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ANONYMOUS, 17TH CENTURY

Playing cards with scenes of the Rye House Plot

1683-84

RCIN 813094

Pictorial playing cards became popular in the late seventeenth century, and plots against the monarchy – both historical and contemporary – often served as subject matter. This incomplete pack depicts events of the Rye House Plot of 1683, including a portrait of its ringleader Richard Rumbold. A pack of cards might typically cost less than a shilling, ensuring that topical subject matter was circulated to a wide audience.

Cat. 180

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