Title

'The Lottery', 1721.Artist: William Hogarth

Caption

'The Lottery', 1721. A theatre stage upon which the allegorical figures of virtue and vice perform a production. This was Hogarth's way of criticising the government for raising money by lottery. It is based on Raphael's paintings 'Dispute' and 'School of Athens'.
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C25_065

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (10,7Mb) / 16,5in x 11,8in / 4952 x 3531 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men religious arts map religion book guy theatre stage dramatic performance machine Apollo drama machinery performer deity God century justice literature lady concept lottery compass mythology vice virtue stage set B&W anchor goddess MONOCHROME spinning wheel scales of Justice Horn of Plenty cornucopia black & white black and white B W 18th century allegorical figure Eighteenth Century The Print Collector spinning-wheel stage curtain George William Hogarth W Hogarth Hogarth William George Paston Paston Symonds Emily Morse Emily Morse Symonds George Paston