Artist/Maker
McLoughlin Brothers
(American, 1854 – 1921)
Alphabet of Country Scenes
ca. 1890
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Wood, paper, cardboard
Container (box): 4 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (11.1 × 26 × 33.7 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.255
DescriptionSix paper covered wooden alphabet blocks in a paper covered wood and cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with three images, sheep, cows and a boy feeding a calf; box cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ OF/ COUNTRY/ SCENES/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's"; each block has four country vignettes around the sides representing a letter of the alphabet, the ends have verses describing each scene.Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "ALPHABET/ OF/ COUNTRY/ SCENES/ NEW YORK/ McLOUGHLIN BRO's"
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
