The game of human life, [ca. 1820]
- Title(s):
The game of human life.
- Published/Created:
- London, Edwd. Wallis [ca. 1820]
- Physical Description:
- 1 col. sheet. 45 x 58 cm. fold. to 20 x 12 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1199 G28View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/183491
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- BAC : The British Art Center copy of the game has been remounted on new canvas, and the case has been reconstructed.
Title from game.
In case, as issued.
Title on case: Wallis's fashionable game of the seven ages of human life.
Imprint date from: Toronto. Public Libraries. Boys and Girls Services. The Osborne Collection. Toronto, 1958-75.
Instructions printed on game.
In twelve sections, mounted on canvas.
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 29
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). - Form/Genre:
- Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain. - Export:
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Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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