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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25044
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Sheet of Playing Cards (with reversed orientation)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: kings, queens, jacks
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1725
Culture
British?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/171259

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 41 x 33 cm (16 1/8 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: on all sheets, paper: The mark is that popularly known as "Pro Patria" (also "Tuin," Garden of Holland, Maid of Dordrecht); the countermark is GR surmounted by a crown and surrounded by a laurel wreath, within a circle. This type of mark, geberally speaking, dates from the mid to late 18th c. Gravell records its use in the United States from the late 18th to the early 19th c. It is generally considered to be of Dutch manufacture, frequently for the English market.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Harvard Map Collection
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
M25044
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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