The Last Throw
Charles Robert Leslie · British
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 38in. (47 x 96.5cm) Framed: 32 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (82.6 x 133.4 cm)
Culture: American
Themes: Dice, Gambling, Men, Women
Gift of Laura and Philip Sperber, 1995
Date range
1837 – 1840
Largest dimension
133.4 cm
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