print; playing-card

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Object Type: print; playing-card
Museum number: 1896,0501.720.1-32
Description: Complete piquet pack of 32 playing-cards for cartomancy (Etteilla) Hand-coloured etching Backs printed with a plaid pattern in green and red Circa 1860-80
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1860-1885 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 111 millimetres; Width: 70 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The pack is numbered throughout, and the value of each card is shown by a miniature card in the upper left corner. The subjects all relate to a marriage and its attendant circumstances.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1896
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1896,0501.720.1-32

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