Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Parcheesi
Object Number:
2000.236
Date:
1874
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. ( 47.3 x 47 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: in the center of the board: "HOME/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK./ PARCHEESI, PATENTED MARCH 17th 1874."
molded: on the reverse of the board: "PARCHEESI"
Description:
"Parcheesi" paper covered cardboard bi-fold game board with a cross-form path around a square in the center inscribed, "HOME/ SELCHOW & RIGHTER, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK./ PARCHEESI, PATENTED MARCH 17th 1874.", and multicolored circles in the four corners; reverse of board molded with images of two men and a horse drawn cart below, "PARCHEESI".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
