Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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The new Game of Cock Robin and His Tragic Death
Object Number:
2000.644
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW/ GAME OF/ COCK/ ROBIN./ AND HIS/ TRAGICAL/ DEATH/ McLAUGHLIN BROS, N.Y."
Description:
"The new Game of Cock Robin and His Tragic Death" card game with 45 playing cards with 12 chromolithographed picture cards, 33 answer cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of a bird with an arrow in his breast and a medallion image of a bird with a bow and arrow; box cover inscribed, "THE NEW/ GAME OF/ COCK/ ROBIN./ AND HIS/ TRAGICAL/ DEATH/ McLAUGHLIN BROS, N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
