[E, O, or the fashionable vowels] [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 28 October 1781]eng"Gamblers seated and standing round an E.O. table. The table is octagon-shaped, the circular roulette mechanism being sunk in its centre, surrounded with the letters E.O. for even and odd. In the foreground (right), in profile to the left, a man leans back in his chair asleep, an empty purse on the table beside him; he resembles Captain Topham. The others are probably also portraits, but are more caricatured; they watch the table with gestures and expressions of anxiety and despair. There are fourteen figures."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered stateTitle from lettered state.Printmaker from description of lettered state in the British Museum catalogue.Date of publication based on imprint on lettered state: Pubd. Oct. 28, 1781, as the Act directs. Cf. No. 5928 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 101-103.Formerly mounted on leaf 13 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.