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Playing cards

Card used as one of a set for playing card games

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Images of Playing cards

12 images from works
  • Oxo : Oxo cube.
  • Puir wee Laddie!! : Ma mither winna gie me ony mair Oxo : It makes me grow oot o'ma claes.
  • Oxo.
  • Oxo.
  • Oxo : Oxo cube.
  • Andrews Liver Salt : "I must have left it behind".
  • Oxo : the Oxo habit : "Here is the beef, mother!".
  • Puir wee Laddie!! : Ma mither winna gie me ony mair Oxo : It makes me grow oot o'ma claes.
  • Oxo : the Oxo habit : "Here is the beef, mother!".
  • Andrews Liver Salt : "I must have left it behind".
  • Oxo.
  • Oxo.

Images about Playing cards

45 images from works
  • 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.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750.
  • 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.
  • A pack of black spade cards spread out to spell the word AIDS representing a warning not to gamble with your life; an advertisement by the National AIDS Committee and Hecopab. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • 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.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750.
  • Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.
  • Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • Three Chelsea Pensioners, two playing cards. Wood engraving.

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11 works

    • Pictures

    Scenes adapted from playing cards. Drawings by E. Estridge, 1840.

    Estridge, E., active approximately 1840. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 780448i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Oxo.

    Oxo Ltd. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Puir wee Laddie!! : Ma mither winna gie me ony mair Oxo : It makes me grow oot o'ma claes.

    Oxo Ltd. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Oxo : Oxo cube.

    Oxo Ltd. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Oxo : the Oxo habit : "Here is the beef, mother!".

    Oxo Ltd. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]

Related topics

Bars (Drinking establishments)
Taverns (Inns)
Card games
Alcohol Drinking
Costume
Smoking
Tobacco Smoking
Pitchers
Hotels
Leisure

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