Billards, played out – Vintage Wall Art
![Billards, played out, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1874. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e3a18c36f2e1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures Billards, played out in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Billards, played out
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The title, "Billards, played out," plays on the phrase "played out," meaning worn-out or exhausted, and suggests the print is more joke than sporting scene. Currier & Ives issued many comic and genre lithographs like this one in the 1870s, when billiards was a popular pastime in saloons, hotels, and private parlors across the United States. The firm sold its prints affordably, and many were hand-colored after printing, so each copy could vary in tint and detail. The print is catalogued in Gale Research's *Currier & Ives: A catalog Raisonné*, which numbers the firm's known output.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1874. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand col. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no.0587. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174143 |
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