Four ladies sit at a square card-table; their cards have been thrown down face-upwards. The two who sit in profile to left. and to right. are  quarrelling violently; one (r.) points at her vis-a-vis in anger; the other (l.) has seized a candlestick and is about to hurl it at her partner, the lighted candle falls to the ground behind her shoulder; both are elderly harridans. Between them on the farther side of the table the player appears amused; of her partner only the back is visible.  The enormous pyramids of hair elaborately decorated in different ways play an important part in the design, as does the carpet, which is of an elaborate acanthus scroll design. The card-players sit in upright chairs with carved backs.  On the wall is an oval mirror, on each side of which is a landscape. The dresses show the fashions of the day, the hair-dressing much caricatured, cf. BMSat 5370, &amp;c.  26 February 1778 
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1778<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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