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Creator:: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1825]
Call Number:: Folio 75 C9 824 no. 18
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The palatial room, lit by a candle chandelier, is filled with members standing in conversation. Burdett, in breeches and boots, is recognizable. Four throw dice at a table in the foreground
Alternative Title:: Opposition members engaged upon hazardous points
Description:: Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Publisher:: Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Name):: Brooks's (Club)
Subject (Topic):: Chandeliers, Conversation, Eating & drinking, Gambling, Men, and Private clubs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The great subscription room at Brooks's, or, Opposition members engaged upon Hazard-ous points] [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 Tholda...
Description:: Title, printmaker, date, and publisher from finished state.
Publisher:: H. Humphrey
Subject (Topic):: Card games, Chairs, Gambling, Stools, and Tables
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Two-penny whist] [graphic].