Accession number:
PML 87231-32
Published:
[London] : Edw[ar]d Wallis, 42, Skinner St., [between 1818 and 1847]
Description:
84 cards : ill. ; 13 x 16 cm (case)
Credit:
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2006.
Notes:
Title from lid of case.
Wallis was at 42 Skinner Street between 1818 and 1847 (Philip A. Brown, London Publishers & Printers c. 1800-1870).
6 information cards accompany each of 12 hand-colored cards illustrating an occupation or profession: bookseller, butcher, doctor, fishmonger, greengrocer, ironmonger, milliner, pastry cook, poulterer, publican, tailor, toyman.
Cards measure 7 x 5 cm.
Includes instruction book entitled "Explanation to The laughable game of what d'ye buy? for large and small parties, by Professor Punch." London: Edward Wallis, 42, Skinner Street. 11 p. bound in green wraps.
At foot of p. 11: "London: Printed by F.W. Passmore, 18, Borough Road."
In wooden box with slide-top lid.
Provenance:
From the collection of Stuart and Marilyn R. Kaplan (sale Christies, New York, 21 June 2006, lot 310).
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