Court cards the best to deal with [graphic].

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Title: Court cards the best to deal with [graphic].
Creator: Baldrey, Joshua Kirby, 1754-1828, printmaker
Published / Created: [8 February 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 8th, 1788, for S. Doughty and Co., No. 19 Holborn
Abstract: "Warren Hastings, in oriental dress, kneels full-face on one knee between two cards; he holds out in each hand a lozenge, the diamond of a pack of cards: that on his right is a knave with the head of Thurlow, that on his left is a king with the head of George III (cf. BMSat 6969). Neither card has an indication of the suit: the hand of each appears ready to grasp the diamond held out by Hastings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to J. Baldrey from British Museum catalogue.
Text in upper left corner: Plate 1.
Temporary local subject terms: Oriental costume -- Playing cards -- Court cards -- Knave and King -- Print owned by Horace Walpole (NYPL) -- Male costume, oriental -- India -- Alleged bribery of Hasting's supporters.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.6 x 26.9 cm, on sheet 29 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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