Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of Black Cat
Title
Game of Black Cat
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1885
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description
"Game of Black Cat" card game with 53 playing cards, two counters and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; playing card have printed images of cat parts such as whiskers, hind paws, eyes etc. on one side; box cover lithographed with the image of a black cat's head; cover inscribed, "GAME OF/ BLACK CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BROS & Co. NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.573
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ BLACK CAT/ McLOUGHLIN BROS & Co. NEW YORK"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
