Satire on lotteries: the shop front of 'touchpenny fortune & winall's state lottery office', with persons inside laughing or in despair; at the door on the right, a fashionable young woman wearing a cloak about to enter counting her coins while a boy picks her pocket. 17 february 1794
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 249 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. The Lottery Contrast (BM 1935,0522.1.133)
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