The wonders of the world : chiefly in reference to the architectural works of the ancients : an entirely new game, for the amusement and education of youth / W. Kohler litho.
Published / Created:
London : William Spooner, 377 Strand, [ca. 1843]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 54 x 44 cm, folded to 15 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Accompanied by a printed booklet bearing the rules of the game and a description of the subjects. The booklet notes: "In order to preserve the interest of the picture, by not defacing it with figures or numbers, an outline-key is given with the Game, to point out the objects, so that the player is to refer to this key, when he has spun the totum, for the situation he is to take upon the Game."
Subject Terms:
Architecture. | Historic sites. | Historic buildings. | Educational games -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Board games. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1843.
Contributors:
Spooner, William, active 1831–1854, publisher. | Kohler, W., lithographer. | Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art)
