Deel 23-24 - Playing card altered to show illustrations of children, with accompanying note

1 sheet; one playing card with ink and watercolour alterations.

Sheet of paper reading 'The Card that you have thrown in the Game of Life. M.C.'.

Playing card, the eight of diamonds, headed 'Cornelius real diamonds family memories'. Each of the eight diamonds on the card has the face of a child drawn over it in ink, with additional ink and watercolour sketching to fill the children's bodies. All drawings labelled: 'Mary at 2 1/2'; 'her [presumably Mary's] back at 3'; 'Dick'; 'Dear Jane as she used to laugh'; 'dear John as he danced'; 'dear Bob as he used to cry'; 'Bill sleeping'; 'It grows up a fine girl'.

One sheet tipped into HOUG/BN/3; playing card pasted into the book.