Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card fitted bowl today most of its thousand

today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton

a third is missing

and while not pushing do think it would be especially wonderful hung in a grouping with at least one of the other two paintings from the same series I have in the shop (see last photo to see what I mean)

including with hopes of encouraging more people to learn to play

with the sender then having dreamed up and watercolor painted the rest--casting Miss Edith (the recipient of the card) as a diva of sorts

Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card fitted bowl today most of its thousandQuite a special one I think! I purchased this from a seller in England, who cited it as a single from a very rare, really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards, produced by Stopforth & Sons, London, circa 1827. (Featuring 52 cards in 4 suits, with each suit corresponding to a continent, the ace of each suit bearing a continent map, the two through ten featuring maps of countries or regions, and the court cards bearing images of