Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat Noh View with figures and cattle

View with figures and cattle in the foreground

apparently in committee

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Gladstone is dressed as Merlin in a reference to the continuing struggle of young women to enjoy the same educational opportunities as their brothers

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Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat Noh View with figures and cattleRobert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat, 1874. Schenck (1809 1890) was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. In 1871 he was appointed US Minister to the United Kingdom by President Ulysses S Grant. At a reception for Queen Victoria in Somerset, Schenck was persuaded to write down his rules for the game of poker. The game rapidly became popular in Britain, where it was known as Schenck Poker.