A hit at back-gammon [graphic]

Description

Title: A hit at back-gammon [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hit at backgammon
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 July 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. July 20th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: A fat, red-checked clergyman sits across an oval table from a thin, distressed man. On the table between them is a backgammon game and two lit candles in brass candlesticks. The clergyman throws up his arms in joy after another successful roll of the dice
Description: Title etched below image.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of carricatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: Edm[onds] & Pine.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Watermarks (Paper) Edmonds & Pine
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Backgammon
Clergy
Subjects: Backgammon
Clergy
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Edmonds & Pine

Access: Public
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