Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
British Soldiers Past and Present
Object Number:
2000.297
Date:
ca. 1894
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 33.7 x 28.6 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "BRITISH SOLDIERS/ PAST AND PRESENT/ THEIR DRESS/ AND EQUIPMENT/ FROM 1660/ TO/ DATE/ BY R SIMPKIN/ 1660/ 1750/ 1815/ 1894/ LONDON --FREDERICK WARNE & CO --and NEW YORK"
Description:
"British Soldiers Past and Present" eight partial picture puzzles of British Soldiers dressed in costumes of eight periods; booklet with completed puzzle pictures and images of individual soldiers and weapons of these periods; box cover and booklet printed with images of four soldiers dressed in costumes fromm 1660, 1750, 1815 and 1894 and the inscription, "BRITISH SOLDIERS/ PAST AND PRESENT/ THEIR DRESS/ AND EQUIPMENT/ FROM 1660/ TO/ DATE/ BY R SIMPKIN/ 1660/ 1750/ 1815/ 1894/ LONDON --FREDERICK WARNE & CO --and NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
