Museum Collections
Luce Center
Alphabet of Country Scenes
Object Number:
2000.255
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, paper, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 4 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 26 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "ALPHABET/ OF/ COUNTRY/ SCENES/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's"
Description:
Six paper covered wooden alphabet blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with three images, sheep, cows and a boy feeding a calf; box cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ OF/ COUNTRY/ SCENES/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's"; each block has four country vignettes around the sides representing a letter of the alphabet, the ends have verses describing each scene.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.