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Seven of Clubs: P.89-1944(38)

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Seven of Clubs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Felix Solesio & Sons

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Description

Seven clubs with circular nodules. The seventh positioned horizontally. The card is unnumbered. The Spanish term for the suit of Clubs is 'Bastos'. The standing kings are typical of Spanish card design. The Kings in Italian suits are seated. The clubs in Spanish suits are 'rough' (knobbly) and in the Cadiz pattern are characterised by circular nodules and the long branches which extend from the Ace of Clubs. Each suit is identified by an outline frame known as 'la pinta', which distinguishes the suit without showing the whole card; the Cups have one interruption, the Swords two, the Clubs three (as is seen here), and the Coins none. 'La pinta' first appeared around the mid-17th century. Hand coloured woodcut on pasteboard. From an incomplete pack, 38 of 40 playing cards of a stripped Spanish deck in the Cadiz pattern, made in Madrid in 1892 by Felix Solesio & Sons. The 8 and 9 cards are missing in all suits, indicating the stripped deck, and additionally the Jack of Clubs and the Five of Clubs are lost.

Legal notes

Given by Revd. F.M. Yglesias, 1944-07

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1944-07) by Yglesias, F. M., Reverend

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1892

Note

Height 92mm x width 56mm

School or Style

Spanish

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.89-1944(38)
Primary reference Number: 225212
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Monday 2 October 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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