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Snap Card Game

ca. 1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
Royal College of Art (designed by)
Biggs, Leslie (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Pack of cards (68) for the game of Snap; Lithography and screenprinting, some coloured (the backs screenprinted); In a box with rules for the game, list of contributors etc pasted inside the lid, and a card, back upwards, pasted on the outside of the lid; Numbered in red on the inside bottom of the box R.C.A. 39/120.


Object details

Categories
Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Prints
Object type
Snap card game
Parts
This object consists of 69 parts.
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Materials and techniques
lithography and screenprinting, some coloured (the backs screenprinted)
Lithography
Screenprinting
Brief description
Pack of cards (68) for the game of Snap; Lithography and screenprinting, some coloured (the backs screenprinted); In a box with rules for the game, list of contributors etc.; Designed and printed by 34 artists (staff and students) at the Royal College of Art, London, including Leslie Biggs; England; ca.1975.
Physical description
Pack of cards (68) for the game of Snap; Lithography and screenprinting, some coloured (the backs screenprinted); In a box with rules for the game, list of contributors etc pasted inside the lid, and a card, back upwards, pasted on the outside of the lid; Numbered in red on the inside bottom of the box R.C.A. 39/120.
Dimensions
  • Each card height: 14.9cm
  • Each card width: 11.7cm
Measurements taken from: Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988.
Marks and inscriptions
  • R.C.A. 39/120 (Numbered in red on the inside bottom of the box.)
  • Rules for the game, list of contributors etc pasted inside the lid of the box, and a card, back upwards, pasted on the outside of the lid.
Credit line
Given by the Printmaking Department of the Royal College of Art'
Production
Designed and printed by 34 artists (staff and students) at the Royal College of Art, London.
Bibliographic references
  • Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988, p.40, ill.
  • Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988, p.11.
Other number
R.C.A. 39/120 - Limited Edition Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.36-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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