Sujet

Playing at Morra - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Playing at Morra - Rome, 1850. People playing the '...Neapolitan game of Morra, in which one party suddenly holds up to view any number of the fingers of both his hands, while the other party in the game calls out not the number raised, but that which is held down; if he fails in giving the true number, he loses. It is a game success in which requires long practice and a quick eye, with such sudden haste are the hands hell up; and, as the parties standing around always bet upon one or other of the players, the degree of excitement attending it is very great'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_332

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NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,1Mo (4,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,1cm / 4960 x 4024 (300dpi)

Mots clés

leisure Italy Italian female women woman people male child children looking man men country playing gambling entertainment game guy watching British betting location Victorian century gesturing Britain newspapers press pastime B&W hand gesture engraved engraving guessing hand Gestures 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Neapolitan ILN Morra newspaper Unknown 19th-century