Newton, T, The mansion of bliss , 1822
- Title(s):
- The mansion of bliss : a new game for the amusement of youth / by T. Newton ...
- Additional Title(s):
- New game of The mansion of bliss
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by W. Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, 1822.
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 57 x 45 cm, folded to 19 x 11 cm and 13, [3] pages ; 19 cm
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13684797
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Title from game sheet. Date from accompanying booklet.
First published in 1810.
Mounted on linen, with 34 illustrations arranged in a spiral formation.
Accompanied by a booklet of 16 pages, the title page of which reads: The new game of the mansion of bliss: in verse. By Tho. Newton. London : William Darton, 58, Holborn-Hill, 1822.
Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, pages 44-45
Selected exhibitions: "Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection" (Yale Center for British Art, 17 January-23 May, 2019).
BAC: British Art Center copy includes printed booklet and slipcase.
Each numbered square has a moralizing rhyme for the players to read with rewards and penalties noted. The players who lands on square 20, for example, is a "Truant" and must lose his turn twice: "The truant to School must return, For such negligence cannot be look'd o'er; / And stay while each player turns twice,/ Then, perhaps, he'll be guilty no more." The winner was the first player to reach the "Mansion of Bliss" at the center of the board. - Subject Terms:
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.Educational games.Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
- Form/Genre:
- Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Board games.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1822. - Export:
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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) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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