Like Julien Jerome’s gallery of “Backgammon Nuisances” in 'Vanity Fair' the previous year, this picture gallery of Backgammon types offers amusement in the recognition of the familiar (“it’s funny because it’s true!”). It is always intriguing to see which types endure over time and which were peculiar to the artist’s day.
Hill's most famous and enduring image will be familiar to many: the ambiguous duck-rabbit trick drawing of "My Wife and my Mother in Law.”
