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A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
- Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.
- Date
- 1883
- Reference
- 14280i
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Credit: A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Caption reads: 'Griggles. "Hullo Dumpley! What are you reading? Christmas number of the Lancet? Put it down, and come and have a game of pyramids!"'
Pyramids: "(Billiards) A game in which a number of red balls (typically fifteen) are arranged in a triangle on a billiard table and players take turns to try to pot them with a cue ball" (Oxford English dictionary)
Publication/Creation
[London], 1883.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; border 12.3 x 10.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Depressing! CK.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 14280i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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