Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Peacock, W. (William), -1910

Title:

Peacock's improved double dissection : geography and history : America.

Alternate Title(s):

America

Published / Created:

[London] : [W. Peacock], [between 1875 and 1909]

Physical Description:

1 jigsaw puzzle (53 pieces) : paper on wood, hand colored ; puzzle 36 x 48 cm, in box 5 x 20 x 23 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
G1100 .P43 1875 Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scale 1:36,748000. 580 miles to 1 inch.

Notes:

Title from lid of box.

Double-sided jigsaw puzzle, in 63 pieces. The image on one side bears: Cruchley's Map of America. Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh & London, 25 Paternoster Square. On the other: Equestrian Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Victoria. William Peacock, manufacturer and publisher, London.

Numbered "29" in lower right corner.

BAC: British Art Center copy incomplete: lacks 2 pieces. Signed on lid: Alan Davies Evans, Highmead. With a child's drawing, in graphite, on underside of lid.

Subject Terms:

Geographical recreations -- Specimens. | America -- Maps. | Great Britain -- History -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers v Pictorial works. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.

Form/Genre:

Jigsaw puzzles. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.

Contributors:

Cruchley, G. F. | Gall & Inglis, publisher. | Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art)