Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Card game
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 14 x 16.5 cm )
Description
"Game of Authors: William Shakespeare" card game with 30 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Shakespeare at his writing desk; box cover inscription, "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE./ 4051/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS.".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.529
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE./ 4051/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.