"Two elderly men, in old-fashioned dress, play chess, seated at a small table, lit by two guttering candles. One moves, the other watches with intense concern. Each has a deeply interested spectator leaning on the back of his chair. All four are caric...
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Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bowling, Chess, Dogs, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Hand lenses, and Pictures
"Two elderly men, in old-fashioned dress, play chess, seated at a small table, lit by two guttering candles. One moves, the other watches with intense concern. Each has a deeply interested spectator leaning on the back of his chair, the one on the rig...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Bowling, Chess, Dogs, Fireplaces, Hand lenses, and Pictures
A copy of a print (British Museum satires no. 12392) published by Humphrey in 6 March 1814. The players are the same, but one (right) has become gouty and sits in a winged arm-chair. The spectators are altered, but are perhaps intended to be the same ...
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Pubd. August 1st, 1819 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A game of billiards is being played on a table, one corner of which only is visible, so curiously elongated that it gives the impression of a triangular table. The two players stand by the corner of the table, the one who is about to make a stroke ap...
"Three separate scenes blend into a single design. The dialogue is etched in the lower margin. On the left a young girl sits on the knee of her father, a stout drink-blotched man wearing a plain old-fashioned wig, breeches, and top-boots. She takes hi...