A Georgian ''goose game'' of England and Wales

WALLIS, Edward.

Wallis's Picturesque Round Game of the Produce & Manufactures, of the Counties of England & Wales.
London: Edward Wallis, c.1830. Original colour. Aquatint, dissected and laid on linen as issued, 670 x 510mm.

Slight soiling.

An educational ''goose game'', in which players race counter-clockwise around England and Wales, starting in the Thames Estuary and ending at London, through 151 places. The counties are delineated, with little vignettes illustrating the main features of the area, both commercial (barrels of beer at Dorchester) and topographical (Stonehenge in Wiltshire).


Stock ID : 18380