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 Game of American History
Title
The Game of American History
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 21 x 14 cm )
Description
Card game "The Game of American History" with 58 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an American bald eagle perched on a U.S. shield surround with four medallions; in the medallions are images of John Smith tied to a tree beside Native-Americans dancing around a fire, Columbus holding a flag on a beach, the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, and a dead British soldier in the center of a dirt road; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ AMERICAN/ HISTORY/ Published/ BY PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.767
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ AMERICAN/ HISTORY/ Published/ BY PARKER BROTHERS/ Salem, Mass."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
