"View of the interior of a hall in which a lottery is taking place; at centre on a raised stage, five men seated at a table, in front of and beneath which are seated more men; to either side, in front of tall, open receptacles each topped with a crown, is a man reading a piece of paper, a woman holding up an empty hand, and a seated man watching proceedings; at the front, many spectators watching from rows of counters on which are laid broad sheets of paper."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 53., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 193.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Feby. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
