About two years before painting Domino!, Frank Bramley had settled in Newlyn, in Cornwall, an area which became extremely popular with artists towards the end of the 19th century. His comtempories were greatly impressed with this painting, as much for its unusual 'hatched' brushwork as for its success for depicting a quiet interlude in a game of dominoes between two seamstresses. The muted and almost monochromatic colour range of the painting adds to the feeling of timelessness. Domino! was shown at the Royal Academy in 1886, and, after Bramley's A Hopeless Dawn in the Tate Galery, London, is considered to be one of the artist's finest work.