Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens

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Title: Building houses with cards [graphic] : from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens
Contributor: Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1750]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Sayer
Abstract: "In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young children build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied.
One of a series of engravings after paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting i`n loss of imprint.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Etchings England London 1750
Engravings England London 1750
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Chairs
Children
Dogs
Drawing rooms
Furniture
Interiors
Playing cards
Screens
Tables
Toys
Subjects: Chairs
Children
Dogs
Drawing rooms
Furniture
Interiors
Playing cards
Screens
Tables
Toys
England > London > 1750

Access: Public
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