Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
