[Collection of pictorial conundrum cards] [graphic].
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33113909
Description
- Title
- [Collection of pictorial conundrum cards] [graphic].
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker. - Published / Created
- [between 1820 and 1840?]
- Publication Place
- England
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A collection of pictorial conundrum cards from various unidentified sets of cards trimmed from larger sheets of etched images; also a single drawing signed "R. Ck." suggesting it is his work on the largest set (incomplete) of 19 cards. The other four sets, also incomplete, are grouped by the similarity in style and letterforms. All cards contain a humorously named person with an image and a riddle. Presumably the sheet from which these images were cut contained the answers to the riddles. Queen Victoria and Sir Edwin Eglinton (the Eglinton Tournament 1839) suggest the possible date of 1840
- Description
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Title devised by cataloger.
Each card shows an illustration and a query.
Date range estimated base on pictorial images and design.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, December 2020. Marlborough Rare Books; January 2021.
- Extent
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42 prints : sheets 9.4 x 6 cm or smaller
1 drawing : sheet 8 x 5 cm mounted to 9.3 x 8 cm - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 724 820C
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Specimens
Playing cards
Game cards
Riddles
Caricatures
Etchings
Wash drawings - Material
- etchings ;, watercolor, gray wash, black ink and pencil ;, and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
- Playing cards
- Subjects
- Playing cards > England > Specimens
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 15669234
- Object ID (OID)
- 33113909
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