Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Picture puzzles (2)
Object Number:
2000.416
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (puzzle, completed): 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Marks:
lithographed: on one puzzle: "O/ B/ E/ Y/ CAN YOU/ TELL ME/ WHO/ THIS IS?"
lithographed: on the other puzzle: "L/ O/ V/ E/ DID THE/ BEAST/ HARM/ BEAUTY?"
Description:
Two paper covered cardboard puzzles with four rectangular strip pieces each; one puzzle chromolithographed with an image of little red riding hood meeting the wolf on a road with a house in the background and the inscription, "O/ B/ E/ Y/ CAN YOU/ TELL ME/ WHO/ THIS IS?"; second puzzle chromolithographed with an image of Beauty and the Beast with Beauty seated at a dressing table and the inscription, "L/ O/ V/ E/ DID THE/ BEAST/ HARM/ BEAUTY?".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
