Billiards / H. Bunbury Esq. delint. ; Watson & Dickinson excudt.

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Billiards / H. Bunbury Esq. delint. ; Watson & Dickinson excudt.
London : Publish'd Novr 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No158 New Bond Street, [1780
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.281
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London : Publish'd Novr 15th 1780 by Watson & Dickinson, No.158. New Bond Street, [1780
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Evidently one of a series of prints, with the number 4 at upper left of image.
Stipple engraving by Watson & Dickinson, printed in sepia ink.

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Print shows a group of men engaged in a game of billiards. The of the two players stand by the corner of the billiard table, while another, who is about to make a stroke and appears from his leanness, frogged coat, and long pigtail queue to be a Frenchman, leans over the table. His opponent watches him, standing on top-toe, his cue held over his left shoulder, his face screwed up in anxiety; he wears a bag-wig. A number of spectators look on with expressions of amusement or concern: on the right two men stand together grinning; on the left a man watches open-mouthed; behind the table a man watches with an expression of alarm, another takes cover behind him with a grin; a small boy stands beside them. In the foreground are two dogs, one, a greyhound, stands between the player's legs. On the wall behind the table is a rack of cues and two clock-faced scoring boards both pointing to the figure X.

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