Moon, Francis Graham, Sir, 1796-1871, playing card maker
Published / Created:
1829.
Call Number:
ENG64
Image Count:
70
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN ENG64: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Hand colloration., Title from Keller., Suit system: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter., Type: Game., Composition of deck: 52 [4 seasons, each with a zodical sign, a luminary, and the planets], instruction booklet, 1831 edition., Slip case: ASTRONOMIA / [woman with scientific instruments looks at the moon] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829 / [zodiacal signs]; outer slip case, black., The zodiacal sign cards are of greater value than the other cards. The composition of the suits as as follows: Spring (blue): Aries, Luna, Jupiter, Saturn, Herschel, Tellus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Vesta. The remaining suits are composed in the same way, except for the first two cards: Summer (red): Cancer, The Sun; Autumn (yellow): Libra, The Comet; Winter (white); Capicorn, The Orbits., and Instruction book accompanying the Astronomia card deck: Explanation of the celestial cards, and of two of the games in which they are used; viz. Conjunction and Combination: to which is prefixed a brief introduction of astronomy. Second edition. London: F.G. Moon, 1831.
BEIN ENG140: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Draco; Ace of Hearts: Perseus; Ace of Diamonds: Cepheus; Ace of Clubs: Great Bear., King of Spades: Crown; Queen of Spades: LIBRA; Jack of Spades: Little Bear; King of Hearts: LEO; Queen of Hearts: Peacock; Jack of Hearts: CAPRICORNUS; King Diamonds: ARIES / Triangle; Queen of Diamonds: Cassiopea; Jack of Diamonds: Cornus; King of Clubs: Lyra; Queen of Clubs: Crater; Jack of Club: Auriga / Hircus, Pip cards numbered X-II; Spades: Triangle / Altar, Flying Fish, Engonasi, Cetus, Orion, VIRGO, Cor Caroli / Coma Beremces, Hercules, Bootes; Hearts: Indian, Crane, Pisces Austrinus, Argo, AQUARIUS, Great Dog, TAURUS, Lepus, CANCER; Diamonds: Dorado / [magnitude key], Phoenix / Toucan / Snake, Fluvius, Camelion, Lupus, The Crosiers, SCORPIO, Centaur, PISCES, Little Dog, Aquila / Antinous, Andromeda., and Stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [filigree, crown] VI Pence.
Publisher:
John Lenthall, at the Talbot against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street
BEIN ENG144: Imperfect: lacking Ace of Diamonds, King-Jack of Diamonds, 10 of Spades, 4-2 of Hearts, 10-2 of Diamonds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller, French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Tart; Ace of Hearts: Calves head; Ace of Clubs: Side of Green fish., CourtCards: Courts are head and shoulder portraits; King-Jack of Spades: Venison Pasty, Red Deer Pie, Minced Pie; King-Jack of Hearts: Sr.Loyn of Beef, Hanch of Venison, Gammon of Beacon; King-Jack of Clubs:Pickle Herring, Salmon, Pyke., Pip cards numbered X-II; 9-2 of Spades: Turkey Pie, Lamb Pie, Pidgeon Pie, Lomber Pie, Potato Pie, Hare Pie, Coney Pie, Tongue Pie; Hearts: Sholder of Mutton, Ribbs of Beef, Loyn of Veal, Breast of Veal, Sholder of Veal, Fore Quarter of Lamb; Clubs: Cods head, Lobster, Sturgeon, Mackrel, Soal, Trout, Turbet, Carp, Tench., Tax stamp on AS, red: [filigree and crown] VI Pence., and The decorative border distinguishes these cards from those of 1676.
BEIN ENG121: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Imperfect: lacking Ace of Hearts, 5 of Spades, 6 of Diamonds., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces indicated by "I"., K: King; Q: Queene; J: Knave; Kings, Queens with crowns., Pip cards numbered X-II., and Tax Stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence.
BEIN ENG74: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], descriptive card., Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence., CourtCards: P-Prince (jack); Kings, crowned suit signs; King of Hearts: The KING of ENGLAND; King of Clubs with the arms of Pope Clement IX., and Heraldry cards known as the British Brianville deck.
BEIN ENG76: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: Indicated by "I"., CourtCards: Kings, Queens, Jacks with rank at upper left corner., Pip cards: Numbered X-II., and These cards apparently were copied from cards of another Popish Plot pack: they are reversed. Several variants of the Popish Plot pack exist. The workmanship of the present pack is crude, the impression, fair.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Popish Plot, 1678, Great Britain, Politics and Government, and History
BEIN ENG82: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Imperfect: lacking Ace of Clubs; King of Spades, King of Clubs; 9 and 3 of Spades; 7, 6, and 4 of Hearts; 10, 8, and 3 of Diamonds; 10 of Clubs. The cards were cut unevenly., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: Indicated by "I"., CourtCards: K: King; Q: Queen; J: Knave., and Pip cards: Numbered X-II.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Rye House Plot, 1683, Great Britain, Politics and Government, and History
Buckland, James, 1710 or 1711-1790, playing card maker
Published / Created:
Jany. 1816.
Call Number:
ENG54
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
White horse
Description:
BEIN ENG54: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Coloration by hand., Title from Schimmell or White horse card., No suit system., Type: Game., Composition of deck: 5 [Inn, Hammer, Schimmell or White horse, Bell, Hammer & Bell]., and All cards: Publish'd by J. Buckland, London. Schimmel card: January, 1816.
Each card shows music and lyrics from John Gay's Beggar's opera and a small standard playing card inset in the upper left corner; red suits with stencil colored pips; no tax stamp; maker's details on king of clubs, 10 of spades and ace of hearts
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2)., and All cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic, each board 40 x 54.5 cm; together with a folder of notes (printed and handwritten) mostly regarding the Beggar's Opera on which the cards are based, including manuscript notes prepared (presumably by Dudley Ollis) for a talk on this theme. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A collection of pictorial conundrum cards from various unidentified sets of cards trimmed from larger sheets of etched images; also a single drawing signed "R. Ck." suggesting it is his work on the largest set (incomplete) of 19 cards. The other four sets, also incomplete, are grouped by the similarity in style and letterforms. All cards contain a humorously named person with an image and a riddle. Presumably the sheet from which these images were cut contained the answers to the riddles. Queen Victoria and Sir Edwin Eglinton (the Eglinton Tournament 1839) suggest the possible date of 1840
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each card shows an illustration and a query., Date range estimated base on pictorial images and design., and For further information, consult library staff.
