The Card Players

Date1846

Object PlaceUnited States, North America

MediumPaint on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions25 inches × 18 1/2 inches (63.5 × 46.99 cm)

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.

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