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Title(s):
[The Popish Plot]
Published/Created:
[England?] : [s.n.], [1679?]
Physical Description:
52 cards : ill. ; 90 x 54 mm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 .P62+
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger.
Also referred to as The horrid Popish Plot and The pretended Popish Plot.
Dated 1678 in: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. I, no. 1066. See also: The gentleman's magazine, Sept., 1849, p. 265-69, where it is dated 1679.
Formerly attributed to William Faithorne. Possibly engraved after designs by Francis Barlow. Cf. Wayland, Virginia. Francis Barlow's sketches, 1971 (p. 2).
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 1066
Mann, S. Collecting playing cards, 154
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 51
Selected exhibitions: "The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 74
Set of 52 playing cards depicting the Popish Plot, with suit-mark and value at top and a short description at foot; with blank backs.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660–1688.
Popish Plot, 1678.
Form/Genre:
Playing cards.
Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Engravings -- 1679.
Contributors:
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691, attributed name.
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704, ill.
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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