E pluribus unum

Description

Title: E pluribus unum
Creator: Humphreys, James Y., 1783?-1850, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1800?]
Publication Place: Philadelphia and United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Publisher: J.Y. Humphreys
Description: BEIN USA204: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from Ace of Spades.
French suit system.
Type: Historical.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Aces: AS: [eagle] / E. PLURIBUS UNUM / [pip] / J.Y. HUMPHREYS.
CourtCards: KS: Andrew Jackson; QS: Athena; JS: King Phillip; KH: George Washington; QH: Venus; JH: Red Jacket; KD: John Quincy Adams; QD: Justice; JD: Gy-ant-wachia; KC: Thomas Jefferson; QC: Ceres; JC: Joseph Brant.
Extent: 52 cards : 91 x 64 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Material: hand colored ;, engraving, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > United States > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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