Collection Highlights
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
1798
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Luce Center
Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles
Title
Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles
Object name
Card game
Date
1887
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 cm )
each card: 1 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description
"Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles" card game with 119 cards in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; box cover lithographed with a seated family group including three women, a man and a child; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED GAME/ OF/ RIDDLES/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.609
Marks
lithographed: on the cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ IMPROVED GAME/ OF/ RIDDLES/ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS./ N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
