Playing the game at quadrille from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]

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Title: Playing the game at quadrille from an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens. [graphic]
Contributor: Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1750]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Sayer
Abstract: Two ladies and two gentlemen play at cards in a richly furnished room while another lady and a gentleman look on. In the background on the left a serving maid prepares tea with the help of a black boy in livery
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied.
One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: card table -- Furnishing: carpet -- Domestic service: serving maid -- Black child -- Card playing: quadrille -- Reference to Vauxhall Gardens.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. i ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Engravings England London 1750
Etchings England London 1750
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Interiors
Card games
Tea tables (Tables)
Floor coverings
Tea services
Servants
Women domestics
Subjects: Interiors
Card games
Tea tables (Tables)
Floor coverings
Tea services
Servants
Women domestics
England > London > 1750

Access: Public
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