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print; game-board; playing-card

Object Type: print; game-board; playing-card
Museum number: 1893,0331.88.1-15
Description: A set of fifteen plates; each subdivided into twelve compartments, each compartment containing figures from classical mythology. Nine of the sheets are labelled from 1 to 9, followed by "1.ere partie" the other six are labelled from 1 to 6, followed by "II.ere partie"; each compartment is numbered in the top right corner Etchings
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 18thC(early) (?)
Production place: Printed in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 185 millimetres (each sheet, printed area); Width: 221 millimetres (each sheet, printed area)
Curator's comments: These games are possibly designed to be cut out into separate cards
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Kronos/Saturn; Representation of: Olympian Gods; Representation of: Janus; Representation of: Prometheus; Representation of: Leda; Representation of: Europa; Representation of: Callisto; Representation of: Semele; Representation of: Ganymede; Representation of: Hebe; Representation of: Argus; Representation of: Arachne; Representation of: Daphne; Representation of: Niobids; Representation of: Niobe; Representation of: Actaeon; Representation of: Muses; Representation of: Perseus; Representation of: Andromeda; Representation of: Medusa; Representation of: Fates; Representation of: Theseus; Representation of: Ariadne; Representation of: Aegeus; Representation of: Jason; Representation of: Medea; Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Deianeira; Representation of: Nessos; Representation of: Dioskouroi/Dioscuri; Representation of: Orpheus; Representation of: Eurydice; Representation of: Oedipus; Representation of: Narcissus; Representation of: Paris; Representation of: Iphigeneia; Representation of: Odysseus/Ulysses; Representation of: Circe; Representation of: Aeneas; Representation of: Anchises; Representation of: Ascanius; Representation of: Dido; Representation of: Icarus; Representation of: Atalanta; Representation of: Hippomenes
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1893
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1893,0331.88.1-15