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Playing Card

1808 (printed)
Artist/Maker
S. & J. Fuller (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Ace of Spades playing card, with 1808 duty stamp; Lettered 'G.III Rex. Saml. & Josh. Fuller' and numbered '13'; Engraving print.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Object type
Playing card
Materials and techniques
engraving print
Printing Ink
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Ace of Spades playing card, with 1808 duty stamp; Engraving print; By S. & J. Fuller; London; 1808.
Physical description
Ace of Spades playing card, with 1808 duty stamp; Lettered 'G.III Rex. Saml. & Josh. Fuller' and numbered '13'; Engraving print.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 10.8cm
  • Cut to width: 6.2cm
Dimensions taken from: Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered 'G.III Rex. Saml. & Josh. Fuller' and numbered '13'.
Credit line
Given by Mrs I. W. Bailey
Bibliographic references
  • Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988, p.47, ill.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings ACCESSIONS 1950, London, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.851-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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