Cards Collection (page 85)

An Evening Party 1770
Games of cards are played for money, with not a little cheating going on, as part of a fashionable evening party: one of the most usefull (sic) institutions!-

Swallows on Card
SWALLOWS ON A CARD (Hinundo rustica)

Valentine Opportunity
Why not seize this opportunity ?

Card - Child in Snow
A girl in a snowstorm keeps her hands warm in a muff

Charles Gounod / Family
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer at home with his family

New Year Angels
Two angels sing New Year wishes to you in German

Mascagni / Pietro / Cig Card
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian composer Date: 1863 - 1945

EUROPE & PEACE / 1908
Europe, portrayed as a child, ignores the toys of war for now & amuses herslf building a palace of peace out of cards

Syntax / Gaming House
Doctor Syntax at a gaming house

Europes Fortune is Told
What do the cards predict for 1896 ? Well, three kings together is a good sign, so perhaps there will be peace. I hope you re right

Edward Vii / Truth 1891
EDWARD VII Depicted as Societys Idol (2 of 2 - other filed under Queen Victoria)

George IV (Cig Card)
GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND looking rather dashing Date: 1762 - 1830

Gambling Story 3 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is arrested at the race course, for failing to pay his debts (Third of four tableaux)

Gambling Story 2 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is invited by his friends to take part in a card game : needless to say, he loses more than he can afford (Second of four tableaux)

Jack Dempsey / 1920S
JACK DEMPSEY, world heavyweight champion between 1919 and 1926, was once described as " 187 pounds of unbridled violence" ; here he asks the cards to tell him his future

Pig / Learned Toby 18C
Toby, the learned pig at Bartholomew Fair

Exmouth Drapers Card
Joseph Williams, draper, clothier, hosier and hatter of Exmouth

Weymouth / Bay / Cig Card
Weymouth, Dorset: the bay Date: 1920s

Game / Cards / Children 1883
Five girls play cards at a table

Gentlemen Gambling C1830
Two gentlemen enjoy a game of cards in their club, with a wager on the outcome

Gambling Satire 1853
A pack of cards meet to debate the threatened closure of betting shops; a contemporary satire by Cruikshank

London Gamblers / Dore
Men and women of dubious character watch a card game in a dimly lit interior

French Gaming House C16
Gambling with cards and dice in a French gaming house

Cards from Chinese Game
Various cards from a Chinese game, featuring a fish and a stiltwalker amongst other designs

Game of Bezique
A boxed set of the Royal game of Bezique

French Revolution Cards
Playing cards from the hearts and clubs suits from the French Revolution by Jaume and DuCourc

Knave of Clubs / French
The knave of clubs

King, Queen, Knave
King, Queen and Knave of Spades

16Thc Card Designs
Playing card designs featuring acorns, trees, laundry and bathing scenes, by Peter Floetner (1 and 3) and a Viennese master (card 2)

Card House / E Scannell
Two children build a card house

Surburban Whist-Drive
Men and women enjoying a very sociable game of cards at a public whist drive, the new craze in suburbia

Card Players in China
Ladies of a mandarins family playing cards; two children are looked after by a servant

14Thc Card-Playing
A royal party playing a game of cards in medieval times

PATIENCE BOOK COVER
Cover of The Illustrated Book of Patience Games by Professor Hoffmann

Flemish Smoking C17
A smoking man sits contentedly in a tavern, as two men at another table play cards

Left out of Card Game
The odd one out: a young woman is left out of the card game played by three men and an older lady

A Card Game / Le Rire
Four smartly-dressed men and women playing a hand of cards after dinner; one of the ladies wears a fur stole, while another watches through a lorgnette

Bartholomew Conjuror
Mr Lane, a conjuror, performs magic tricks with cards and counters at Bartholomew Fair Date: 17th century

Card with Lovers
An elaborate Victorian card showing two lovers - the male figure can be made to stand or kneel by pulling a tab !

Lenormand - Wise Woman
Consulting a Wise Woman in ancient times

Lenormand - Soothsayer
GRAND JEU DE MLLE. DE LENORMAND Consulting a soothsayer in ancient times

Lenormand - Augur
Romans consulting an augur

Lenormand - Herself
Marie Anne Adelaide Le Normand French fortune teller, patronised by Napoleon

Treasure Island / Fighting
Hands & his companion locked together in a deadly wrestle"

Fortune Teller, Grandvil
A young lady spreads out the cards to learn what they offer her by way of a future

Cartomancy - 4 - Clubs
Cartomancy : CLUBS

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