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Jeep

Playing Card
1943-44 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Jeep' playing card, from a set of 52 cards (plus Joker) for whist; Standard, French suits, courts double-ended; The Aces feature caricatures of Eisenhower, De Gaulle, Stalin and Montgomery, the Joker, a caricature of Hitler; Backs of the cards feature a Jeep car; Colour offset lithographic print; In slip-case, with matching pictorial decoration, lettered with title, maker's name etc.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleJeep (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithographic print
Brief description
Biermans. 'Jeep' playing card, from a set of 52 (plus Joker) for whist. Standard, French suits, courts double-ended. The back of the cards feature a Jeep car. Colour offset lithographic print, published by Biermans, Belgium, 1943-44.
Physical description
'Jeep' playing card, from a set of 52 cards (plus Joker) for whist; Standard, French suits, courts double-ended; The Aces feature caricatures of Eisenhower, De Gaulle, Stalin and Montgomery, the Joker, a caricature of Hitler; Backs of the cards feature a Jeep car; Colour offset lithographic print; In slip-case, with matching pictorial decoration, lettered with title, maker's name etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.4cm
  • Width: 5.7cm
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
In slip-case, with matching pictorial decoration, lettered with title, maker's name etc.
Credit line
Given by Messrs. Léonard Biermans
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988, p.24.
  • 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.
Collection
Accession number
E.29:36-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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