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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
1805
1867.306
Oil on linen
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson

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Game of Illustrated Authors

Game of Illustrated Authors
Title
Game of Illustrated Authors
Object name 
Card game
Date 
ca. 1885
Related People 
Artist/Maker: McLoughlin Bros.
Medium 
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions 
box: 1 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 9.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description 
"Game of Illustrated Authors" card game with 47 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Alfred Tennyson on a book; box cover inscription, "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y.".
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.524
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.