Karte mit Pariser Bild (Louis Carey, Straßburg, um 1780) (Q29980)

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Q29980

maker

Louis Carey

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

Pattern

old Paris pattern

Figure type

single-figure

printing technique

woodcut
stencil colouring

number of cards

52

Dimensions

82 × 55 mm

place of origin

Strasbourg

publication date

1780 (circa)

Described in

Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991) (cat. no. 165)

Collection

Bavarian National Museum (inv. R 8584)

Source

Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Hearts-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Diamonds-King (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Queen (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Jack (French)
• 
  Spades-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  Spades-Jack (French)
• 
  Clubs-King (French)
• 
  Clubs-Queen (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Straßburg belonged to the territory of Königreich Frankreich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.