Board game
J. & E. Wallis
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1 Nov 1815
Materials
Paper, fabric and card
Measurements
626 mm (length); 480 mm (width)
Place of origin
Skinner Street, 42
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666194
Summary
A board game ('The Panorama of Europe') on a printed sheet mounted on fabric and stuck to card. There is a spiral track which runs from one corner to the centre. This track is divided into forty sections. Each section has a coloured picture of a town or city (one country, Malta) in Europe and is labelled with a number from one to forty and the name of the place. It starts with one and finishes in the centre with a larger picture of 'London, Number 40', and the name of the game 'The Panorama of Europe, a new game'. On the back of the board is printed the number '33'. There is evidence of insect damage to the paper and fabric mount.
Marks and inscriptions
In the centre of the board: 'THE PANORAMA OF EUROPE/a New Game' At the bottom edge of the board: 'PUBLISHED NOVr 1st 1815 by J. and E. Wallis, Skinner Street, London, and J. WALLIS JUNr, Marine Library, Sidmouth, Devon.'
Makers and roles
J. & E. Wallis , engraver and publisher