Collection Highlights
Totius Neobelgii Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula
Date:
After 1674
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M31.1.28
Medium:
Engraving, hand colored
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The Game of Jack Sprat
Object Number:
2000.646
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 10.8 x 13.3 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ GAME/ OF/ JACK/ SPRAT/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NY".
Description:
"The Game of Jack Sprat" card game with 30 polychrome playing cards with images of lean and fat animals and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a man and a woman eating dinner; box cover inscribed, "THE/ GAME/ OF/ JACK/ SPRAT/ COPYRIGHTED 1888 BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NY".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
