Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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The Game of Lost Heir
Object Number:
2000.691
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 17.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ LOST HEIR/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Description:
"Game of Lost Heir" with 32 cards representing the police forces of four cities and an instruction book in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a young boy leaning on his hands in front of lower Manhattan with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty; box inscribed, "The Game of/ LOST HEIR/ 4310/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
