ca.1900 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.182:36-1990 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2009 |
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