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The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie Posted by Ruth Click on January 24, 2023, 12:15 pm Hi all, I have an unsigned painting of The Card Players (oil on board), possibly painted by one of Wilkie's students. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone knows what the source is for the Clews pattern Christmas Eve or if this painting might be it (or maybe this painting came after the pattern?) I have more info on the painting (provenance and such) if that is helpful. Any info/insight is most appreciated - thanks! Ruth

Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie Posted by Ruth Click on August 11, 2025, 2:13 pm, in reply to "The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie" Hi again, I finally found the original of my painting. It is The Card Players by John Burnet and is at the GuildHall Art Gallery in London. This is the source of the Clews Wilkie design 'The Card Players (Christmas Eve)'. Although you cannot see it on the plate design, there is a large sprig of mistletoe hanging over the head of the young man 'helping' the girl. Tried to upload a picture of my copied version but the button didnt work.

Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie Posted by Web Administrator on August 11, 2025, 2:46 pm, in reply to "Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie" Sorry you are having a problem with the image hosting tool. As you can see with my post from a few minutes ago, it is working.

Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie Posted by Ruth Click on August 12, 2025, 5:29 pm, in reply to "Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie" Hi there - probably a user error . However, when I click on upload image, I get the 'agree to' window and if I click 'agree', the window goes away and nothing happens. I have even turned off my ad blocker as that has caused problems for me before. After a couple of tries this go round, I clicked 'Don't show me this again'. Now, when I click upload image, nothing happens at all. What am I missing? thanks for your help! Ruth

Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie Posted by Web Administrator on August 12, 2025, 5:38 pm, in reply to "Re: The Card Players (Christmas Eve) After Wilkie" Ruth, honestly, I don't know. I haven't heard from others with this problem. Just a flier, try (maybe you have already) entering some text, first, into the Message box, then try uploading your image. Also, perhaps try using another Internet provider. I generally use Safari, but sometimes either Firefox or Chrome work better.

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