Game of Authors
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 1.9 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
"Game of Authors" card game with 20 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a hand holding a card with an image of Shakespeare; box cover inscribed, "Game Of/ AUTHORS/ Manufactured by J. H. SINGER, New York, U.S.A./ PLAY CUCKOO FOR FUN."; instructions printed on the box cover.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.543
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "Game Of/ AUTHORS/ Manufactured by J. H. SINGER, New York, U.S.A./ PLAY CUCKOO FOR FUN."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The New Game of Pictorial Authors
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 6 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
"The New Game of Pictorial Authors" card game with 72 playing cards in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne and birds and flowers; box cover inscription, "THE NEW GAME/ PICTORIAL AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW-YORK./ COPYRIGHT 1889".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.536
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW GAME/ PICTORAL AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW-YORK./ COPYRIGHT 1889"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
43395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait Authors
Classification:
Date:
1873-1876
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
each card: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
"Portrait Authors" card game with 64 playing cards and an instruction sheet; instruction sheet titled "PORTRAIT AUTHORS.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.535
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
43394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Authors: William Shakespeare
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 14 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
"Game of Authors: William Shakespeare" card game with 30 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Shakespeare at his writing desk; box cover inscription, "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE./ 4051/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.529
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE./ 4051/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43354
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Autograph Authors
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.1 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"Autograph Authors" card game with 32 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) surrounded by a laurel wreath; box cover inscription, "POPULAR/ EDITION/ AUTOGRAPH/ AUTHORS/ Copyrighted-1886-By McLoughlin Bros.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.528
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "POPULAR/ EDITION/ AUTOGRAPH/ AUTHORS/ Copyrighted-1886-By McLoughlin Bros."
Gallery Label:
The game of Authors, produced in a multiplicity of versions, was one of the best-selling educational card games of the late 19th century. Players build "suits" of cards composed of authors and their major works. The stars of Autograph Authors are famous writers of the time, including Mark Twain, (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens, who appears on the cover), James Fennimore Cooper, James Russell Lowell, and William Cullen Bryant.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
43353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game of Authors
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 6 in. ( 2.2 x 12.1 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Authors" card game with 21 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a medallion portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes over books; box cover inscription, "the/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ new/ Parker Brothers/ Salem, Mass., U.S.A.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.527
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "the/ GAME/ OF/ AUTHORS/ new/ Parker Brothers/ Salem, Mass., U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43352
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Musical Authors
Classification:
Date:
1882
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 11.4 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
"Game of Musical Authors" card game with 93 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a harp inside a laurel wreath; box cover inscription, "GAME OF/ MUSICAL AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS/ NEW-YORK.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.526
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ MUSICAL AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS/ NEW-YORK."
Gallery Label:
Musical Authors, a variation on the more popular Authors game, instructs players about famous composers -- such as Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, and Wagner -- and their major works.
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
43351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Game Vignette of Authors
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 14.3 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
"The Game of Vignette Authors" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Longfellow and the inscription, "THE GAME OF/ VIGNETTE/ AUTHORS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK/ No. 210.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.522
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ VIGNETTE/ AUTHORS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK/ No. 210."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
43350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Game of Illustrated Authors
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 9.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
"Game of Illustrated Authors" card game with 47 playing cards and an instruction card in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Alfred Tennyson on a book; box cover inscription, "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.524
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ ILLUSTRATED/ AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN. BROS./ N. Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
43349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Improved Game of Star Authors
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
"The Improved Game of Star Authors" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Longfellow with two chicks below holding a banner with his signature; box cover inscription, "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.537
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE IMPROVED/ GAME OF/ STAR/ GAME/ A/ AUTHORS./ McLOUGHLIN. BROS. N.Y./ COPYRIGHTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK 1886"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
43348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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