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People Playing Cards at an Inn
Jan Ekels (II), 1784
‘The winner shows that he has won the game and the loser seems dejected’ is how this scene was described in 1808. Here, all seems to be going well enough: no sky-high losses or eternal disgrace. This was not always the case abroad: English aristocrats were known to gamble entire estates away in a single evening.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-FM-39
- Dimensionsheight 350 mm x width 381 mm
- Physical characteristicsgrey wash, over black chalk and pencil