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1. A pig in a poke whist, whist. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 December 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.12.10.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table; each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six tricks. Sir Joseph Mawbey (left) looks at his partner (right), a very stout man wearing a legal wig, both hold court cards (diamonds). The man seated on the farther side of the table looks sideways at Mawbey, saying, "O---h! you've brought your Pigs to a fine Market!" His partner, in back view, is a very thin man whose hair extends grotesquely on each side of his head; he holds the five of diamonds. From Mawbey's pocket projects a document, 'Surrey Commission', and a book, 'Burn Justice' (Burn's well-known 'Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer', used by all acting J.P.s, not an exhortation to incendiarism as Evans supposes). Above his head is a picture of a pig feeding from a trough."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Stevenson, fl. 1788 -- Allusion to "Account of Elections for Survey" by Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1730-1798 in Gentleman's Magazine: 1788.ii.975, 1052-3 -- Allusion to "Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer by John Burns[?], 1743-1839 -- Quarrels: Allusion to Mawbey vs. his steward -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Feeding pigs -- Gaming tables -- Whist.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A pig in a poke whist, whist. [graphic]
