Thomas Rowlandson after George Moutard Woodward.

Twopenny Cribbage.

13 x 10.5 inches

A hand coloured etching by Rowlandson after Woodward, published in London in 1799.

Anyone who plays cribbage will be very familiar with the term ''One for his Nob''. The player gets a bonus point if he plays the Jack (or Knave) of the same suit as the turn-up card. In this witty caricature the opponent strikes back with ''Then I'm nobb'd out of Two-pence!'' Georgian and Regency England was rife with gambling and card games were no exception. Everywhere from the fashionable salon to the snug bar, people lost no opportunity to have a wager. From the Duchess of Devonshire to the barmaid at the 'Dog and Duck', money was staked on all games from Whist and Cribbage to Brag and Piquet.

Woodward and Rowlandson were a ferocious and immensely successful partnership when it came to caricature and one can easily imagine the pair sitting down to a spirited game of cribbage after a hard day's etching.

£425