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The bridge community also has its share of artists, portraitists, and sketchers, who enjoy taking the features of the game of bridge and making them visual. Every bridge author, who has his/her works published, has had to select a cover for the publication. This is sometimes a difficult thing since it is a representation of the contents of the book in the form of art.
We would like to present several of these pictures, none of which are copyrighted, on this site for your enjoyment. We have attempted to ascertain whether the work is copyrighted, and if it is, it is not presented here, but only with the express permission of the artist. We have also attempted to provide the name of the publication, in which the rendering appears.
Some of the renderings may not be up to standard since they may be several years old. All pictures have been presented to match their original drawing as much as possible. However, some renderings have been published on opposite pages, which cause a crease in the presentation. Our apologies if this is the case.
If we have inadvertently presented any copyrighted material, rendition, or sketch, which is copyrighted, please be assured that it is completely unintentional. By sending us an email to this effect, we will, of course, delete it from this web page.
A classic among the bridge publications was authored by Carolyn Wells. Carolyn Wells wrote the publication titled The Rubáiyát of Bridge, or The Rubaiyat of Bridge (without the accents marks). A rubai is (in Persian poetry) a quatrain; or a poem in such stanzas. The designation of Rubáiyát is a derived form of rubai. The word itself is alledgedly a plural word derived from the root meaning 'four'. The outline of the poem itself is defined as a-a-b-a, whereby the first and second lines ryhme with the fourth line, whereas the third line does not necessarily have to ryhme. An example from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, as follows, illustrates this poetic form:
VII
Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring
Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter - and the Bird is on the Wing.
The First Version contains only the individual pages and pictures and poems.
The Second Version is a slideshow and the user must have Quicktime installed.
Title: 5 Against 4
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 8, Artist: Dennis Ellefson.
Title: What's New In Books
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 15, Artist: Signed by Unknown
Title: The Importance Of Counting Tricks
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 16, Artist: Signed by Unknown
Title: Blackwood's Basic Bridge
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 18, Artist: Signed by Erwin
Title: Avoiding The Dangerous Opponent
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 20, Artist: Signed but unreadable
Title: How To Respond To 2 Clubs Opening
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 24, Artist: Unknown
Title: Learning To Plan Ahead At NT
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 30, Artist: Unknown
Title: Missing Queen
Popular Bridge Magazine, December 1978, Page 41, Artist: Unknown
Title: Queen Of Spades
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1977, Page 42, Artist: Unknown
Title: Masked Club
Popular Bridge Magazine, April 1978, Page 4, Artist: Unknown
Title: The Good Minor
Popular Bridge Magazine, April 1978, Page 8, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: The Difficult Opponent
Popular Bridge Magazine, April 1978, Page 19, Artist: Paul Steinson
Title: The Kamikaze No Trump
Popular Bridge Magazine, April 1978, Page 24, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: Problems Too Easy To Solve
Popular Bridge Magazine, April 1978, Page 41, Artist: Edwin
Title: Dorothy Hayden Truscott
Popular Bridge Magazine, February 1978, Cover Page, Artist: Dick Lasley
Title: Stop Light
Popular Bridge Magazine, February 1978, Page 20, Artist: Unknown
Title: Trumps For Transport
Popular Bridge Magazine, February 1978, Page 24, Artist: Edwin
Title: Tip Toe Defense
Popular Bridge Magazine, February 1978, Page 30, Artist: Unknown
Title: Counter Attack
Popular Bridge Magazine, February 1978, Page 41, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: Bridge In Gown And Tuxedo
Baron Barclay Magazine, 2005-2006, Cover Page, Artist: A. Allan
Title: Learning To Look Ahead
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 4, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: Takeout Double
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 15, Artist: Unknown
Title: Fourth Suit Forcing
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 18, Artist: Unknown
Title: The No Trump Challenge
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 26, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: The Undisclosed Convention
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 29, Artist: Unknown
Title: Jackpot
Popular Bridge Magazine, October 1977, Page 41, Artist: Edwin
Title: Play Low Medium High
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1977, Page 16, Artist: Reichart
Title: Preemptive Warfare
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1977, Page 20, Artist: Reichart
Title: The Two Club Game Try
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1977, Page 34, Artist: Unknown
Title: The Winning Odds
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1977, Page 41, Artist: Unknown
Title: Bid The Hand, Not The Suit
Popular Bridge Magazine, June 1977, Page 16, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: Bidding Majors
Popular Bridge Magazine, June 1977, Page 31, Artist: Unknown
Title: The Undisciplined Weak 2's
Popular Bridge Magazine, June 1977, Page 37, Artist: Unknown
Title: When Partner Says Not To Worry
Popular Bridge Magazine, June 1977, Page 41, Artist: Edwin
Title: Pick A Winning Hand
Popular Bridge Magazine, June 1977, Page 44, Artist: Unknown
Title: Here's Some Good Advice
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 7, Artist: Unknown
Title: Supressing The 4 Card Major
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 8, Artist: C. Chaffey
Title: Traveling Bridge
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 11, Artist: Unknown
Title: How To Pinpoint Your Game Bidding
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 18, Artist: Unknown
Title: Opener's 2 Club Game Try
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 20, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: The Killing Play
Popular Bridge Magazine, August 1978, Page 40, Artist: Dennis Ellefson
Title: The Crowned Queen and King of Hearts
Source: The Internet Grapevine Newsletter published by ACBL
Title: Explosive Bid
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Ladies In The Library At Teatime
Artist: Unknown. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Suit Server in Green Plaid Jacket
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Suit Catcher With Net
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Forest Fairies and Bears
Artist: Unknown. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Card Juggler in Red Plaid Jacket
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Standing On The Victory Podium
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: How High Should I Bid
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Bridge Teacher Teaching Bridge
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Which One Do I Bid
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: King Of Hearts
Artist: Unknown. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: LEAD A SPADE
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: What Doth The Law Book Sayeth
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Red Star Line
Artist: Unknown. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Being In The Spotlight
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Queen Of Hearts
Artist: Unknown. Source: Internet
Title: Shall We Play To Hearts
Artist: Unknown. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: I Am Telling You That I Have All Suits Covered
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Kill The Hearts Sis !!
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Shoot NOW !! - We Have Seen The Whites of Their Eyes !!
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Netting A Contract
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: I Don't Want To Hear It !!
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Which One - Which One Do I Pick !!
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Dancing With The Minor Suit Devils In The Pale Moonlight
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Bringing The Trophies Home
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Petitioning The Bridge Oracles
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Smoke Signals While Playing Bridge
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Even His Royal Highness Must Question
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Unaware Of Zero Tolerance
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Across A Crowded Bridge Room
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Falling In Love With My Hand
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Must Get A Lucky Rabbit Foot
Artist: Franco Donatelli. Source: http://www.bridgechile.cl/
Title: Smoke Break
Artist: Unknown
Title: Filling Out The Convention Card
Artist: Unreadable
Title: Discarded
Artist: Unknown
Titled: Discarded
Source: Publication of La naissance du Bridge
By Jean-Louis Counil - 1850-1933
With sub-title: Origines du jeu et evolution des regles
See Picture of Book Cover below.
Description: Les trois personnages sont: Mme Mode, M. Whist et M. Bridge.
Mme Mode à M. Bridge: "Venez avec moi partenaire ! Ce cher vieux M. Whist est si ennuyeux ! Il est tellement vieux jeu"
Title: unreadable, in English
Title: Ye Royall Recepcioun
Author: From Chaucer Redivivus
Source: The Whist Reference Book Wherein Information is Presented Concerning the Noble Game,
in all its Aspects, after the manner of a Cyclopedia, Dictionary, and Digest all combined in one, 1899,
Publisher: The J.C. Yorston Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, LC: 99001799
Date of Issue: 1899
Note: Reproduced from the original picture by Maxfield Parrish,
designed expressly for this work. (Note: the print was 'Printed in Colors'.)
For Accompanying poem, see: Ye Royall Recepcioun
Title: Long And Lingering
Artist: Unknown
Source: Short Whist: Its Rise, Progress, And Laws - 1835
Charles Barwell Coles - aka By Major A *****
Date in Picture: 1715
Title: Short And Sweet
Artist: Unknown
Source: Short Whist: Its Rise, Progress, And Laws - 1835
Charles Barwell Coles - aka By Major A *****
Date in Picture: 1815
Title: Ace Of Spades
Artist: Unknown
Source: Saskatoon Bridge Club
June Newsletter - 2006
Title: I Saw A Movie ...
Artist: Unknown
Source: Saskatoon Bridge Club
June Newsletter - 2006
Title: The Card Players - Antwerpen
Artist: Theodor Rombouts
Flemish Painter: Born 1597, Antwerpen, Died 1637, Antwerpen
Location: Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Style: Oil on Canvas
Title: The Card Players - Salzburg
Artist: Theodor Rombouts
Flemish Painter: Born 1597, Antwerpen, Died 1637, Antwerpen
Location: Residenzgalerie, Salzburg
Style: Oil on Canvas
Title: The Card Players
Artist: Lucas Van Leyden - (Real Name: Lucas Hugensz or Jacobsz)
Netherlandish Engraver and Painter: Born 1494, Leiden, Died 1533, Leiden
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Style: Oil on Panel
Title: Card Players
Artist: Lucas Van Leyden - (Real Name: Lucas Hugensz or Jacobsz)
Netherlandish Engraver and Painter: Born 1494, Leiden, Died 1533, Leiden
Location: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Style: Oil on Panel
Title: The Cardsharps
Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, ca 1594
Italian Painter: Born September, 29, 1571 - Died July 18, 1610
Location: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Style: Oil on Canvas
Title: The Cardsharp With The Ace Of Diamonds
Artist: Georges de La Tour
Duchy of Lorraine / French Painter: Born March 13, 1593, Died 1652
Location: Private Collection
Style: Oil on Canvas
Title: The Card Players
Artist: Paul Cezanne
French Painter: Born January 19, 1839, Aix-en-Provence, France, Died October 22, 1906, Aix-en-Provence
Location: The Louvre, Paris, France
Style: Oil on Canvas - 1890-1892
Title: T
Artist: Unknown
Source: Seattle Unit 446 - Various Bulletins
Title: Seven No Trump
Artist: Dorothy Blackstock
Source: Seattle Unit 446 - Newsletter August / September 2007
Submitted to Unit 446 for publication.
Description and Request by Patti McCallum:
This is a paiting by Dorothy Blackstock. She used to play in my game at Sandpoint CC.
I believe the young lady facing us is Phyllis Fletcher and the one with her back to us is
Joanne Torrance. Can anyone name the two older ladies?
Title: Bridge Poster
Artist: Unknown
Source: BridgeAholics.com
Title: The Card Players
Artist: Fernand Léger
Completion Date: 1917
Location: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller in Otterlo, which is a municipality of Ede,
which is a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, in or
near the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe. The Kröller-Müller Museum, named
after Helene Kröller-Müller, is situated nearby and has a considerable collection
of Vincent van Gogh paintings.
Title: Bridge Addicts Anonymous
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Psychoanalysis Treatment
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: January 9, 1948
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Kibitzer Chair
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Commuters' Day Off
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: I Did Not Say A Word
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: Partner Rules
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: Sam Frimp
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Dummy Blocker
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: Unknown
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Understanding
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: 1939
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: The Humming Lady
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: 1939
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: Horace Has A Bridge Problem
Artist: Mr. Harold Tucker Webster
Date: 1939
Source: The Bridge Player's Bedside Companion
Author: Mr. Albert A. Ostrow
Title: A Quiet Rubber
Artist: Unknown
Source: The Correct Card: or, How to Play at Whist, 1877,
Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.,
New York, New York, United States, LC: 28017531
Title: Ace Up Your Sleeve
Artist: Unknown
Title: Solo Whist on Board R.M.S. Orizaba
R.M.S. Orizaba
Date: 1881
Type: Glass Negative
Collection: La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
Photographer: Unknown
Source: La Trobe Journal
Title: Life's Little Lapses
Artist: Unknown
Source: Worthington Beer Vintage Advertisement
Date: 1929
Title: Explanation Whist
Artist: Randolph Caldecott - Link to picture of the artist
Source: Print from a posthumous publication
Title: A Four-Suit Squeeze
Artist: Unknown
Source: The Bride Bulletin, November 2003
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