1840s engraving: at the gambling table (after a painting by Teniers)
A den of male iniquity! Gambling! Drinking! Four men play at a dice game called tric-trac in this 1840s engraving after a painting by David Teniers (the Yonger) in 1647. There is a wine-jug, a clay pipe, and an open tankard, suggesting the men have been smoking and drinking for some time. The engraving is probably by Stephen Sly's company, which also did work for the Illustrated London News. In the original painting the men are in a guard-room and there's plate mail there,suggesting a legitimate reason for their idle occupation; in the engraving there seems a greater suggestion of moral torpitude.
Size: 7776px × 6192px
Location: London, England, Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, UK
Photo credit: © FromOldBooks.org / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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