Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
1859
1972.13
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
Title
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
Object name
Picture puzzle
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm )
Description
"Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds" puzzle in a paper covered cardboard box, with cover illustration of a blue bird with an elaborate headdress and flowers; box cover inscribed, "DIAMOND/ PICTURE/ PUZZLES/ BIRDS/ POPULAR EDITION"; twenty-nine strips of cardboard forming different pictures of birds such as a osprey and a falcon.
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.407
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "DIAMOND/ PICTURE/ PUZZLES/ BIRDS/ POPULAR EDITION"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
