Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Merry Game of Country Auction
Title
The Merry Game of Country Auction
Object name
Card game
Date
1880-1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 17.1 x 12.1 cm )
Description
"The Merry Game of Country Auction" card game with 15 merchandise cards depicting items such as a cow and a carriage, 59 money cards, and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; cover chromolithographed with an image of an auctioneer selling items to a group of people with a barn and a hay cart in the background; box inscribed, "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNTRY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.682
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The MERRY GAME/ of/ THE/ COUNRTY AUCTION/ GEO. S./ PARKER/ & CO./ PUBLISHERS/ SALEM/ MASS."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
