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English: Playing Card, Four of Spades, late 19th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Made by B.P. Grimaud
Title
English: Playing Card, Four of Spades, late 19th century
Description
English: Four of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Female figure and child depicted in outline, the woman seated on a stool at right with a small child standing on her lap. The woman wears a long dress and a head scarf, the black symbol of the spade covers her face. A few facial features are indicated, depicting a stereotypical black mammy figure. The spade at left is integrated with the boy's image so that it appears as a hat. The two spades below form the cut-out decoration in two stools.
Date late 19th century
Medium lithograph on paper
Dimensions 10.4 × 7.1 cm (4 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1955-78-14-4
Credit line Gift of Mrs. Dexter J. Purinton
Notes Type: Playing card
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