Queen of Spades....Looks Hindu and...

REPLIES - POST REPLY - LIFE AND TIMES - FAQ - HOME - Q

Posted by Carl Goss on January 26, 1998 at 13:03:27:


In response to Pick a card, any card..., written by The Mysterious H.C. on January 25, 1998 at 17:41:06

Your queen of spades is quite delightful. Looks Hindu. Perchance a mistress of Col. Brandon when he was in India?


] These are from the book Transformation Playing Cards, by Albert Field (1987), which has pictures of playing cards that had little pictures on them fitting in and amongst the hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds. This started in 1801, and many of the cards from the Regency look interesting, but unfortunately most of the cards in the book are shown as very small black-and-white reproductions which don't preserve much detail, and aren't really worth scanning in...

]
]

Four of spades from an 1832 card deck by Baron Louis Athalin (published in Paris): A Regency lady consulting her gardener (apparently):

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/4-spades.gif

]

Two of spades, from an 1803 draft design by John Nixon for the "Metastasis Trnsformation" pack of playing cards (London):

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/twospads.gif

]

Ace of hearts design sent in by an American reader to The Strand Magazine, 1911 (nothing to do with the Regency, but kind of cute...)

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/aceharts.gif

]

The queen of spades from an 1810 deck of cards by Vincenz Raimund Grüner (Vienna).

http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/qeenspad.jpg




REPLIES:



Posting followups to old messages is disabled; instead go to the main index and post a new message which mentions this one. 


- Republic of Pemberley -

Home |
Q |
Jane Info