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Diana of the Tower
1899
1977.3
Bronze
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American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
The Derby Steeplechase
Title
The Derby Steeplechase
Date
1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions
board: 10 1/2 x 20 in. ( 26.7 x 50.8 cm )
box: 1 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 27.6 x 26 cm )
Description
"The Derby Steeplechase" board game consisting of a bi-board and a spinner with double metal arrows in a paper covered cardboard box; board chromolithographed with an oval race track with numbers around the edges an traps at four intervals, center of the track with an image of a pack of jockeys on horseback jumping a hedge on a track with a grandstand in the back ground; cardboard box with cover illustration of two riders on horseback, jumping their horses over hedge, in front of background of fields and trees; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "THE/ DERBY/ STEEPLE/ CHASE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.226
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ DERBY/ STEEPLE/ CHASE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
