Game using playing cards as the primary device

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Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.

Playing cards with a condom and a warning gambling games are dangerous when it comes to AIDS; an advertisement by the Lions Club of Bombay Hilltop and the HIV/AIDS Information and Guidance Centre in Bombay. Lithograph, ca. 1996.

Cabinet-making: decorative borders. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.

Rational recreations, in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments. Among which are all those commonly performed with the cards / By W. Hooper.

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Apollo presiding over a gentleman of sensual appetite; representing the sanguine temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Five men in a smoke den smoke and drink as, in the background, others play cards. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1840, after D. Teniers.

Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.

Cabinet-making: a table for card games. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.

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Card games

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The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.

Card games

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Images about Card games

Works from the collections

The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

Two men play cards at a table as others watch, smoke and drink in a dingy smoke den. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1771, after D. Teniers the younger.

The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by F. del Pedro, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.

Five men sit indoors smoking and drinking, others play cards. Engraving, mid-19th century, by W. French after D. Teniers.

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