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Print

ca.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A playing card from a set of cards in which the court cards and joker are depicted as characters from Shakespeare and the backs of the cards are captioned with a quotation from his King John.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour line block
Brief description
Playing card, 1 from a pack of 54 cards in which the joker and court cards are depicted as characters from Shakespeare, designed by Frederick Colin Tilney, manufactured by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., colour line-block, Great Britain, ca. 1900
Physical description
A playing card from a set of cards in which the court cards and joker are depicted as characters from Shakespeare and the backs of the cards are captioned with a quotation from his King John.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Width: 6.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Accession number
E.182:18-1990

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
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