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Also known as: playing-card; playing card; playingcard
Scope note: See 'card-playing' in the SUBJECT field for designs for playing-cards (Department of Prints and Drawings only).
Broader terms: card; game-piece; visual representation
Narrower terms: tarot card

2,937 Related objects

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.74 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Italy

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1107 |
Producer name: Print made by: Bürgers |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Cologne (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.590.1-56 |
Producer name: Published by: Pierre Madenie |
Production date: 1709 |
Production place: Published in: Dijon

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.276 |
Producer name: Published by: J Frey |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Published in: Munich

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1876,1014.619-670 |
Producer name: Published by: Clemente Roxas |
Production date: 1800-1825 |
Production place: Published in: Madrid (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.50 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Florence (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.136 |
Producer name: Published by: Reschi |
Production place: Published in: Italy

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.411 |
Producer name: Published by: Johann Gottrichter | Print made by: Hans Casper Feitzinger |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Germany

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1177 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.507.+ |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1557

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.39 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Bologna (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.790 |
Producer name: Published by: Jacques Rochias | Print made by: Jean Petit Pierre |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Neuchâtel (town)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.104 |
Producer name: Published by: Jacob Jerger |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Besançon

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1600 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1527 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1521 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1602 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.581.1-52 |
Producer name: After: Nicolas Marie Gatteaux |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 2006,U.1213 |
Producer name: Published by: Johann Friedrich Crato |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Lüneburg

print; playing-card

Museum number: SL,1009.1-2 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1670-1690

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1872,0608.368-369 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1600-1625

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.178 |
Producer name: Published by: Johann Georg Eberhart |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Frankfurt am Main

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.435 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC(late)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.356 |
Producer name: Published by: Bendelli |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in: Trento (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.156 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.103 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Italy

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1335 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1013 |
Producer name: After: Mrs Farwell | Published by: Nash, Waters & Nash |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Bournemouth

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.395 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1710

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.711.1-52 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.600.1-32 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Thiers

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.4 |
Producer name: Published by: Giovanni Rossi |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Turin (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.847 |
Producer name: Published by: B P Grimaud |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1576 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.107 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: Italy

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.594.1-33 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: Nantes

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1126 |
Producer name: Published by: Franz Hofmann |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Passau

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.829 |
Producer name: Published by: Royal Manufactory |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in: Madrid (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1518 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1982,U.4568.1-48 |
Producer name: Published by: Pierre Alphonse Arnoult |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in: Madrid (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1219 |
Producer name: Print made by: Conrad Ludwig Wüst |
Production place: Published in: Frankfurt (district)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.394 |
Producer name: Published by: H D |
Production date: 1703

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.143 |
Producer name: Published by: L Violante |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Naples (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.557.1-32 |
Producer name: After: Nicolas Marie Gatteaux |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1151.1-2 |
Producer name: After: Peter Flötner | Published by: Hans Rumpolt |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Published in: Nuremberg

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1982,U.4606.1-78 |
Producer name: Published by: F I Vandenborre |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Brussels

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.791 |
Producer name: Published by: Frantz Antoni Buolman |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Unterwalden (historic)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1872,0608.370-371 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1600-1625 |
Production place: Published in: Augsburg

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.592.1-78 |
Producer name: Published by: Jean Dodat |
Production date: 1701-1732 |
Production place: Published in: Lyon

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.730.1-32 |
Producer name: Published by: Lequart et Mignot | Published by: Mignot |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.215 |
Producer name: Print made by: X Kurz |
Production date: 1801

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.231 |
Producer name: Published by: Jacob Wokaun |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Prague

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.339 |
Producer name: Published by: Franz Buchhold |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in: Wrocław

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1313 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1840

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1920,0330.1.1-38 |
Producer name: Published by: Guglielmo Murari |
Production date: 1899 |
Production place: Published in: Bari (province)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.963 |
Producer name: Published by: Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1820-1830

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.16 |
Producer name: Published by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1725-1775 |
Production place: Published in: Bologna (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1872,0608.359-364 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: Early 16thC |
Production place: Published in: Nuremberg

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.42 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1401 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: Annecy

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.124 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: Venice (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1850,0612.98 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.423 |
Producer name: Published by: I H |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Munich

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1123 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 19thC(late)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.199 |
Producer name: Published by: Melchior Frey |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in: Neuburg an der Donau

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1883,1110.168 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Published in: Germany

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1904,0511.46.1-48 |
Producer name: Published by: Segundo de Olea Aguilera |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Published in: Cádiz (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1511 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1155 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.122 |
Producer name: Published by: Carlo Finetto |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Published in: Verona (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1299 |
Producer name: After: Nicolas Marie Gatteaux |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1117 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 19thC(late)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.130 |
Producer name: Published by: Pietro de Santi |
Production date: 19thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: Italy

print; playing-card

The Royal Masonic Playing Cards

Museum number: 1900,0406.8.1-52 |
Producer name: Published by: Charles Goodall & Sons | After: John Leighton |
Production date: 1886 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1011 |
Producer name: Published by: E Wallis |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1083.3 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1878,1012.185-226 |
Producer name: Published by: John Lenthall |
Production date: 1670-1700

print; playing-card

Round Playing-Cards

Museum number: 1858,0417.943 |
Producer name: Print made by: Telman von Wesel | After: Monogrammist PW of Cologne |
Production date: 1499-1510

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.833 |
Producer name: Published by: José Martínez de Castro |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in: Madrid (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1868,0808.5682 |
Producer name: After: Boyne | Published by: S Doughty & Company |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Round Playing-Cards

Museum number: 1878,1012.30 |
Producer name: Print made by: Telman von Wesel | After: Monogrammist PW of Cologne |
Production date: 1499-1510

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1104 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1470-1480

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1878,1012.15 |
Producer name: Print made by: Monogrammist PW of Cologne |
Production date: 1499-1503

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1878,1012.39 |
Producer name: Print made by: Monogrammist PW of Cologne |
Production date: 1499-1503

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1020 |
Producer name: Published by: R & E Williamson | Print made by: R & E Williamson |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1868,0208.155-206 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1825 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1031 |
Producer name: Published by: Chappell & Co | After: E E Thomas |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in: London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1895,0915.13 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1465

print; playing-card

Jeu des Fables

Museum number: 1896,0501.660.1-30 |
Producer name: Print made by: Stefano della Bella | After: Jean Desmarests |
Production date: 1644 |
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1198 |
Producer name: Published by: Conrad Ludwig Wüst |
Production date: 19thC(late)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.300 |
Producer name: Published by: Johann Friedrich Probst |
Production date: 18thC(early) |
Production place: Published in: Augsburg

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.745 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.716.1-37 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production date: 1850-1900 |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.628.1-12 |
Producer name: Published by: J Coissieux |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.631.1-8 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.631.++ |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.588.1-78 |
Producer name: Print made by: Claude Burdel |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.586 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.1334 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.738.1-32 |
Producer name: Print made by: Anonymous |
Production place: Published in: France

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