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Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing a game of draughts, a woman is standing in the doorway holding a baby and a jug. Engraving by C. Beyer after J. Burnet.

A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.

Men playing draughts in Button's Coffee-House, London, ca. 1720. Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holding a child and a jug. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1821-1822, after J. Burnet.

Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holds a child and a jug. Aquatint by D. Landini after J. Burnet.

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A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.

Men playing draughts in Button's Coffee-House, London, ca. 1720. Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.

Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holding a child and a jug. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1821-1822, after J. Burnet.

Two men are sitting outside a cottage playing draughts; a woman is in the doorway holds a child and a jug. Aquatint by D. Landini after J. Burnet.