drawing;
playing-card
- Museum number
- 1865,0708.94
- Description
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A pen and ink facsimile drawing of a 5 numeral playing-card, with five figures, two being covered with fur, and three with leaf-like clothing. The original card is described in Thomas Wilson's "Catalogue Raisonné of the Select Engravings of an Amateur", London, MDCCCXXVIII, page 88, numbered 199. The same card may be found represented on plate 91 in the "Jeux de Cartes Tarots" etc., of the Bibliophiles Français.
Pen and ink
19th Century
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 137 millimetres
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Width: 90 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The statement that this facsimile drawing was made by Tiffin is found in the Bill Book, and also in the register.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,0708.94
