Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Game of Musical Authors
Object Number:
2000.526
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 )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ MUSICAL AUTHORS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS/ NEW-YORK."
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.".
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.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
