Playing at Soldiers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small square of cream-colored cotton, printed, copperplate, in red. Three scenes: center, in oval – boys in a schoolyard "Playing at Soldiers [inscription above]. At top, boys with bows and arrows, shooting the target; inscription above "Shrove Tide." Bottom, group of boys and older people on shore, with sticks and swords, looking at battle at sea between two sailing ships. Inscription: "Prepared for Invasion."
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-167-3
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Square
label: Type
content: Square
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.9 x 30.3 cm (11 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.)