File:Billiards (BM 1861,0518.944).jpg
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[edit]Billiards
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Artist |
After: Robert Dighton
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Title |
Billiards |
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Description |
English: A group of eight men (caricatured) round a billiard table. One player is about to make a stroke, his opponent (right) looks on with an expression of horror, biting his thumb. Bets are depending on the result; a pleased spectator (left) holds a handful of coins, another puts his hand into his purse. A very obese man (left) with a wooden leg watches through a glass. The score is shown by two clock-face dials, on one of which the marker puts his hand. Cues stand in racks against the wall. For billiards see also BMSat 5803, 5913. c.1780s
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Date |
between 1775 and 1785 date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height: 188 millimetres
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1861,0518.944 |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1861-0518-944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Image width | 2,780 px |
Image height | 2,204 px |
Color space | sRGB |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:11, 26 September 2008 |
File change date and time | 16:15, 26 September 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:15, 26 September 2008 |