Board game
John Jaques & Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
736 mm (width); 370 mm (height)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670568
Summary
A four fold, dark green, thick card board game. On the front quarter is printed in gold 'Wheeling, A Game For Cyclists, Jaques and son, London'. When the board is opened it shows an oval track divided into 100 pale green squares. There are illustrations on some of the squares with a picture of 'The Anchor' at Ripley on the winning square. In each corner is a coloured illustration of cyclists.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in May 1993.
Makers and roles
John Jaques & Son Ltd, engraver and publisher