print / playing-card

Six playing-cards from a numerical series, with French suit-marks. The cards are the 7 of diamonds, 7 and 10 of spades, and 2, 4 and 7 of clubs.The cards represent animals in landscapes, and they may have been used to afford instruction in natural history. On each of the cards is a printed monogram, the letter S intersected by the letter I (not mentioned in Willshire). Hand-coloured etching Backs plain Early 18th Century

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1847,0306.97-102

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Six playing-cards from a numerical series, with French suit-marks. The cards are the 7 of diamonds, 7 and 10 of spades, and 2, 4 and 7 of clubs.The cards represent animals in landscapes, and they may have been used to afford instruction in natural history. On each of the cards is a printed monogram, the letter S intersected by the letter I (not mentioned in Willshire). Hand-coloured etching Backs plain Early 18th Century

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