Chodowiecki-Tarock (Johann Matthias Backofen?, Nürnberg, nach 1784) (Q29962)
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maker
Johann Matthäus Backofen (presumably)
Possibly identical to
card type
Suit system
Figure type
single-figure
printing technique
etching
number of cards
78
Dimensions
109 × 59 mm
place of origin
publication date
after 1784
Described in
Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991) (cat. no. 145)
Collection
Bavarian National Museum (inv. 47/21.2302 u. 2314)
Tax stamps
At the time of this pack (1784), Nürnberg belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.