Card Games In Illustration

Patience (c. 1935) by Charles Spencelayh (1865–1958)

Meredith Frampton (1894-1984) Un jeu de patience, 1937

Jeanne Mammen (German, 1890 – 1976)

Vera Rockline (1896-1934) The Card Players (1919)

Basques jouant aux cartes (Basques Playing Cards) by Ramiro Arrue, 1919

Argosy All Story Weekly September 9 1922

N.C. Wyeth, The Pike County Ballads written by John Hay, 1912

Harry Brooker – A Critical Moment

Frederick Goodall – Old Maid

We shall probably spend the evening here with Miss Susan at the card table. Hugh Thomson illustrates J.M. Barrie’s romantic comedy Quality Street (1901).

John Everett Millais – Hearts are Trumps

Edward Ardizzone

Ludwig Tieck Merkwurdige Lebensgeschichte Sr. Majestat Abraham Tonelli (Vienna-1930s) – Illustrations by Erwin Tintner, cards

Constantin Alajalov (1900-1987) 1948

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by science writer and psychologist Dr. Maria Konnikova to talk about her newest book, “The Biggest Bluff: How I learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win.” They discuss her journalistic interest in game theory which ultimately led her to learn Texas Hold ‘Em, resulting in an incredible transformation to a professional poker player with over a quarter of a million dollars in winnings.

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