print;
playing-card
- Museum number
- 1896,0501.920.1-51
- Description
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Incomplete pack with 51of 52 playing cards illustrating the events leading to the Revolution of 1688; title of each card at the bottom; suit-mark and value at top; 7 of clubs missing
Backs plain
Circa 1688/9
Etching
The cards are as follows:
Diamonds:
I. 'Many Witnesses sworn before a great body of ye Peers that ye Child was a Lawfull Prince of Wales'
II. 'The Queen is brought to bed of a Boy Reported so'
III. 'The Prince of Orenge setts out a Fleet of 60 great ships and 500 small for ye releif of England'
IIII. 'The Dutch flett put out to sea and are driuen bak by a Tempest'
V. 'The Dutch Fleet in 8 days put to see a gaine and are sailing for England'
VI. 'The King Expeckting ye Dutch in the North sends forsis yt way'
VII. 'The Dutch Fleet sail betwix Dover and Calis so ye French as well as English might see them pasby so 7 Overs together'
VIII. 'The prince of Oring with his Armey landing in ye West at tor bay'
IX. 'The yong Child going to Portsmouth garded by ye Lord Sallsbereys Trups of Papists'
X. 'The Lord Dartmouth refusing to carey ye Child over to France he returns to Whithalle'
Knave. 'The King coming from Salisbury the Armie following in hast the Enemy not being near.'
Queen. 'The King going to Salisbury'
King. 'The Kings Artilary going to meet the Prince.'
Spades:
I. '500 thousand pound sent from France Yearly to Charls the 2 to keep the sitting of the Parlement of.'
II. 'Severall persons sent to Newgate for murdring the Er. of Esex.'
III. 'The Duthes of Modena Presenting a wedge of Gold to the Lady of Loreta that ye Q: might Conceve a son.'
IIII. 'Priests being obsarved by the Nobilety to first report the Q: to bee with Child'
V. 'F. Peters brother preaching in Lime street & saying ye Bible is a lye, for which he hardly escaped.'
VI. 'Maney of ye Nobility of England in Councell about ye Dainger of England'
VII. 'Sum of ye Nobillety of England are sending their memorialls of their Distreses to ye Prince of Oring'
VIII. 'The Trained bands of London Compeled to gard ye Mass hous in Lime street'
IX. 'The Prince and Princes of Oring Receive the Memoriall and Inuitasion from England'
X. 'The Irish Soldiers are promised ye [illeg.] of London befor they came Over and ye estats of ye Prtestants'
Knave. 'Seuerall Irish Thretning in their quarters to wash their hans in Protestants Blood'
Queen. 'Severall firebauls found on Severall persons in Southwark yet sum where Cleared'
King. 'Strikt watch kept by the Inhabitance of London.'
Clubs:
I. 'Anew Comishond Cort for to inquier into the Ecclesiasticall Afairs.'
II. 'The Chancelor Sending Comishoners to regulat Corperashons that the penall Laws might be taken of'
III. Magdalens Coledg seized and ye felows of ye Coledg routed for Keeping to the Law's of the Coledg'
IIII. 'About 200 Ministers suspended in ye Countey of Duram for not reading the Kings Declaration'
V. 'The ArchBishop of Canterberey with 6 more Bishops Deliver a petishon to the King.'
VI. 'The Bishops are sent to the Tower by Watter.'
VIII. 'The Key's of the Tower sent to the Lord Major.'
IX. 'Judg Harbert writing abook in Defence of the Kings dispensing Power'
X. 'Oxford and Winchester Declared to be Desolved from being a bodey politik.'
Knave. 'The French wayting an apertunity to Land in England but are prevented by the Dutch.'
Queene. 'The F: King and ye K: of Spain with other Princes in gaging to root out ye Northen herisey.'
King. 'Comishoners sent into ye Cuntry to perswade ye people to choose such men as shall take of ye pen.l Laws'
Hearts:
I. 'The King leaving London about three a Clock in the Morning in his barge'
II. 'The King and with 2 more are stoped by rude seamen being in an hoy by the Isle of Shipey.'
III. 'The Chancellor taken in Wapping in Disguise.'
IIII. 'Barron Ienor is robed where besides money they took his Lordships pardon.'
V. 'The Chancellor going to the Tower and is followed by many more of ye Brethren.'
VI. 'The Prince of Orange going into Exeter.'
VII. 'The Prince of Orange coming to St. Iameses is received with great Joy.'
VIII. 'a Raysor is seen thrown out at window in the Tower where the Earle of Essex was.'
IX. 'The Earle of Essex is Murdered in the Tower.'
X. 'Mr. Brandon and Others are brought to triall for making Inquiry how the Earle of Essex was murdred.'
Knave. 'The Queen and child and father Peters going away in the night'
Queen. 'A fight at Reding wherin the Irish Souldiers suffred most the people fireing out at window on them.'
King. 'The ould Oxford Regiment of Horse with 2 more, first left the King and went to the Prince.'
- Production date
- 1688-1689 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 88 millimetres
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Width: 53 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A photocopy of the missing 7 of clubs from the Ollis collection has been included with the pack; on the card is: 'The Bishop's are Cleared at theyr triall 2 of ye judges were after displaced they giving for the Bishops'.
For other playing-cards concerning the Popish Plot and related events, see Willshire English 186 (1841,0403.138-189).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Revolution of 1688 1688
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,0501.920.1-51
