Collection Highlights
Southern Chivalry - Argument versus Club's
Date:
1856
Object Number:
PR.010.1856.4
Medium:
Lithograph
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The ABC of Feathers and Songs
Object Number:
2000.275
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (block): 2 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (6.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm)
Box: 1 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 40 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "A/ B/ C/ OF/ FEATHERS/ AND/ SONGS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Description:
"The ABC of Feathers and Songs" with twelve paper covered wooden picture blocks in a paper covered cardboard box; each block with birds on two sides, short sides with a goose in military uniform and the ends with letters from the alphabet; box cover chromolithographed with five birds in a park and in surrounding tree branches; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "A/ B/ C/ OF/ FEATHERS/ AND/ SONGS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
