The Backgammon Players, by Philip Webb, 1861
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The Backgammon Players

Designer Philip Webb (British, Oxford 1831–1915 West Sussex)

Manufacturer Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.

Painted by Sir Edward Burne-Jones

1861

Medium
Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Dimensions
Overall: 73 × 45 × 21 in. (185.4 × 114.3 × 53.3 cm)
Culture
British
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1926
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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