Board game
J. & E. Wallis
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1816
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
Wallet - 126 mm (width); 220 mm (height), Book - 106 mm (width); 174 mm (height)
Place of origin
Skinner Street, 42
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665777
Summary
A board game of 'The Panorama of Europe'. A cardboard wallet with a piece of paper pasted onto the front the title 'The Panorama of Europe, A New Game' is printed in black ink within a scroll carried by a printed colour illustration of an angel blowing a horn. Below the angel is the skyline of a city. The publisher's name is given underneath. On the reverse of the wallet is handwritten the name 'T B Bunter, Taunton' in black ink and the price '5/5' at the bottom, also in black ink. Inside the wallet is a printed instruction book with a plain paper cover. The title and publishing details are given on the first page and the book has twelve pages of information about places around the world. The game is possibly incomplete because it could be missing a map. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the bottom of the paper on the front of the wallet: 'Published by J and E. Wallis, 42, Skinner St. and J. Wallis Junr Marine Library, Sidmouth' On the title page of the book: 'RULES FOR PLAYING / WALLIS'S NEW GAME / OF THE / Panorama of Europe. / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY J. AND E. WALLIS, 42, SKINNER-STREET AND / J. WALLIS, JUN. SIDMOUTH. / 1816' On the last page of the book: 'J. Pittman, Printer, / Warwick Square, London.'
Makers and roles
J. & E. Wallis , engraver and publisher