The royal pastime of cupid, or, Entertaining game of the snake.
Alternate Title(s):
Royal pastime of cupid
Published / Created:
London : Published ... by Laurie & Whittle, no. 53, Fleet Street, 12th May 1794.
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 38 x 46 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Folio B 2021 1eYale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title from game board.Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, pages 14, 66Selected exhibitions: "Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection" (Yale Center for British Art, 17 January-23 May, 2019)."Referred to as a small/shell track format often compared to the Game of the goose, the ancient Egyptian game of the Snake may also have inspired this spiral design."--Liman.
Exhibition History:
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
Subject Terms:
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Board games. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1794.
