Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
Title
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
Object name
Card game
Date
1873
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm )
Description
"Ferrilude or Game of Beasts" card game with 63 playing cards, each printed with information about a single or group of animals in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a group of animals playing cards including a kangaroo, a lion, a bear and a monkey; box cover inscribed, "FERRILUDE/ OR/ Game of Beasts/ WEST & LEE GAME COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS./ Patented Sept. 2, 1873 Price Fifty Cents."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.501
Marks
printed: on the box cover: "FERRILUDE/ OR/ Game of Beasts/ WEST & LEE GAME COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS./ Patented Sept. 2, 1873 Price Fifty Cents."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
