Title from item., From: Johann de Bry, Emblemate saecularis, Francoforti: J.T. and J.I. de Bry, 1596., In image lower right: 44., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dropsy; Insanity.
Moon, Francis Graham, Sir, 1796-1871, playing card maker
Published / Created:
1829.
Call Number:
ENG64
Image Count:
70
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN ENG64: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Hand colloration., Title from Keller., Suit system: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter., Type: Game., Composition of deck: 52 [4 seasons, each with a zodical sign, a luminary, and the planets], instruction booklet, 1831 edition., Slip case: ASTRONOMIA / [woman with scientific instruments looks at the moon] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829 / [zodiacal signs]; outer slip case, black., The zodiacal sign cards are of greater value than the other cards. The composition of the suits as as follows: Spring (blue): Aries, Luna, Jupiter, Saturn, Herschel, Tellus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Vesta. The remaining suits are composed in the same way, except for the first two cards: Summer (red): Cancer, The Sun; Autumn (yellow): Libra, The Comet; Winter (white); Capicorn, The Orbits., and Instruction book accompanying the Astronomia card deck: Explanation of the celestial cards, and of two of the games in which they are used; viz. Conjunction and Combination: to which is prefixed a brief introduction of astronomy. Second edition. London: F.G. Moon, 1831.
BEIN ENG140: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Draco; Ace of Hearts: Perseus; Ace of Diamonds: Cepheus; Ace of Clubs: Great Bear., King of Spades: Crown; Queen of Spades: LIBRA; Jack of Spades: Little Bear; King of Hearts: LEO; Queen of Hearts: Peacock; Jack of Hearts: CAPRICORNUS; King Diamonds: ARIES / Triangle; Queen of Diamonds: Cassiopea; Jack of Diamonds: Cornus; King of Clubs: Lyra; Queen of Clubs: Crater; Jack of Club: Auriga / Hircus, Pip cards numbered X-II; Spades: Triangle / Altar, Flying Fish, Engonasi, Cetus, Orion, VIRGO, Cor Caroli / Coma Beremces, Hercules, Bootes; Hearts: Indian, Crane, Pisces Austrinus, Argo, AQUARIUS, Great Dog, TAURUS, Lepus, CANCER; Diamonds: Dorado / [magnitude key], Phoenix / Toucan / Snake, Fluvius, Camelion, Lupus, The Crosiers, SCORPIO, Centaur, PISCES, Little Dog, Aquila / Antinous, Andromeda., and Stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [filigree, crown] VI Pence.
Publisher:
John Lenthall, at the Talbot against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street
30 constellation cards; 30 country cards., Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman in volume. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection., Hand-coloured engraved playing cards are enclosed in a brown cardboard slipcase with an engraved paper label on the front and a blind-stamped decoration on the back., and Title from engraved paper label on slipcase.
Publisher:
Published by C. Hodges, 27, Portman Street, Portman Square,
Subject (Name):
Wightman, Julia P.--(Julia Parker),--1909-1994--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Constellations, Playing cards, and Playing cards--Specimens
BEIN BEL21: Imperfect: lacking AH; 6H; trumps. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: KS gestures with right hand; JS: JEAN GALLER; JH holds standard with left hand; JG., Belgian Animal Tarot., and Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, black.
BEIN FRA167: Imperfect deck of 42: Ace of Cups, 10-2 of Swords, 10-2 of Batons, 10-2 Coins, 10-3 Cups wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title supplied by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Type: Marseille tarot., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., 2 of Cups: FABBRIQUE / DE / PELLERIN ET CIE. / A ÉPINAL (Vosges)., and Trumps: Single figure trumps; I: ESCAMOTEUR; II: JUNON; V: JUPITER; VIII: LE CAPUCIN.
"The interior of a room in a cottage. General Gunning (left) as an old gipsy-woman, but wearing a military coat, is seated (on a drum) at a table, facing his daughter. In place of a sword he wears a broom. He seals a letter, a number of seals and a letter 'To D------ of M------' [Marlborough] are on the table beside him. Miss Gunning holds a pack of cards (the ace of spades uppermost) to her lips, saying, "I Swear that I never wish'd or tried directly or indirectly to get a Coronet; that I never saw or writ to Lord B------[Blandford] or Lord L--------- [Lorne], in all my Life; - that Men are my aversion; - & that I never had any thing to do with, with the Groom, in all my born days; - Will that do, Dad?" He answers, "Well done, Bett! we'll get thro' the Business I'll warrant you; - we can write with all sorts of hands, we've got all kinds of Seals, & with the assistance of our old Friend under the Table, we shall be able to gu them yet daughter but I must be Mum". Through a hole in the boards under the table the Devil emerges, surrounded with flames, he holds up a torch exultantly, saying "Swear!" Gunning melts his sealing-wax in the torch, the right is an open hearth over which hangs a cauldron full of coronets. Beside it (left) sits Mrs. Gunning, blowing the fire with a pair of bellows formed of a book: 'Letter to the D------ of A' (see BMSat 7983). She says: "That's right, my sweet innocent Angel! say Grace boldly! make haste my dear little lovely Lambkin! - I'll soon blow up the Fire, while Nauntee-Peg helps to cook up the Coronets; we'll get you a nice tit-bit for Dinner, before we've done, my dear little deary." Opposite her and on the extreme right an old woman, dressed in rags stands over the cauldron with a spoon, saying, "Puff away, Sister! the Soup will soon boil - law's me, how soft the Green Peas do grow, & how they Jump about in the Pot when you Puff your Bellows!" Behind her is a placard: 'Waltham Abbey - by Peg Niffy'. (Mrs. Gunning, née Minifie, was said in the Press to have written a novel called Waltham Abbey, this she denied. 'Letter . . .', p. 89.) On the wall behind Miss Gunning is a print of the pillory (the punishment for perjury) and a bill: 'Affidavit of Eliz: Canning.' Behind her father are 'The Life of a Soldier', 'The Man of Honor a Catch', and 'The useful Groom a new song'. Through a door (left) behind Gunning is seen a groom holding a horse; he says, "I'm ready to ride, or swear, or any thing". A signpost points 'to Blenheim'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep at the conjuration of Mary Squires & the Gypsey family
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll -- Allusion to George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll -- Allusion to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough -- Allusion to George Spencer, 5th Duke of Marlborough -- Literature: allusion to Susannah Gunning's Waltham Abbey -- Interiors: cottage -- Pictures amplifying subject: title page of Waltham Abbey -- Pictures amplifying subject: pillory -- Furniture: tables -- Military drums -- Coronets -- Utensils: ladles -- Inkpots -- Seals -- Sealing-wax -- Minifie, Margaret "Auntee Peg"., and Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis on top and initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 25th, 1791, by J.M. Fobes [sic], N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773., Squires, Mary, -1762., Gunning, Mrs. 1740?-1800 (Susannah),, Gunning, Miss 1769-1823 (Elizabeth),, Gunning, John, -1797, and Minifie, Margaret
Subject (Topic):
Bellows, Brooms & brushes, Card games, Cauldrons, Devil, Drums (Musical instruments), Fireplaces, Grooms (Weddings), Playing cards, and Torches
"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., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting i`n loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
BEIN ENG144: Imperfect: lacking Ace of Diamonds, King-Jack of Diamonds, 10 of Spades, 4-2 of Hearts, 10-2 of Diamonds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller, French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Tart; Ace of Hearts: Calves head; Ace of Clubs: Side of Green fish., CourtCards: Courts are head and shoulder portraits; King-Jack of Spades: Venison Pasty, Red Deer Pie, Minced Pie; King-Jack of Hearts: Sr.Loyn of Beef, Hanch of Venison, Gammon of Beacon; King-Jack of Clubs:Pickle Herring, Salmon, Pyke., Pip cards numbered X-II; 9-2 of Spades: Turkey Pie, Lamb Pie, Pidgeon Pie, Lomber Pie, Potato Pie, Hare Pie, Coney Pie, Tongue Pie; Hearts: Sholder of Mutton, Ribbs of Beef, Loyn of Veal, Breast of Veal, Sholder of Veal, Fore Quarter of Lamb; Clubs: Cods head, Lobster, Sturgeon, Mackrel, Soal, Trout, Turbet, Carp, Tench., Tax stamp on AS, red: [filigree and crown] VI Pence., and The decorative border distinguishes these cards from those of 1676.
BEIN GER565: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from King of Spades., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., and CourtCards: KS with sceptre: Chur / Ober- / Pfälzische / Französisch. / Karten; QS holds flower; KH with orb and sword, lion: IL; QH in left profile; holds flower; JH: Verfertiget / von / Joseph / Losch / in / Amberg; KD with sceptre, eagle; QD holds fan; KC with sceptre, large bird, medallion; QC holds fan.