Playing Cards

Jan Ekels II - People Playing Cards at an Inn

‘The winner shows that he has won the game and the loser seems dejected’ is how this scene was described in 1808. Here, all seems to be going well enough: no sky-high losses or eternal disgrace. This was not al... More

Robson & Crane as the knaves of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ace of Spades (black), from the Playing Cards series (N84) for Duke br...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1900,1231.1288.1-48 2)

Complete pack of 48 playing-cards with Spanish suit-marks. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs printed in black with a pattern of small suns and diagonal broken lines 19th Century

Print, playing-card (BM 1901,0110.2.1-78 2)

Tarot pack: complete pack of 78 playing-cards with double-ended attuti. Hand-coloured lithograph (originally wood engraved) Backs printed with a diagonal design of black crosses Late 19th Century

Print, playing-card (BM 1876,1014.1305-1356)

Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards with French suit-marks. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs printed in blue with stars and double sinuous lines Circa 1800-1825

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 10)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 25 - La Vergine

Minchiate card deck (Florence, 1860-1890): trump XXV - La Vergine

Print, playing-card (BM 1872,1012.1244-1295 2)

Complete pack of 52 playing-cards. The court cards represent famous historical personages whose arms are born by the shields held by each knave. On the wrapper accompanying the pack is "Supra Fijne Speelkaarten... More

Playing Card, 1900 (CH 18807551)

Playing Card, Nine of Hearts, late 19th century (CH 18405281)

Nine of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Figural scene depicting two men holding a shield at center decorated with an eagle. Above, a helmet and banners. Below, a group of weapon... More

KITLV 12052 - Kassian Céphas - Card Players, presumably at Yogyakarta ...

Nederlands: Kaartspelers, vermoedelijk te JogjakartaBahasa Indonesia: Pemain kartu, mungkin di YogyakartaEnglish: Card Players, presumably at Yogyakarta

CH-NB-Kartenspiel mit Schweizer Ansichten-19541-page065

Deutsch: Spiel: "Kartenspiel mit Schweizer Ansichten", Karo 2

CH-NB-Kartenspiel mit Schweizer Ansichten-19541-page091

Deutsch: Spiel: "Kartenspiel mit Schweizer Ansichten", Kreuz 4

Billy the Kid card game

Billy The Kid, Richard M. "Dick" Brewer, Frederick Tecumseh Waite and Henry Newton Brown playing cards.

Krishna Preparing to Decapitate King Kamsa, King of the Krishna Suit, ...

India, Maharashtra, Sawantwadi (?), mid-18th century Drawings; watercolors Opaque watercolor and gold on ivory Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ganz, Jr. (M.73.55.3) South and Southeas... More

10 of Nooses, from The Cloisters Playing Cards

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Peasants Playing Cards outside an Inn

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Playing Card, with Wild Woman and Unicorn

Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.1004 6)

Cards without suits for instructive games: "History of France"; complete pack of 78 playing-cards of which 72 give facts relating to the kings of France from Pharamond to Louis Philippe, and the remaining 6 the... More

Hans Buling, a Mountebank of great Notoriety who frequently exhibited ...

Satire reprducing a delftware plate showing Hans Buling, a Dutch mountebank in London, the rim decorated with playing cards. See BM Satire 1032 for description. 1750 Etching and aquatint printed in blue ink

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 01)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 06)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

An intererior with elegant figures playing cards by Gerhard van Steenw...

Public domain image of a living room, salon, 17th-18th century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 31 - I Pesci

Minchiate card deck (Florence, 1860-1890): trump XXXI - I Pesci

Print, playing-card (BM 1872,1012.1244-1295 3)

Complete pack of 52 playing-cards. The court cards represent famous historical personages whose arms are born by the shields held by each knave. On the wrapper accompanying the pack is "Supra Fijne Speelkaarten... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1904,0511.40.1-52 2)

Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards with French suit-marks. The cards are numbered at two opposing corners, each number with a small suitmark beneath it. There is a duty stamp on the ace of diamonds.... More

Playing Card (CH 18166505) - Minchiate cards game

Picryl description: Public domain image of coin, money, numismatic catalog page, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Playing Card, 1900 (CH 18807555)

Playing Card, 1900 (CH 18807607)

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Playing Card, Ace of Hearts, late 19th century (CH 18405265)

Ace of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Female figure depicted in outline, wearing a dress, hat, and boots. A red heart appears as the bodice of her dress.

Playing Card, Four of Hearts, late 19th century (CH 18405271)

Four of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A scene of children playing in front of a domestic building. A boy at left in a cap flies a kite--his bottom and the kite take the form o... More

Nine of diamonds: [Dyals.] - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan - 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified group playing cards Cartes de visite

Joost van Sassen - Blad met karikaturen van dwergen en de windhandel, ...

Blad met karikaturen van dwergachtige figuren in de windhandel met een verwijzing in de onderschriften naar Vianen. Vier afzonderlijke platen genummerd 5-8 op één blad afgedrukt. Plaat 5: een dwerg in kamerjas ... More

A group of elegantly dressed people playing cards

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A LIBRARIAN, LEFT, AND A TEACHER, BOTH EMPLOYEES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1876,1014.1211-1288)

Complete tarot pack with 78 playing-cards with French suit-marks. The court cards are double-ended. The tarots illustrate some of Æsop's fables. The only card representative of the old emblematic tarots is the... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1982,U.4609.1-52 20)

Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards bound, at the British Museum, into a book. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs dotted and starred in black 1800-1865

Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 24 - La Bilancia

Minchiate card deck (Florence, 1860-1890): trump XXIIII - La Bilancia Public domain photograph - judge, law, court, lawyer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.305 2)

Cards with French suits: complete pack of 52 playing-cards: "Cartes Comiques" Chromolithograph Backs printed with a representation of a man and girl at a casement, their faces forming aces of hearts and diamond... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.741.1-49 1)

Incomplete pack with 49 of 52 humorous playing-cards Hand-coloured etching and chromolithograph Backs printed with a small lace pattern in blue and white Circa 1850

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.741.1-49 2)

Incomplete pack with 49 of 52 humorous playing-cards Hand-coloured etching and chromolithograph Backs printed with a small lace pattern in blue and white Circa 1850

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.741.1-49 3)

Incomplete pack with 49 of 52 humorous playing-cards Hand-coloured etching and chromolithograph Backs printed with a small lace pattern in blue and white Circa 1850

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.940 3)

Complete pack of 52 playing-cards, single-ended Chromolithograph Backs printed with a figure of cupid on a yellow ground Circa 1863

Print, playing-card (BM 1901,0110.4.1-43)

Incomplete pack with 39 of 40 double-ended playing-cards with Italian suit-marks, plus 4 additional cards from a separate pack. The missing card is the 4 of swords, and the additonal cards are two 10's of coins... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1904,0511.29.1-36 1)

Complete pack of 36 playing-cards with German suit-marks. The figures and scenes beneath the suit-marks are made to resemble 15th century German woodcuts. There is a duty stamp on the 2 of hearts. Chromolithog... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1927,0720.2.1-78)

Complete tarot pack of 78 double-ended playing-cards with French suit-marks. The atouts each have two different designs on them printed in reverse. Each design is numbered in large Arabic numerals within the co... More

Playing Card, 1900 (CH 18807581)

Advertisement, Bonne-Double Bierre, 1825–35 (CH 18476611-2)

Two figures, sitting on benches, playing cards on a barrel, to the left sits a full basket, to the right sits a black jug releasing smoke.

Pietro Longhi 051 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Dutch Guiana-Suriname-1 Guilder (1801) card money

One guilder, playing card money, issued 1801 in Dutch Guiana. Prior to the formal introduction of paper currency, playing card money, denominated in Dutch Guilders, was used in Dutch Guiana (1761–1826).[1]

Fujo yodai, Aki by Yamakawa Shūhō

日本語: 「婦女四題」より『秋』、木版画 English: "The autumn (Aki)", from the series Four women (Fujo yodai)

Anonymous - Gamblers (c. 1900)

Genre scene from the pub. Group of men are playing cards, on their right side are three other men smoking in front of a large wine barrel.

Soldiers smoking and playing cards, by Jan Olis

Soldiers smoking and playing cards oil on panel 35.1 x 50.5 cm

Carte à jouer ayant valeur de monnaie

Playing card, which value for money (detail), attributed to Henri Beau, watercolor and Indian ink, 43.2 x 44.8 cm. Public Archives of Canada, Division of iconography, Ottawa (negative no. C17059).. Français : ... More

May Allison M.J. Moriarty Playing Card 3

May Allison Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Russian style queen of hearts, Russian Empire

Русский: Игральная карта из колоды «Русский стиль», 1911 год. English: A playing card from "Russian style" deck, designed in 1911 by Dondorf GmbH (Germany)

Dama Kier z Wzoru AngloAmerykańskiego Jednogłowego

Polski: Dama Kier z Wzoru AngloAmerykańskiego Jednogłowego

Master of the Playing Cards - A Poet Reading

Public domain image of German master print from the National Gallery of Art collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Knave of Horns, from The Cloisters Playing Cards

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fishermen playing cards, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.440 6)

Complete pack of 72 instructive playing-cards: Alphabet 36 hand-coloured lithographs and 36 uncoloured lithographs Backs of coloured cards plain, backs of uncoloured cards plain blue In pasteboard case Early 1... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1901,0110.6.1-39 2)

Incomplete pack with 39 of 40 playing-cards for the game of ombre. Although an Italian pack, the suit of swords resembles the straight-edged blades of Spanish cards. The ace of coins has two duty stamps. The mi... More

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 11)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Print, satirical print, playing-card (BM 1902,0212.6-11)

Complete suits of clubs and spades on six sheets, from a pack illustrating the career of Dr Sacheverell. Each card has a small reproduction of a conventional playing card at top right, while the greater part of... More

First French Empire card deck - 1810 - Queen of Spades

First French Empire card deck, 1810: queen of spades

Swiss card deck - 1850 - 2 of Shields

Swiss card deck, 1850: 2 of Shields

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.306)

Cards with French suits: complete pack of 52 playing-cards: Quarters of the World Chromolithograph, letterpress Backs printed with a figure of Fortune With original cardboard case and printed instructions Late... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.368 1)

Dr. T. Schroeter's emblematical cards : complete piquet pack of 32 playing-cards Chromolithograph Backs printed in brown with a design of the imperial eagle within circles In original wrapper 1883

Print, playing-card (BM 1900,0406.4)

Complete pack of 52 mounted, double-ended playing-cards pasted (at the British Museum) into a book with thirteen pages containing four cards, plus one page containing the title from the original wrapper. The ac... More

Sidewall (Belgium), 1910–20 (CH 18572627)

Gambling paper. Design composed of playing cards, poker chips, and dice, with hearts, diamonds, clubs and spade motifs in a free, all over, haphazard arrangement. Printed in selvedge: "8208 Fabrication Belge (U... More

Theodor von Holst - The Wish - B2016.36.1 - Yale Center for British Ar...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century female portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Anderson MJ Moriarty Playing Card 2

Mary Anderson Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Russian style jack of hearts, Russian Empire

Русский: Игральная карта из колоды «Русский стиль», 1911 год. English: A playing card from "Russian style" deck, designed in 1911 by Dondorf GmbH (Germany)

Ten Playing Cards (Ganjifa) LACMA M.2001.210.4.1-.10

India, Rajasthan, 19th century Drawings; watercolors Opaque watercolor on cardboard Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) each; Framed: 14 1/8 x 17 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (35.88 x 45.09 x 3.81 cm) Gift of Aruna and Ranjit ... More

Playing Card, Anonymous, German 15th century

Picryl description: Public domain image of German woodcut print, 15th century, religious art, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Cloisters Playing Cards - Public domain dedication museum photo

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Woman posing in cowgirl outfit, holding revolver, seated on table, wi...

H122587 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1900,0406.7.1-52)

Complete facsimile pack of 52 "Cavalier" playing-cards satirising the Commonwealth. Each card is occupied by a figure subject with descriptive verse below. In the top left corner is a suit-mark and in the top r... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1904,0511.41.1-52 3)

Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards with French suit-marks. The court cards are portraits of members of late 19th century Scandinavian royal houses, their titles printed in the margins. There is a du... More

Print, playing-card (BM 1982,U.4609.1-52 18)

Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards bound, at the British Museum, into a book. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs dotted and starred in black 1800-1865

Drawing, Street Scene, Italy (recto); Two enframed views of women on p...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

All Fours (BM 1917,1208.3025) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Design in an oval. Two men playing cards at a small round table. The man on the right pulls out an ace of spades from the five cards in his hand and shows it with a grimace of satisfaction. His opponent (left),... More

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 03)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Print, playing-card, satirical print (BM 1942,0404.1.1-52 05)

Complete pack of 52 playing cards with satires on the lives of saints; each card has description above the image, with lines of satirical verse below, and suit mark at top left, with diamonds and hearts hand-co... More

Tarot nouveau - Grimaud - 1898 - Back side

French tarot deck, "Tarot nouveau" style, B. P. Grimaud editor, France, 1898: back side.

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.431 3)

Cards with French suits: complete pack of 52 double-ended, oval-shaped playing-cards Chromolithograph, letterpress Backs printed with a small pattern in blue Edges gilt In oval cardboard box Late19th Century

Playing Card, 1900 (CH 18807609)

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Playing Card, Jack of Hearts, late 19th century (CH 18405341)

Jack of Hearts court playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A male figure shown in a postman's uniform, raising his hat and carrying a love letter for delivery. A red heart at upper left corner.

Playing Card, King of Diamonds, late 19th century (CH 18405353)

King of Diamonds court playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Figure of a man wearing courtly costume with an elaborate crown and cape, a dagger at his hip and a scepter in his hand. Architec... More

Playing Card, Queen of Clubs, late 19th century (CH 18405337)

Queen of Clubs court playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A female maiden figure wearing a white dress with orange and yellow bodice. She carries freshly-picked flowers in the folds of her ... More

Print, playing-card, map (BM 1938,0709.57.1-60 04)

A complete pack of fifty-two playing-cards depicting the counties of England and Wales, with eight introductory cards; the regular cards, numbered from I to XIII, each depict a county with textual description;... More

Russian style king of diamonds, Russian Empire

Русский: Игральная карта из колоды «Русский стиль», 1911 год. English: A playing card from "Russian style" deck, designed in 1911 by Dondorf GmbH (Germany)

Rama and Four Warriors, Number Four of the Rama Suit, Playing Card fro...

India, Maharashtra, Sawantwadi (?), mid-18th century Drawings; watercolors Opaque watercolor and gold on ivory Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ganz, Jr. (M.73.55.4) South and Southeas... More

Playing Card, Anonymous, German 15th century

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Les tables de geographie, reduites en un jeu de cartes

Sheet of 52 cartographic playing cards, with 13 each of 4 suits (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs). Each suit is assigned to a continent or continents (hearts to Europe, diamonds to Asia, spades to Africa and... More

Playing Card-Ace of Spades - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.806 4)

Tarot pack: complete pack of 78 double-ended playing-cards, with French suits Hand-coloured lithograph Backs printed with a plaid pattern in black and brown With original wrapper Late 19th Century