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The Humerous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindman's Buff Engraved from an Original Painting in Vauxhall Gardens
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The Humerous Diversion of the Country Play at Blindman's Buff Engraved from an Original Painting in Vauxhall Gardens

Date1753
Engraver
After work by c. 1708 - 1776
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975-297
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "Engraved for the NEW Universal Magazine 1753./ Plate 4/ The Humorous Diversion of the Country Play at BLINDMAN'S BUFF Engraved from an Original Painting in Vauxhall Gardens./ B. Cole sculp."Label TextThis print for "The Universal Magazine" was based on a painting of men and women playing the game blindman's buff (or bluff) by Francis Hayman that was on display at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London (ca. 1740).ProvenanceBefore 1975, Pottinger-Walters Antiques (Goshen, IN); 1975-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).