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ca. 1857
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Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A New Dissected Map of the World with a Picture Puzzle of the Capitol at Washington
Title
A New Dissected Map of the World with a Picture Puzzle of the Capitol at Washington
Object name
Picture puzzle
Date
1888
Medium
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions
box: 2 x 15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 38.7 x 26.7 cm )
Description
"A New Dissected Map of the World with a Picture Puzzle of the Capitol at Washington" picture puzzle with 68 two sided paper covered cardboard pieces with a map of the world with inset maps of the United States and the British Isles on one side and an image of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on the other in a wooden box; cover lithographed with an illustration in various colors of a globe; box cover inscribed, "A NEW DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ WORLD/ WITH A/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ OF THE/ CAPITOL/ AT WASHINGTON./ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS., NEW YORK."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.435
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "A NEW DISSECTED/ MAP/ OF THE/ WORLD/ WITH A/ PICTURE/ PUZZLE/ OF THE/ CAPITOL/ AT WASHINGTON./ McLOUGHLIN/ BROS., NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
