Billiards

William Dickinson|Thomas Watson|Henry William Bunbury

November 15, 1780 · Hand-colored stipple engraving · Drawings and Prints

At a billiard table, a tall, thin Frenchman is poised to defeat an Englishman wearing a bag-wig. Spectators display a range of emotions as a greyhound and terrier face off below the table, their physiques mimicking their masters. Queues and scoring dials hang on the wall behind, beneath prints that portray John Wilkes, and a Cap of Liberty.

Artist

William Dickinson|Thomas Watson|Henry William Bunbury

Date

November 15, 1780

Medium

Hand-colored stipple engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Harry G. Friedman, 1965