A hitt at backgammon [graphic]

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Title: A hitt at backgammon [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hit at backgammon
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [19 November 1810]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. November 19th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract: "A man and woman, fat, elderly, and grotesque, play backgammon, the surface of a round table and the backgammon board forming the base of the design. The woman (right), a harridan, frantic with rage, leans towards the man clutching his wig. Two candlesticks are overturned, the guttering candles broken. A cat miaows at the back of his mistress's chair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and numbering from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.9 x 33 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Games
Gambling
Subjects: Games
Gambling
England > 1810
England > London > 1810
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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