Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prize Mother Goose Pictures Dissected
Object Number:
2000.429
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 19.4 x 24.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "PRIZE/ MOTHER GOOSE/ PICTURES/ DISSECTED/ TO MARKET, TO MARKET, TO BUY A FAT PIG,/ HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGETY JIG./ COPYRIGHTED BY E. I. HORSMAN, 1884/ E. I. H."
Description:
"Prize Mother Goose Pictures Dissected" picture puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover illustrated with a girl in a red cape riding a pig and a puzzle entitled, "Ding Dong"; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "PRIZE/ MOTHER GOOSE/ PICTURES/ DISSECTED/ TO MARKET, TO MARKET, TO BUY A FAT PIG,/ HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGETY JIG./ COPYRIGHTED BY E. I. HORSMAN, 1884/ E. I. H."; forty rectangular cardoard strips making twelve puzzles (many pieces missing) with nursery rhyme representations.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
