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– This was launched on Kickstarter on 18 Jul 2017. 534 backers contributed $18,477 out of $14,500 goal, to bring this project to life.
– Check out the YouTube review by VJose32
🌟 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man who has designed a a deck of playing cards in honor of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death—using images that Miss Austen is very likely to have seen—must be in want of a Kickstarter campaign to share them.
🌟 THE FIRST JANE AUSTEN CARD DECK
As an avid fan of Miss Austen’s novels, and of novel playing cards, John Eric Ligon designed a deck of playing cards to honor the 200th anniversary of her death. Each suit in this fully custom-designed deck represents one of Miss Austen’s beloved novels, and each suit’s court is represented by the novel’s lead characters.
🌟 These cards are rich in period detail. The images for all the queens and jacks come from fashion plates found in Ackermann’s Repository of Arts—an influential British periodical published from 1809–1829 that featured articles and images on art, architecture, fashion, furniture, needlework patterns, and politics. It is likely that Miss Austen would have been familiar with this publication. The selection of images for the queens and jacks are found within the two years prior to the publication date of each novel.
🌟 The decorative line art on the back of the cards, and within the Ace of Spades, is based on the needlework patterns found in Ackermann’s.
🌟 The image of the fish in the Ace of Spades is drawn directly from the mother-of-pearl lottery fish that belonged to Miss Austen and were used as betting pieces in parlour games. These lottery fish are in the collection at Jane Austen House Museum—Chawton House—Miss Austen’s home from 1809 until her death in 1817.
🌟 The backgrounds for each court and number card are taken from a multitude of blank pages in Ackermann’s so that the deck looks more authentically antique.
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