<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The lottery [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1724]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures</dc:description><dc:description>Title engraved below image.</dc:description><dc:description>"Price one shilling."</dc:description><dc:description>State and date from Paulson.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed.</dc:description><dc:description>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 &amp; fro by Hope &amp; Fear."</dc:description><dc:description>Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure &amp; Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &amp;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."</dc:description><dc:description>On page 10 in volume 1.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>