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playing-card
Object Type
print
playing-card
Museum number
1896,0501.308
Description
Cards with French suits: complete pack of 36 playing-cards: Mlle. Lenormand's fortune-telling cards Chromolithography Backs printed with a pattern of colours and gold, and includes the maker's name 19th Century
Producer name
Published by:
B Dondorf
School/style
German
Production date
19thC
Production place
Published in:
Frankfurt (district)
Materials
pasteboard
Technique
chromolithograph
Dimensions
Height:
86 millimetres
Width:
53 millimetres
Curator's comments
The subjects are identical with those of 1896,0501.413, and appear on the same pieces. Each card has at the top two small roundels, one containing the running number, the other the maker's name.
Bibliographic references
Schreiber / Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
(German 196)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Marie-Anne-Adélaïde Lenormand
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1896,0501.308