The interior of a salon, with a game of faro degenerating into a brawl between two women, with one pulling the cap and wig off her opponent while exposing her breast. A male player uses the the distraction to scoop another player's coins into his hat....
Alternative Title:
Recent fracas at Mrs. Roundabout's faro bank
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Salons (Social spaces), Gambling, Card games, Fighting, Seduction, and Wigs
A small print depicting a scene from Homer's Odyssey as he sails back to his home in Ithaca: Two Laestrygonian, who are giants, one who upends one Odysseus's ships as other eats one of the men as the fail into the sea. The high cliffs of Lamos is in t...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Laestrygonians (Greek mythology), Giants (Fictitious characters), Cannibalism, and Ships
