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Playing Card

ca. 1865 (published)
Artist/Maker
L. P. Holmblads (publisher)
Place of origin
Denmark (published)

Playing card.


Object details

Categories
Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Games
Prints
Object type
Playing card
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving with stencilling
Printing Ink
Wood Engraving
Stencilling
Brief description
Playing card from a pack of 52, published by L. P. Holmblads, Copenhagen, wood-engraving, ca. 1865.
Physical description
Playing card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.5cm
  • Width: 8.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Credit line
Given by Mr Walter Carter, C. B., C.B.E.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.175:47-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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