1593000236000 1536161095000 Standard Record object-225218 1747160830739 1711457664000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-225218 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225218 b3c8c01e-1e87-3569-8df8-271d5aa30867 6 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print Paintings, Drawings and Prints A hand-coloured woodcut on pasteboard laid down on a large piece of mount board (height 407mm x 277mm) with six other cards from the same pack. A partial playing card which has been cut down along the upper edge. A male figure (head cut off by the loss along the upper edge), facing right and wearing a short tunic with ruff-like collar around his neck and a long sack or bag sleeve on his right arm which holds a pike or halberd. The imposts below an archway (cut off here but seen in P.14638-R(4), the Jack of Diamonds) are visible at upper left and right. Although only the lower half of the suit marker is visible at upper right, the shape most closely matches Spades ('Piques'). A printed inscription along the right edge in Old French: 'Sanson', which probably relates to the biblical name, Sampson or Samson, the character from the Old Testament. The name 'Sanson' or Samson follows the trait unique to French playing cards of associating the face cards with historical or mythical personages, but does not relate to the name usually associated with the Jack of Spades (Hogier). Prior to 1613, the Jack of Clubs was associated with the name Judas Maccabeus, and so it is possible that the Jack of Spades may also have been associated originally with a name other than Hogier. The style of the designs, especially in the facial features and hair, is very similar to those made by Jehan Faucil in Rouen in France during the 16th century. Faucil was active there c.1540-c.1560. See uncut and uncoloured sheets in the British Museum collection: 1851,0208.13-18. A handwritten inscription in graphite at lower right on the recto of the mount board: 'From the Brent Eleigh Library: found / shut up between the leaves of a book. / 1891'. Another inscription in graphite in a different hand (probably Eric Chamberlain, Assistant Keeper of Prints, 1962-1975) on the verso of the mount board: 'French / ?early 16th century'. P.14638-R(3) 1 accession number P.14638-R(3) 225218 priref 225218 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225218 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225218 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum unknown reference agent-161926 adlib-agent-161926 86919954-05dc-38f8-8246-d58fdb3b58cb unknown 1540 1540 1540 circa 1540 1560 1 1560 1560 circa 1560 printmaker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown publisher reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown height 90mm x width 73mm reference term-106602 adlib-term-106602 bbb4c00f-eefa-3d64-9441-7a75aa07736e 16th Century reference term-94829 adlib-term-94829 7f4ebbd8-99be-3d4c-91b4-0632f2758469 playing card reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-8399 adlib-term-8399 6611ae15-9298-340e-8c20-9fc4c7a76bf8 French

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