Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Society of Arts (Great Britain). Society of Gentlemen
Title:
Rules and instructions for playing at skittles / by a Society of gentlemen.
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for G. Kearsley, at no. 46, in Fleet-street, 1786.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration, plan ; 46 x 31 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2015 3a
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The intaglio engraving at the head of the broadside includes "A view of a skittle ground" and (beneath the view) a "Plan of the double skittle ground, half an inch to a yard."

"Price 6d. plain, or 1s. coloured."

Text printed in three columns.

BEIN BrSides By6 1786 Copy 1: Mounted on stiff cardboard. Hand-colored.

BEIN BrSides By6 1786 Copy 2: Variant copy. 48 x 31 cm. Uncolored.

BAC: British Art Center copy uncolored.
Subject Terms:
Ninepins -- Early works to 1800. | Games -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Broadsides. | Engravings -- 1786.
Contributors:
Kearsley, George, -1790, publisher.