Yale Center for British Art

Title:

L'orient, or, The Indian travellers : a geographical and historical game.

Alternate Title(s):

Orient

Published / Created:

London : Published by David Ogilvy, at his repository for rational toys and amusements, [1846]

Physical Description:

1 sheet : hand-colored lithograph ; 56 x 75 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 O7 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 O7 Copy 1
Yale 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:578948

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

Title from game.

Date of publication from Whitehouse.

Imperfect? Booklet of instructions wanting?

Illustrations by James Richard Barfoot.

Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, pages 142-143

Whitehouse, F.R.B. Table games of Georgian and Victorian days, page 23

BAC GV1199 O7 Copy 1: Folded in 12 sections, in green cloth covers, 20 x 20 cm. The front covers bears a lithographed illustration containing the title: L'orient, or, The Indian traveller: a game.

BAC GV1199 O7 Copy 2: Folded in 9 sections, in red cloth covers, 27 x 21 cm. The front cover bears the title stamped in gold: L'orient, or, The Indian travellers: a game.

"A geographical and historical game comprising a map of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, with small views of 'Calcutta,' 'Government House, Madras,' 'Bombay Harbour,' half-length portrait of Kings and Queens and 36 illustrations of Indian historical events from 1714-1846."--Whitehouse.

Subject Terms:

Educational games -- Great Britain -- Specimens. | Geographical recreations -- Specimens. | India -- History -- Pictorial works. | British -- India -- Pictorial works. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.

Form/Genre:

Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1846. | Games -- Great Britain. | Board games. | Maps. | Recreations -- Great Britain.

Contributors:

Barfoot, James Richard, 1794–1863, illustrator. | Ogilvy, David, active 1844–1846, publisher. | Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art).