Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ
Object Number:
2000.314
Date:
1883
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 8 5/8 x 11 in. ( 2.5 x 21.9 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "NURSERY/ TILES/ ILLUSTRATED/ BY/ BOZ/ PUBLISHED BY/ IVES, BLAKSLEE & CO./ NEW YORK./ G. SCHLEGEL & SON, LITH., 75 & 77 DUANE ST., N.Y."
Description:
"Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ" twenty-four paper covered wooden blocks with chromolithographed images related to each letter of the alphabet on one side and a poem related to the image on the reverse such as "P" for parrot; blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box in the form of a book with a metal clasp closure; box cover illustrated with the blocks, A, B, C, and inscribed, "NURSERY/ TILES/ ILLUSTRATED/ BY/ BOZ/ PUBLISHED BY/ IVES, BLAKSLEE & CO./ NEW YORK./ G. SCHLEGEL & SON, LITH., 75 & 77 DUANE ST., N.Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
