Jeep

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Artist/Maker	Biermans (publisher)
Place of origin	Belgium (published)

'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.

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Category	Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Object type	Playing card
Title	Jeep (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	colour offset lithographic print Printing Ink Paper Colour Offset Lithography
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	E.29:1-1951 E.29:2-1951 E.29:3-1951 E.29:4-1951 E.29:5-1951 E.29:6-1951 E.29:7-1951 E.29:8-1951 E.29:9-1951 E.29:10-1951 E.29:11-1951 E.29:12-1951 E.29:13-1951 E.29:14-1951 E.29:15-1951 E.29:16-1951 E.29:17-1951 E.29:18-1951 E.29:19-1951 E.29:20-1951 E.29:21-1951 E.29:22-1951 E.29:23-1951 E.29:24-1951 E.29:25-1951 E.29:26-1951 E.29:27-1951 E.29:28-1951 E.29:29-1951 E.29:30-1951 E.29:31-1951 E.29:32-1951 E.29:33-1951 E.29:34-1951 E.29:35-1951 E.29:36-1951 E.29:37-1951 E.29:38-1951 E.29:39-1951 E.29:40-1951 E.29:41-1951 E.29:42-1951 E.29:43-1951 E.29:44-1951 E.29:45-1951 E.29:46-1951 E.29:47-1951 E.29:48-1951 E.29:49-1951 E.29:50-1951 E.29:51-1951 E.29:52-1951 E.29:53-1951
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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.29:26-1951

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O595121/jeep-playing-card-biermans/

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