Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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The Game of Nations
Object Number:
2000.614
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.3 x 17.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ GAME/ of/ NATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N. Y./ 4311".
Description:
"The Game of Nations" card game with 36 playing cards and instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of nine cards each representing a continent including America, Asia, Africa and Europe with a map card, a man, woman and child card and five house cards; box cover lithographed with two Asian men in traditional costume; box cover inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ NATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N. Y./ 4311".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
