Parlor game, ca. 1831
- Title(s):
- Parlor game.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, ca. 1831.
- Physical Description:
- 18 sheets ; folded to 6 x 6 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1199 .P375 1831 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16472402
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Manuscript parlor game, on 18 nested sheets of folded paper in assorted colors. A hand-written phrase is written in black ink on the exterior surface of each folded sheet, for example "What do you think it can be?"; "Oh it requires the patience of Job"; Dear me, I wish I knew what it was"; and "I have a great mind to throw it into the fire." The small piece of paper at the center bears the phrase "Please to fold it all up again."
- Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
- Form/Genre:
- Games.
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