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Creator:
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Title(s):
Peacock's improved double dissection : geography and history : America.
Additional Title(s):
America
Published/Created:
[London] : [W. Peacock], [between 1875 and 1909]
Physical Description:
1 jigsaw puzzle (53 pieces) : paper on wood, hand colored ; puzzle 36 x 48 cm, in box 5 x 20 x 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G1100 .P43 1875 Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale 1:36,748000. 580 miles to 1 inch.
Notes:
Title from lid of box.
Double-sided jigsaw puzzle, in 63 pieces. The image on one side bears: Cruchley's Map of America. Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh & London, 25 Paternoster Square. On the other: Equestrian Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Victoria. William Peacock, manufacturer and publisher, London.
Numbered "29" in lower right corner.
BAC: British Art Center copy incomplete: lacks 2 pieces. Signed on lid: Alan Davies Evans, Highmead. With a child's drawing, in graphite, on underside of lid.
Subject Terms:
America -- Maps.
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers v Pictorial works.
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Jigsaw puzzles.
Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Cruchley, G. F.
Gall & Inglis, publisher.
Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art)
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