Accession number
PML 145850.169
Published
[France? : s.n., 17--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Inserted as item 169 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Inserted as item 169 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 68 x 134 mm; plate mark: 74 x 141 mm; sheet: 153 x 225 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the naked, blindfolded, and irradiated figure of Fortune standing atop a lottery barrel suspended on a cloud, with bills of various denominations flying forth into the hands of an eager crowd below.
Classification
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