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64. Two-penny whist [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.11.01.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 11th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Chairs, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny whist [graphic]
65. Two-penny whist [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.11.01.3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [Or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the print-seller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer.] a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Retouched state of No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Tabouret -- Card tables -- Games: whist -- Gambling: card playing -- Tholdal, fl. 1796 -- Mortimer, print-seller., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 11th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny whist [graphic]
66. Two-penny whist [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 January 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.11.01.4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [Or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the print-seller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer.] a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Reissue, with design reworked and printmaker's signature altered. Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Tabouret -- Card tables -- Games: whist -- Gambling: card playing -- Tholdal, fl. 1796 -- Mortimer, print-seller., and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny whist [graphic]
67. Two-penny-whist [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 C22 781
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (right) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her right. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather',"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Copy in reverse. Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 4 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Chairs, Floor coverings, Gambling, and Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two-penny-whist [graphic].
68. [Two-penny whist] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.01.11.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [Or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the print-seller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer.] a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, date, and publisher from finished state. and Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Chairs, Gambling, Stools, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Two-penny whist] [graphic].