Title
The Thirty-One or the Pawnshop
Caption
The Thirty-One or the Pawnshop. In Paris at the time of the First Empire, gaming houses were very popular. Fortunes could be made or lost. Some lackeys acted as pawnbrokers. The Thirty-one (trente-et-un) was a popular card game played between a banker and numerous players.
In : Louis Barron, Paris Pittoresque 1800-1900. La Vie - Les Moeurs - Les Plaisirs, Paris, Société Française d'Editions d'Art L.-Henry May, 1899.
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Fondation Napoléon
Reference
NPL07192_018
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,4Mb (3,5Mb) / 11,9in x 7,6in / 3576 x 2284 (300dpi)