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19th century
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game
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board game
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Amusements -- France.
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Women in natural history.
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Great Britain
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Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
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Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
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The royal game of British sovereigns,
[1820]
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Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
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Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
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Collection of riddles
circa 1820?
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A survey of London, by a party of tarry-at-home travellers
[1820]
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The game of human life
[ca. 1820]