Waddy Productions, "Physogs" , [between 1940 and 1949]
- Title(s):
- "Physogs" : the novel card game / Waddy Production.
- Additional Title(s):
Novel card game
New and novel card game "Physogs" character from the face- Published/Created:
- Aldwych, London : Waddy Productions, Astor House, [between 1940 and 1949]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game (4 frame cards, 52 playing cards) : illustrations ; in box 27 x 42 x 4 cm + 2 booklets
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsBF851 .W33 1940 Flat AYale Center for British Art, acquired with funds in memory of Steven Proctor[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12462680
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Tiitle from box lid.
Publication information from Rules & Play booklet.
Caption title on Rules & Play: The new and novel card game "Physogs" character from the face.
Booklets: Rules & Play; Book of Keys.
Physogs, a British game from the 1940s, is a popularized version of physiognomy, the practice of judging human character from facial features. Based on sociologist Jacques Penry's How to Judge Character from the Face (1939), the game consists of fifty-six printed cards and a key book describing thirteen distinct "facial-character types": acquisitive-shrewd, dissipated, bad-tempered, determined, suave-obsequious, artistic-imaginative, credulous-impractical, magnetic, excitable-impetuous, self-conscious, crafty-self-centered, pleasant-cheerful, and narrow-minded-stubborn. There are four sets of playing cards: eye cards, nose cards, mouth cards, and type cards. - Subject Terms:
- Physiognomy.
- Form/Genre:
- Card games.
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