Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Two penny Whist [copy 1].
Call Number
D West 50/GC108/Box 08/Normal/Titles P-Z GA 2006.01475
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ng451h606
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1796/01/11.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1796
Extent
1 item ; print 18.6 x 30.1 cm. sheet 23.5 x 31.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
BM 8885
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Carciature. Gillray's publisher Miss Humphrey, wearing glasses, looks on as her shop girl Betty takes the winning trick. The two male card players are most likely Gillray's acquaintances, Mortimer and Tholdal.
Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Js. Gillray ad vivam fect.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Card games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Indoor games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Humphrey, Hannah active 1774-1817—Caricatures and cartoons
Publishers and publishing—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Gillray, James, 1756-1815—Friends and associates—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5618e215-7b2a-497d-9dc0-00b065f76e56/manifest