2-716-849 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"The Wininng Card" on the ace of diamonds', 1910. Transformation playing card with the diamond featuring as a large patch on the much-mended coat of a card-player. 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]