Medium:

Red and black ink, paper

Type:

Playing card

Made in:

Europe

Date:

ca. 1855

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Six sets, numbered consecutively, of four cards each, printed with characters and scenes from Charles Dickens' novels, set in neo-rococo framework. Card numbered at top: B 5 R; below central image: 4.

Credit Line:

Gift of Jean McKinnon Holt

Accession Number:

1935-12-1-1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4eb5199c2-afb8-4166-ada4-5dfb50d81954

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1935-12-1-1