Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Luce Center
A New Dissected Map of the World with a Picture Puzzle of the Capitol at Washington
Object Number:
2000.435
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 2 x 15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 38.7 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "A NEW DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ WORLD/ WITH A/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ OF THE/ CAPITOL/ AT WASHINGTON./ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS., NEW YORK."
Description:
"A New Dissected Map of the World with a Picture Puzzle of the Capitol at Washington" picture puzzle with 68 two sided paper covered cardboard pieces with a map of the world with inset maps of the United States and the British Isles on one side and an image of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on the other in a wooden box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of a globe; box cover inscribed, "A NEW DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ WORLD/ WITH A/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ OF THE/ CAPITOL/ AT WASHINGTON./ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
