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• Title:[Collection of pictorial conundrum cards] [graphic].
  
• Production:[England], [between 1820 and 1840?]
  
• Publication: [England] : [publisher not identified], [between 1820 and 1840?]
  
• Physical Description:42 prints : etchings ; sheets 9.4 x 6 cm or smaller
  1 drawing : watercolor, gray wash, black ink and pencil ; sheet 8 x 5 cm mounted to 9.3 x 8 cm
  

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  • Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
    Request for Use in the Lewis Walpole Library
    
    
  • Call Number: 724 820C
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Notes:For further information, consult library staff.
    
  • Provenance:Marlborough Rare Books; January 2021.
    
  •   Digital version
    

   
• Medium:wove paper
  
• Notes:Title devised by cataloger.
  Each card shows an illustration and a query.
  Date range estimated base on pictorial images and design.
  Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, December 2020.
  
• Summary:A collection of pictorial conundrum cards from various unidentified sets of cards trimmed from larger sheets of etched images; also a single drawing signed "R. Ck." suggesting it is his work on the largest set (incomplete) of 19 cards. The other four sets, also incomplete, are grouped by the similarity in style and letterforms. All cards contain a humorously named person with an image and a riddle. Presumably the sheet from which these images were cut contained the answers to the riddles. Queen Victoria and Sir Edwin Eglinton (the Eglinton Tournament 1839) suggest the possible date of 1840.
  
• Format:Visual Material
• Incomplete contents:A. Timothy Timberpin -- B. Harriet Honeylip -- E. Pricilia Produce -- F. Peter Postlike -- H. Sammy Stunskull -- I. Saluting Simion -- J. Connubial Kitty -- K. Count Serpentine -- L. Selina Supplejoints -- M. Cicely Rosebud -- N. Captain Chalkstone -- O. Temperate Thomas -- P. Diana Dunbrown -- Q. Baron Baremeans -- R. Clara Goldpledge -- T. King of Pleasure -- U. Hector Harpy -- V. Anna Argus Eye -- W. Barbara Bauble.
  C. Matthew Multiply -- H. Frances Future -- I. King of toys -- L. Edwin Ellwide -- Q. Diana Dovelike -- R. Charley Conduct -- T. Simon Cripplegate -- U. Kitty Cullender.
  A. Queen [Queen Victoria] -- B. Wongo Fongo -- C. Rose of England -- M. Mrs. Pott -- R. The pink of France.
  A. Lady Alice Allfair.
  Q. Penelope Puzzlebrains .
  1. Signore Spangolia -- 14. Sir Edwin Eglintoun -- 16. Nix My Jolly Pall -- 18. Cassandra Costly -- 19. [B]aby Bull's Eye.
  Jack & the Bean Stalk -- Little Boy Blue -- Little Miss Muffitt.
  Drawing: Penelope Puzzlebrains / R.Ck.
  
• Subjects:Playing cards--England--Specimens.
  
• Genre/Form:Playing cards.
  Game cards.
  Riddles.
  Caricatures.
  Etchings.
  Wash drawings.
  
• Also listed under:Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist. Penelope Puzzlebrains.
  Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.
  England.