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… among women, while providing material for comedies. 8 The most illustrious of them all was Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, seen below casting the dice at hazard. Unhappily married, she also indulged in faro , which became …
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Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… according to his obituarist. 7 In A Gaming Table at Devonshire House (1791) for instance, the artist portrays Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, whose debt amounted to more than £ 60,000 by 1789, at a game of Faro with her guests, who seem …
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