Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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The Popular Steeple Chase Game
Object Number:
2000.229
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 18.7 x 19 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ POPULAR/ STEEPLE CHASE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
Description:
"The Popular Steeple Chase Game" board game in a paper covered cardboard box with a cardboard and wood teetotum, four wooden playing pieces and a paper gameboard applied to the bottom half of the box; board with a wavy blue and yellow checked track on a red background; box cover with jockeys on horses jumping a hedge; box cover inscribed, "THE/ POPULAR/ STEEPLE CHASE/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"; directions printed on the underside of the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
