
(London: Robert Walton, c. 1679)
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Playing Cards — The (Horrid) Popish Plot
52 playing cards. Engravings on paper, plain versos; very mild toning, and infrequent light soiling. 12 of the cards are mounted in a frame, the rest are in archival sleeves housed in a folder attached to the back of the frame.
3½ by 2 ⅛ in. (each card); 26 by 20 in. (frame)
9 by 5.5 cm; 67 by 51 cm
Jaime Ortiz-Patiño (Sotheby's, London, 10 December 2013, English literature, history, children's books and illustrations,
lot 220)
Acquired at the above sale by the present collector
Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection of Early Playing Cards, #121;
The Fournier Museum Catalogue, Volume I: British Isles, #9;
Schreiber, Lady Charlotte, Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late..., #57
A complete deck of "Popish Plot" cards. For other examples of the "Popish Plot" decks, and for more information on these cards, see lots 53 and 54.
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