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
Alternative Title:
Hit at backgammon
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., and Watermark: Edm[onds] & Pine.
Publisher:
Pub. July 20th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to edge of plate mark on one side., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Quotation from Milton following title: The world was all before them where to choose their place of rest ..., Temporary local subject terms: Wimbeldon -- Gate of Saint Stephens -- Mellish, William -- Middlesex -- Westminster., Watermark: Edmonds & Pine., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1806 by S.W. Fores, no. 50, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, and Paull, James, 1770-1808
Title from item., The characters ['er' in Jersey, scored through and replaced with an 'a'., Printseller's statement following the imprint: NB. Folios of carecatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs: Bob-wig -- Slang: "Jazey" -- Reference to Regency -- Prince of Wales as Viceroy., and Watermark: Edmonds & Pine 1795.
