The Card Players
Date1846
Object PlaceUnited States, North America
MediumPaint on canvas
Dimensions25 inches × 18 1/2 inches (63.5 × 46.99 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.
Object number55.175
DescriptionThree men gathered around a card table. Man at right has hand holding cards up against his cheek and stirs a drink with his right hand. Figure standing behind the table wears a tasseled cap and holds large pipe in his hand. Seated at the left, another man points at the cards and looks up at the man behind the table. A black man, left center, watches the group. Newspaper tacked to wall in background, umbrella leaning against the table in the foreground. Reddish brown, black and tan.On View
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2565/2420 BC
1665
1817-1843
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