Identification title(s): the new arlequin game / le nouveau jeu d'arlequin (title on object). Object type: picture game board folk picture object number: rp-p-ob-202. 012. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760 inscription, recto in shield, handwritten in ink: 'arleruinspel [sic] by: / h. Schultsz jacobi / te. '. Description: board game with a harlequin in the middle of the playing field who holds a bag in his open hands with the number 7 on it. Around him is a garland from which hang medallions with the numbers 2 to 12. A shield at the top in the middle. Below the presentation the rules of the game in dutch and french in two columns. Numbered top center: (n. 52). Manufacture. Manufacturer: seller: erve wijsmuller (mentioned on object), publisher: philippus jacobus brepols, printmaker: anonymous. Place of manufacture: seller: amsterdam, publisher: turnhout. Dating: 1828 - 1913. Physical characteristics: woodcut colored in green, yellow and red; letterpress text. Material: paper technique: woodcut / colors / letterpress. Dimensions: top: h 418 mm × w 349 mmexplanation edition of no. 52 from the fund list of p. J. Brépols with the address of the reseller erve wijsmuller. Topic: what: board games or chance board games types in 'commedia dell'arte': harlequin. Credit line: donation from mr f. G. Waller, amsterdam. Acquisition: donation 1923. Date: between 1828 and 1913.
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