Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Historical pastime. A new game of the history of England.
Published / Created:
London, E. Wallis, [ca. 1837]
Physical Description:
1 sheet. 51 x 49 cm., fold. to 18 x 14 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 H5 1837
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title from game.

The center portrait is of Queen Victoria.

In attached covers.

In 12 sections, mounted on canvas.

See F.R.B. Whitehouse, Table games of Georgian and Victorian days (Royston, Herts., 1971), p. 29-30, where a booklet of rules is called for.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.