About the Artwork
The Card Players
1850 or 1851
Charles Burt (Artist) American, 1822-1894 Richard Caton Woodville (Artist) American, 1825-1856 J. Dalton (Printer) American
Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 7 3/8 × 10 inches (18.7 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 11 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (29.2 × 35.2 cm)
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Gift of Argosy Book Store
61.346
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: PAINTED BY R.C. WOODVILLE Inscribed, lower right: ENGRAVED BY CHARLES BURT Inscribed, center bottom margin: THE CARD PLAYERS. | Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of William J. Hoppin Esq. | American Art Union, 1850. | Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by the American Art Union in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. Inscribed, lower right margin: PRINTED BY J. DALTON.
Provenance
1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Charles Burt; after Richard Caton Woodville, The Card Players, 1850 or 1851, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Argosy Book Store, 61.346.
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