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  • Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing a game of draughts, a woman is standing in the doorway holding a baby and a jug. Engraving by C. Beyer after J. Burnet.
  • A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.
  • Men playing draughts in Button's Coffee-House, London, ca. 1720. Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holding a child and a jug. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1821-1822, after J. Burnet.
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    A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.

    Fox, George, 1851-192? | Date: 1887 | Reference: 20763i
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    Men playing draughts in Button's Coffee-House, London, ca. 1720. Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Reference: 544376i
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    Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Reference: 544375i
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    Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holding a child and a jug. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1821-1822, after J. Burnet.

    Burnet, John, 1784-1868. | Date: [1821-1822] | Reference: 33390i
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    Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holds a child and a jug. Aquatint by D. Landini after J. Burnet.

    Burnet, John, 1784-1868. | Reference: 33389i
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