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The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
Title
The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and His Merry Men Game
Object name
Card game
Date
1871
Medium
Wood, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 11.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description
"The Bugle Horn or Robin Hood and his Merry Men" card game with 35 printed and hand-colored playing cards, an instruction card and a folded paper game board in a wooden box; cards have images of Robin Hood and his Men, arrows, horns and other accesories; board printed with images of Maid Marian, Little John, Allen A Dale, friar Tuck and Robin Hood; box cover with an applied chromolithographed label with an image of Robin Hood blowing a bugle; label inscribed, "THE BUGLE HORN/ OR/ ROBIN HOOD/ AND HIS/ MERRY MEN/ A/ MIRTHFUL/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ MANUFACTURERS, NEW YORK.".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.732
Marks
lithographed: on the box label: "THE BUGLE HORN/ OR/ ROBIN HOOD/ AND HIS/ MERRY MEN/ A/ MIRTHFUL/ GAME/ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ MANUFACTURERS, NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
