Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Camp of Aldershott.

Published / Created:

[Germany? : s.n.], [18--]

Physical Description:

1 game (82 pieces) : lead and cloth, col. ; in box, 19 x 30 x 5 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2015 25
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

In original wooden box with sliding lid, as issued.

Includes lead soldiers, cannons, cloth tents & bits of scenery.

Title from box lid.

Illustration of soldiers at the camp on lid, signed Stück.

A military camp was established at Aldershot in 1855. Wooden huts were erected that year, with more permanent buildings built in 1881. The game could date from 1855-1881.

Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 72

Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).

Exhibition History:

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)

Subject Terms:

Great Britain. Army -- Pictorial works. | Military camps -- Pictorial works. | Aldershot Camp -- Pictorial works.

Form/Genre:

Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- [18--]. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.

Contributors:

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