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Tagged With: cards

The Fortune-Teller by Martin Drolling 1790s

Posted on February 19, 2016 by E.Tilton

Martin Drolling (1752-1817) Detail: Barnyard, child, cards, soldier, well, bucket, wheel barrow, dog, chicken, courtyard, washtub, peddler, walking stick, barn

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The Margate Hoy – Charles Catton 1785

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Kevin Carter

Charles Catton (1728-1798) from the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Detail:  ship, sailor, bucket, fish, basket, bottle, traveling sales case, salesman, sail, cards, spoons, watch

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Boy Playing Cards – Chardin about 1740

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Kevin Carter

Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) Detail: game table, drawer, cards, coins, sleeved waistcoat, apron, shirt, boy, hair, ribbon

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The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX – Sandby 1783

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Kevin Carter

Paul Sandby  1731 –  1809 Day 5 of wheelbarrow week and this one is a Duesy.  Click on the picture and get the close-up, I promise you will find something interesting. Detail: wheelbarrow, children, doll, dog,  wagon, horse, soldier, mill, burrow, basket, fire, cook-pot, cooking, tent, vendor,  drum, waggoner, cards, duck, camp follower, military camp … Continue reading »

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Boys Playing Cards – Ceruti 1730

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jon Townsend

CERUTI, Giacomo (b. 1698, Milano, d. 1767, Milano) Beautiful and very useful,  this painting is so full of usable detail it is hard to know where start.  All the baskets are great but I think I like the one on top of the cart best.   The cart  and the barrel on the cart are interesting, … Continue reading »

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