Billiards
At a billiard table, a tall, thin Frenchman is poised to defeat an Englishman wearing a bag-wig. Spectators display a range of emotions as a greyhound and terrier face off below the table, their physiques mimicking their masters. Queues and scoring dials hang on the wall behind, beneath prints that portray John Wilkes, and a Cap of Liberty.
Artwork Details
- Title: Billiards
- Artist: After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
- Publisher: William Dickinson (British, London? 1746/47?–1823 Paris) , London
- Publisher: Thomas Watson (British, London 1743–1781 London)
- Date: November 15, 1780
- Medium: Hand-colored stipple engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed close to plate): 11 3/4 × 15 3/8 in. (29.8 × 39 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Harry G. Friedman, 1965
- Object Number: 66.521.20
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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