Collection Highlights
Camp Bed
1777-1785
1871.8
Wood, canvas, iron
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The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors
Title
The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors
Object name
Card game
Date
1887
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description
"The New Game of Familiar Quotations from Popular Authors" card game with 75 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Longfellow surrounded by books and an eternal flame; box cover inscription, "THE NEW GAME/ FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ FROM/ POPULAR AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. COPYRIGHTED 1887 NEW YORK.".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.538
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW GAME/ FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ FROM/ POPULAR AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. COPYRIGHTED 1887 NEW YORK."
Gallery Label
As in the popular game of Authors, players of Familiar Quotations attempt to build complete suits composed of five quotations of one author. In this process, players learned the words of famous authors from William Shakespeare to Benjamin Franklin.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
