Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Amusement in English history. A game exhibiting the most remarkable events from the time of the Britons.

Published / Created:

[s.l., ca. 1841]

Physical Description:

1 sheet. 51 x 65 cm., fold. to 21 x 18 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 A43

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

In attached covers, from whence the title.

Imprint date from: Whitehouse, F.R.B. Table games of Georgian and Victorian days. Royston, Herts., 1971, p. 95. According to Mr. Whitehouse, the publisher may be William Sallis.

A faint legend in the lower right hand corner may read: Designed & lith. by Thos. Turner.

In 12 sections, mounted on canvas.

Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 26

Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).

Exhibition History:

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)

Form/Genre:

Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.