samuel, publisher.
Published / Created
[1724]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed and sold by S. Sympson in Maiden-lane near Covent Garden
Abstract

Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures

Description
Title engraved below image.
State and date from Paulson. Price has been erased but traces remain.
Sheet trimmed.
Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear."
Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal."
On page 9 in volume 1.
Mss above in pencil: See Nichol's Biographical anecdotes &c 3rd edit. p. 124. Fourth first [scored through] impression.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 print : sheet 25 x 33 cm
Edition
[State 6].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1724
Engravings England London 1724
Etchings England London 1724
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Allegories
Deadly sins
Justice
Lotteries
Gambling
Subjects
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Allegories
Deadly sins
Justice
Lotteries
Gambling
England > 1724
England > London > 1724
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12678452
Object ID (OID)
16193766

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