The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: [unknown]
Title: Portrait authors: an amusing and instructive
pastime containing 32 fine portraits of eminent authors
Dates: 1873
Call No.: Doc. 89
Acc. No.: 80x120
Quantity: 1 box
Location: 31 A
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
It is not known who published this game.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
An educational card game in which the players try to assemble groups of cards containing lithographed portraits and printed biographical sketches of thirty-two 19th century authors, most of whom were American. The color lithographed cover contains the note that the game was "patented Sep. 2, 1873," and has the initials "E.I.H." in a lozenge as the only indication of possible publisher.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Leona Rostenberg.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Card games.
Authors, American - Biography.
Authors, American – Portraits.
Authors, English - Biography.
Authors, English – Portraits.
Games.
Lithographs.
Playing cards.
Authors.
Biographers.
Humorists.
Poets.
Journalists.
Historians.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 A
Index to pictures and
biographical sketches on cards in Doc. 89 (acc. 80x120.1-.65)
Abbott,
John S. C. .1, .33
Adams,
William T. .29, .61
Alger,
Horatio, Jr. .17, .49
Arthur,
T. S. .18, .50
Bailey,
J. M. .9, .41
Bancroft,
George .5, .37
Beecher,
Henry Ward .19, .51
Bennett,
James Gordon .13, .45
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Clemens,
Samuel L. .11, .43
Collins,
William Wilkie .21, .53
Curtis,
George William .14, .46
Dickens,
Charles .22, .54
Eggleston,
Edward .30, .62
Greeley,
Horace .15, .47
Hale,
Edward Everett .20, .52
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel .23, .55
Higginson,
Thomas W. .31, .63
Holmes,
Oliver Wendell .25, .57
"Josh
Billings" .10, .42
Locke,
David Ross .12, .44
Longfellow,
Henry W. .26, .58
Lowell,
James Russell .27, .59
Motley,
John Lothrop .6, .38
"Nasby,
Petroleum V." .12, .44
"Oliver
Optic" .29, .61
Palfrey,
John G. .7, .39
Parton,
James .3, .35
"Petroleum
V. Nasby" .12, .44
Prescott,
William H. .8, .40
Raymond,
Henry J. .16, .48
Shaw,
Henry W. .10, .42
Sparks,
Jared .4, .36
Thackeray,
William M. .24, .56
Trowbridge,
John T. .32, .64
Whittier,
John Greenleaf .28, .60