print; playing-card

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Object Type: print; playing-card
Museum number: 1866,1110.647-679
Description: Complete piquet pack of 32 playing-cards for cartomancy, plus a small book of instruction inscribed in pen and ink "Le Livre de Destin" and commencing with an "Epitre aux Dames" by M. Violet, éditeur. Each piece may be regarded as an ordinary playing-card, or as a fortune-telling one, the latter belonging to the more amusing or comic variety than to the serious divinatory class. Hand-coloured etching Backs plain Early 19th Century
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous; Published by: Violet
School/style
Production date: 1813-1858
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: hand-coloured; etching
Dimensions: Height: 104 millimetres; Width: 65 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1866,1110.647-679

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