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1. Private amusement [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
- Published / Created:
- 1786 January 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table is a circular roulette mechanism with the letters E and O for even and odd.
- Description:
- Artist attribution from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of an earlier state dated 1781, with a different title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 5928., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- S. W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97860707, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gamblers. and Gambling.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Private amusement [graphic].