Billiards / H. Bunbury Esq. delint. ; Watson & Dickinson excudt.
Stipple engraving by Watson & Dickinson, printed in sepia ink.
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Print shows a group of men engaged in a game of billiards. The of the two players stand by the corner of the billiard table, while another, who is about to make a stroke and appears from his leanness, frogged coat, and long pigtail queue to be a Frenchman, leans over the table. His opponent watches him, standing on top-toe, his cue held over his left shoulder, his face screwed up in anxiety; he wears a bag-wig. A number of spectators look on with expressions of amusement or concern: on the right two men stand together grinning; on the left a man watches open-mouthed; behind the table a man watches with an expression of alarm, another takes cover behind him with a grin; a small boy stands beside them. In the foreground are two dogs, one, a greyhound, stands between the player's legs. On the wall behind the table is a rack of cues and two clock-faced scoring boards both pointing to the figure X.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.