Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

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CATALOGUE OF CARDS.

74. Transformations, 1828. Another set (wanting the ace of spades)
of the same cards; later issue with the titles "king," "queen"
and "knave" added to the court cards, which are coloured. Backs
plain.
75. Transformations; c. 1820. Two unmounted cards, the 4 of spades
and the 5 of diamonds, belonging to an etched and coloured pack
similar in treatment to the two preceding. The 4 of spades is a
figure of " the celebrated Signi6r Pietro Francisco Josepha Andrea
Balanca first Equilibrist to His Catholic Majesty," and the 5 of
diamonds a schoolmistress whipping a child. [See English SHEETS,
No. 4.]
31 x 21 in.
76. Transformations; c. 1820. A single card, the 6 of spades, drawn
in water-colours, with a burlesque representation of a cat's funeral.
3- x 2- in.
77. Landseer's cards. The king of clubs and knave (?) of spades
belonging to a humorous pack etched by Sir E. Landseer. The
first represents a monkey in the character of a king, wearing the
insignia of the Garter; the second a wild boar in a cloak wearing
a mask of a woman's face.
33 x 21 in.
78. Dance Music; c. 1775. Imperfect pack (wanting the 2 of diamonds), each card containing the music of a contredanse, with the
value indicated by a miniature card in upper left corner. The pack
is accompanied by 24 larger quadrille cards and a direction card
giving the rules of " Quadrille without Pooling, as played at
Bath," etc. In original pasteboard case.
33 x 21 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 97.]
4- x 3 in.
79. Songs; c. 1730. Four engraved cards, selected from an imperfect
pack to complete that already in the Museum collection (Willshire, 206). The cards are:-the 10 of spades, the ace and 8 of
diamonds, and the 4 of clubs.
4 x 2A in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 93-96.]
80. Fanciful; 18th century. Complete pack, drawn in water-colours
by an amateur artist, with representations of a great variety of
subjects, chiefly natural history and botany. The value of each
card is indicated by a miniature card in upper right corner.
3i x 21 in.