print; playing-card

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Object Type: print; playing-card
Museum number: 1896,0501.255
Description: Complete pack of 52 playing-cards for fortune-telling, without suits: "Bilder Aufschlagspiel" Hand-coloured etching, letterpress Backs plain In cardboard case Early 19th Century
Producer name: Published by: H F Müller
School/style: German
Production date: 19thC(early)
Production place: Published in: Vienna (city)
Materials: pasteboard
Technique: etching; hand-coloured; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 88 millimetres; Width: 55 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Complete pack of 52, each having an image of an emblematical or fanciful subject, with the title below in German, French and Italian. A printed sheet of explanation in the three languages accompanies the pack.
Bibliographic references: Schreiber / Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber (German 332)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1896,0501.255

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