[Caricature playing cards].

Description

Title: [Caricature playing cards].
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1871?]
Publication Place: Germany
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: BEIN GER380: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
German suit system.
Composition of deck: 32 [D, K, O, U, 10-7].
Aces: DH, head of Napoleon III; DA, Napoleon II sits on barrel.
CourtCards: Napoleon III appears in ridiculous positions on all courts.
Pipcards and Jokers: 10s indicated by "X"; comic vignettes of Napoleon III.
Each card contains two lines of satirical verse. The posture of the court figures and the general composition of the vignettes show the influence of the Bavarian pattern.
Extent: 32 cards : 96 x 52 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Specimens
Playing cards
Material: color ;, lithography, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Germany
Subject (Name): Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 > Caricatures and cartoons
Playing cards > Germany > Specimens
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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