The circle of knowledge : a new game of the wonders of nature, science, & art.
Published / Created:
London : Pubd. by J. Passmore, 18 Fleet Lane, Farringdon St., [ca. 1850?]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored aquatint ; 65 x 51 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1199 .C57 1850Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:13691034
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, pages 178-179Selected exhibitions: "Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection" (Yale Center for British Art, 17 January-23 May, 2019).The rings of the game are named for the continents, the season, the four elements (air, fire, earth, water), and for chemistry, optics, astronomy, and electricity. A player would need to answer questions that correspond to the numbered spaces in order to end up in the 'Circle of Knowledge' in the center.
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:
Educational games. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Board games. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1850.
