Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Playing card: Three Finger'd Jack
Object Number:
INV.9451
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 6 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on card: "Three Finger'd Jack."
Description:
Rectangular playing card with printed image in black ink on obverse; figure in foreground with grotesque features holding rifle, his right hand having three fingers; ocean with ship in background; "Three Finger'd Jack." printed to left of figure.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
