2-716-847 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The two of diamonds as a basis for a comic minstrel', 1910. Transformation playing card with a man in a tall hat drawn around the diamonds. Creating playing card 'Squiggles', or 'Squiggling', in which the pips of the non-face cards were incorporated into an artistic design, was popular in the 19th century. From "The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1910]