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Backgammon
One of the oldest board games for two players
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Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
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Date: 1600-1699
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Reference: 24699i
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Cabinet-making: various examples of marquetry. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.
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Reference: 41291i
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A Dutch man playing trictrac with dice; behind, a man smoking a pipe and another man. Engraving by J. Beauvarlet, ca. 1755, after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
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Date: [1755?]
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Reference: 3043039i
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Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1912.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.
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Date: [1912]
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Reference: 45903i
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Two men playing backgammon on a barrel-table as others watch and smoke. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskirk.
Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704.
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Reference: 24838i
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