Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
1920.5
Watercolor on ivory
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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The New Pilgrim's Progress
Title
The New Pilgrim's Progress
Date
1893
Medium
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions
board: 18 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. ( 46.4 x 54.6 cm )
box: 1 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 48.9 x 29.2 cm )
Description
"The New Pilgrim's Progress" board game in box with board, 2 two-arrow spinners and eleven turned playing pieces; paper covered cardboard bi-fold board with a multi-colored path from the city of Destruction to the Celestial City, the landscape includes Mt. Sinai, The Cross, Vanity Fair, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Beulah Land; reverse of board printed, "THE/ Pilgrim's Progress/ -NEW-GAME.-"; cover of paper covered wood and cardboard box printed with images of angels, hell a man at the True Cross, and other pilgrims; box inscribed, "THE NEW/ PILGRIM'S PROGRESS/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHT 1893. NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.454
Marks
printed: on the reverse of the board: "THE/ Pilgrim's Progress/ -NEW-GAME.-"
printed: box cover: "THE NEW/ PILGRIM'S PROGRESS/ McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS/ COPYRIGHT 1893. NEW YORK".
Gallery Label
Based on John Bunyan's timeless classic published in 1678, Pilgrim's Progress leads players (pilgrims) along a multi-colored path from the city of destruction to the celestial city. Still in production and popular in the Christian game market, the Game of Pilgrim's Progress continues to inculcate religious values in American children.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
