Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lost in the Woods
Title
Lost in the Woods
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 26 x 52.4 cm )
Description
"Lost in the Woods" board game with two turned wooden playing pieces and a paper board applied to the bottom half of the paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with two little girls, one in a red cape and bonnet, one in a blue dress in the woods; box cover inscribed, "LOST IN THE/ WOODS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"; board with a meandering path with many choices of which road to take, passing places such as the blacksmith's shop, the sawmill, the old well and the barn in an attempt to get "HOME".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.367
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOST IN THE/ WOODS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK"
Gallery Label
The sumptuous cover art of Lost in the Woods illustrates the superlative quality of chromolithography attained by McLoughlin Brothers during the 1880s and 1890s.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





