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[The Popish Plot], [England?] : [s.n.], [1679?], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
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  • Title(s)

    [The Popish Plot]

  • Published/Created

    [England?] : [s.n.], [1679?]

  • Physical Description

    52 cards : ill. ; 90 x 54 mm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    GV1199 .P62+
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/991679673408651

  • Classification

    Three-Dimensional Artifacts

  • Notes

    Title devised by cataloger.
    Also referred to as The horrid Popish Plot and The pretended Popish Plot.
    Dated 1678 in: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. I, no. 1066. See also: The gentleman's magazine, Sept., 1849, p. 265-69, where it is dated 1679.
    Formerly attributed to William Faithorne. Possibly engraved after designs by Francis Barlow. Cf. Wayland, Virginia. Francis Barlow's sketches, 1971 (p. 2).
    Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 1066
    Mann, S. Collecting playing cards, 154
    Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 51
    Selected exhibitions: "The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
    Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 74
    Set of 52 playing cards depicting the Popish Plot, with suit-mark and value at top and a short description at foot; with blank backs.

  • Subject Terms

    Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660–1688. |
    Popish Plot, 1678.

  • Form/Genre

    Engravings -- 1679. | Games -- Great Britain. | Playing cards. | Recreations -- Great Britain.

  • Contributors

    Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704 | Faithorne, William, 1616–1691

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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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