All Fours first published March 14, 1783 [a later reissue?] (?) Thomas Rowlandson British Within an oval, two men play "All Fours" an English card game similar to Whist. They sit on ladder-backed chairs at a small round topped tripod table. The older man, at right, pulls an ace of spades from his hand and displays it as the winning card. He is dressed plainly and wears a bob wig. The younger man, thin and fashionably dressed, with a pigtail queue, reacts in consternation. He has played a king or queen of spades, which is outranked by the ace. Cards from a previous round lie on the All

All Fours first published March 14, 1783 [a later reissue?] (?) Thomas Rowlandson British Within an oval, two men play "All Fours" an English card game similar to Whist. They sit on ladder-backed chairs at a small round topped tripod table. The older man, at right, pulls an ace of spades from his hand and displays it as the winning card. He is dressed plainly and wears a bob wig. The younger man, thin and fashionably dressed, with a pigtail queue, reacts in consternation. He has played a king or queen of spades, which is outranked by the ace. Cards from a previous round lie on the All Fours. After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland). first published March 14, 1783 [a later reissue?]. Hand-colored etching and engraving. First published by John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster). Prints

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