Museum Collections
Luce Center
Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep
Title
Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep
Object name
Puzzle blocks
Date
ca. 1875
Medium
Wood, paper, cardboard
Dimensions
box: 2 x 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 15.6 x 19.7 cm )
Description
"Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep" with twelve cube puzzle blocks in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; chromolithographed image on the box cover of a caricature of a young man and woman courting with an old woman in the background looking on; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "YOUNG FOLK'S CUBE PUZZLE/ LITTLE BO PEEP"; images on the blocks include the image on the box cover of "Little Bo-Peep and the Old Woman's Shy Son", "Little Bo-Peep", "Little Bo-Peep Meets a Raven", "Little Bo-Peep Dreaming", "Bo-Peep restoring the Form of the Princess" and "Elves with Bo-Peep's Sheep".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.224
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "YOUNG FOLK'S CUBE PUZZLE/ LITTLE BO PEEP"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




