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A sheet of hand printed playing card images of kings queens and jacks

An off-white sheet printed with a grid of wood engravings of patterned, stylized playing card images of kings, queens and jacks. There are four rows of five evenly spaced, identically sized images within upright rectangles. The two upper rows show two alternating kings and queens with a jack in the center, each character variously facing front or in profile. The third row down shows five forward facing jacks, and the last row show five jacks in profile.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25045
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Sheet of Playing Cards (with extra jacks)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: kings, queens, jacks
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1725
Culture
British?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165555

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 41 x 33 cm (16 1/8 x 13 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Harvard Map Collection
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
M25045
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/16/2020 - 07/30/2021

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