Stothard, Thomas “Cassino"

Thomas Stothard.  “Cassino.”

London: ca. 1800.  5 1/8 x 3 1/2.  Copper engraving by Thomas Cook.  Later hand color. Good condition.

A charming scene of gentlefolk playing the card game of cassino, while a man looks on, perhaps coaching the young woman at the center.

Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) was a British artist; Thomas Cook (1744-1818) a prolific British engraver.