The Card Players

1850 or 1851

Charles Burt, Artist Richard Caton Woodville, Artist J. Dalton, Printer

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The Card Players: 1 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Title The Card Players

Artwork Date 1850 or 1851

Makers Charles Burt (Artist) American, 1822-1894 Richard Caton Woodville (Artist) American, 1825-1856 J. Dalton (Printer) American

Medium Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 7 3/8 × 10 inches (18.7 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 11 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (29.2 × 35.2 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Argosy Book Store

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 61.346

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: PAINTED BY R.C. WOODVILLE Inscribed, lower right: ENGRAVED BY CHARLES BURT Inscribed, center bottom margin: THE CARD PLAYERS. | Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of William J. Hoppin Esq. | American Art Union, 1850. | Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by the American Art Union in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. Inscribed, lower right margin: PRINTED BY J. DALTON.

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1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Charles Burt; after Richard Caton Woodville, The Card Players, 1850 or 1851, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Argosy Book Store, 61.346.