Accession number
PML 88554
Published
London : Published by John Wallis, 13, Warwick-Square, January 1, 1809.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title from lid of box.
Imprint from lower margin of the game.
Dissected puzzle of a total of 64 pieces: 32 have handcolored engravings depicting the inhabitants dressed in the typical fashion of their region from four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and the various nations within.The remaining 32 text pieces have short descriptions of each nation, their size, geography, climate, religion, etc.
The company of John Wallis (d. 1818) occupied a number of sites in London: 16 Ludgate Street 1775-1805; and 54 Cornhill 1776-1777, both under the name 'Map Warehouse'; 13 Warwick Square, under the name 'Instructive Toy Warehouse' from 1805-1811; and subsequently 42 Skinner Street, Snow Hill, mainly used by his son, under the name 'Wallis and Son' or 'John & Edward Wallis' 1812-1847; also, at 14 High Street, Islington, 1823-1847. Their company was one of the most prolific publishing houses of board games during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (see Hannas, L., The English Jigsaw puzzle, p. 153)
Imprint from lower margin of the game.
Dissected puzzle of a total of 64 pieces: 32 have handcolored engravings depicting the inhabitants dressed in the typical fashion of their region from four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and the various nations within.The remaining 32 text pieces have short descriptions of each nation, their size, geography, climate, religion, etc.
The company of John Wallis (d. 1818) occupied a number of sites in London: 16 Ludgate Street 1775-1805; and 54 Cornhill 1776-1777, both under the name 'Map Warehouse'; 13 Warwick Square, under the name 'Instructive Toy Warehouse' from 1805-1811; and subsequently 42 Skinner Street, Snow Hill, mainly used by his son, under the name 'Wallis and Son' or 'John & Edward Wallis' 1812-1847; also, at 14 High Street, Islington, 1823-1847. Their company was one of the most prolific publishing houses of board games during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (see Hannas, L., The English Jigsaw puzzle, p. 153)
Description
1 game : ill. (handcolored engravings) ; 42 x 53.7 cm (assembled)
Provenance
Amelie (inscription in black ink inside the lid of box); from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In publisher's varnished wooden box lined in pink paper. Attached to sliding lid: a pictorial printed tltle label with an earlier imprint: London: Published by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street. 18.3 x 22.7 x 6 cm (box)
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