Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks
Title
The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks
Object name
Alphabet blocks
Date
1898
Medium
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 1/8 x 16 x 13 in. ( 2.9 x 40.6 x 33 cm )
Description
"The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks"eighteen paper covered cardboard blocks all chromolithographed with letters of the alphabet on the narrow sides, nine blocks printed with children ddressed in period costumes one one side and flowers on the other, nine blocks lithographed with medallion portraits of girls on american flag back grounds on one side ans images of personified animals on the other; paper covered cardboard box with a chromolithographed images of Uncle Sam riding a horse and three blocks on a starry background; box cover chromolithographed with the nscription, "THE/ STARRY BANNER/ ABC/ AND/ PRETTY PICTURE BLOCKS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.289
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ STARRY BANNER/ ABC/ AND/ PRETTY PICTURE BLOCKS/ COPYRIGHT/ 1898/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ NEW YORK"
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