Saturday, January 27, 2007

Card Project

Alright, among my project is designing playing cards based off the historical views of the rulers represented by the suits. Traditionally the king of hearts was seen as being Charlemagne, the king of spades Julius Caesar, king of Clubs Alexander the Great, the king of diamonds was David, and the queen of hearts was Anne Boleyn. As you can see who the rest of the queens were has been lost to history as well as the identities of the Jacks.
I am thinking of doing Elizabeth I as queen of clubs, Boadicea as queen of spades, and Salome Alexandra as queen of diamonds. The jacks I am having a little bit more trouble with, so if anyone has any sugestions they will be welcome.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about John F. Kennedy as the jack of hearts,he was nick named "Jack" after all ,Martin Luther King Jr. as the "king" of Hearts,G.W. Bush the jack of spades,jack of diamonds Robert Kennedy and jack of clubs... oh wait you are going deeper in the past for heros /villians. Thomas Jefferson for Jack of hearts? I will have to think about this and get back to you. This is another interesting project you are going for my dear.

Adam said...

how about caligula for the jack of spades

S said...

Da Vinci Diamonds
Rasputin Clubs
Cortez Spades
Jesus Hearts

Anonymous said...

William Wallace jack of hearts,Peter the Great jack of clubs,"Joseph" (you know the one I mean)jack of diamonds.

phantompanther said...

how about Napoleon B-- for a jack errrrr something?

Anonymous said...

Hello Your dad had some writtened on a piece of paper. He said jack of spades was a farmer,jack of clubs is a carpenter,jack of diamonds some one in business(like Donald Trump) and the jack of hearts(Hugh Hefner).

Anonymous said...

OOPS! I forgot ...Who have you picked for the fool???

Anonymous said...

Invent a new card

How about The Queen of Shopswine... who could that be?

Anonymous said...

What about using the jack of rugby for the joker?