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 table with three legs standing in centre, surrounded by two groups of men involved in the gambling game Thimble Rig; the operator of the game (Edward John Littleton), standing to right, with his hands on two of the three thimbles on the table...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
"A man standing at a small table at centre left, performing the thimble trick (Lord Melbourne), surrounded by a group of men and women (from left, Lord Morpeth, Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Queen Victoria, Lord Normanby, Ladies of the Household);...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithoy
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848, Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863, and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
"A man standing at a small table at centre left, performing the thimble trick (Lord Melbourne), surrounded by a group of men and women (from left, Lord Morpeth, Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Queen Victoria, Lord Normanby, Ladies of the Household);...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithoy
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848, Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863, and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
