'Court Cards the Best to deal with' - Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731-1806) left, Warren Hastings (1731-1818), centre, King George III (1738–1820) right.
John Kirby Baldrey (1750 - Hatfield 1823)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
8 Feb 1788
Materials
Paper
Measurements
320 mm (H)360 mm (W)
Place of origin
Holborn
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252791
Summary
Print - Handcoloured etching, 'Court Cards the Best to deal with' - Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731-1806) left, Warren Hastings (1731-1818), centre, King George III (1738–1820) right. Warren Hastings, in oriental dress, kneels full-face on one knee between two cards; he holds out in each hand a lozenge, the diamond of a pack of cards: that on his right is a knave with the head of Thurlow, that on his left is a king with the head of George III. Neither card has an indication of the suit: the hand of each appears ready to grasp the diamond held out by Hastings.
Marks and inscriptions
Cambridge (pencil in Walter Ralph Bankes' hand, on reverse)
Makers and roles
John Kirby Baldrey (1750 - Hatfield 1823), artist S. Doughty and Co., engraver and publisher