Cassius Marcellus Coolidge painted A Friend in Need in 1903, one of sixteen canvases commissioned by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. It became the most recognised of the Dogs Playing Poker series - and the funniest, once you spot the bulldog passing an ace under the table.
Printed as a gallery poster: the full composition sits in a wide paper margin with a letterpress-style caption beneath, so nothing of the painting is cropped away.
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge painted A Friend in Need in 1903, one of sixteen canvases commissioned by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. It became the most recognised of the Dogs Playing Poker series - and the funniest, once you spot the bulldog passing an ace under the table.
Printed as a gallery poster: the full composition sits in a wide paper margin with a letterpress-style caption beneath, so nothing of the painting is cropped away.