Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card fitted bowl making for easy hanging somewhere

making for easy hanging somewhere near the cookie jar

and which gives the piece a terrific immediacy

and while not pushing do think it would be especially wonderful hung in a grouping with at least one of the other two paintings from the same series I have in the shop (see last photo to see what I mean)

but still very clearly our little Mary

Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card fitted bowl making for easy hanging somewhereQuite a special one I think! I purchased this from a seller in England, who cited it as a single from a very rare, really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards, produced by Stopforth & Sons, London, circa 1827. (Featuring 52 cards in 4 suits, with each suit corresponding to a continent, the ace of each suit bearing a continent map, the two through ten featuring maps of countries or regions, and the court cards bearing images of