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Amusement in the History of England 
A game exhibiting the most remarkable events from the time of the Britons 
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primo autore: Anonimo 
secondo autore: Sallis William 
anno: 1840ca 
luogo: Inghilterra-Londra 
periodo: XIX secolo (2°/4) 
percorso: Percorso di 80 caselle numerate 
materiale: carta incollata su tela (engraving on paper with linen backing)  
dimensioni: 505X652 
stampa: Litografia colorata a mano (hand-coloured lithograph) 
luogo acquisto:  
data acquisto:  
dimensioni confezione:  
numero caselle: 80 
categoria: Personaggi ed eventi storici 
tipo di gioco: Gioco di percorso  
editore: Sallis William 
stampatore: Thos. Turner Del & Lith 
proprietario: Collezione E. C. 
autore delle foto: E. C. 
numero di catalogo: 1276 
descrizione: Gioco di 80 caselle disposte in 5 file di 8 caselle ciascuna.
REGOLE: non riportate sul tavoliere.
CASELLE: con didascalia.

REFERENZA 1
"Amusement in the History of England". (V&A Museum).
The last of the board games reflecting English history were published at the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dramatic social changes were taking place and the idea of teaching through this form of play was quickly falling from favour. However, with the accession of the new queen in 1837, a number of games were updated to include her coronation and marriage. This game looks very like a dissected puzzle. Portraits of 40 British kings and queens - in 80 playing spaces altogether - are shown with events from each of their reigns.
Physical description
Design: lithograph, coloured by hand; 12 sections mounted on linen; showing 40 compartments with representations of events in English history and medallion portraits of the sovereigns from the britons to queen Victoria.
N°of squares: 80
Squares illustrated: all
Square numbering: all
Squares titled: all
Subject of starting square: The Britons, pre Roman
Subject of ending square: Queen Victoria
Place of Origin: London
Date: ca. 1840
Artist/maker: William Sallis
Materials and Techniques: Hand-coloured lithograph, mounted on linen.
Dimensions: Length: 50.5 cm. Width: 65.2 cm
Object history note: 40 separate illustrations each with a portrait of a sovereign in a rounder beneath which is an event from the reign concerned. There are 40 compartments which with the portraits and text make up 80 moves around the game. This a different format to the norm of the race games, more like some of the early dissected puzzles and latter board games such as snakes&ladders. William Sallis at address from 1852 to 1866.
Historical context note
Rewards: extra turns and forward movement
Forfeits: missing turns, staying in the same place and backward movement
N°of Players: any
Equipment required: card markers and numbers similar to the previous games of British Sovereigns
Rules:
AMUSEMENT IN ENGLISH HISTORY
RULES
I. The Card sold with the Game is to be divided. The Letters are to mark the players' position on the Game; the Numbers and Blanks are to be placed in a lady's reticule or bag.
II. Draw for the first player; the highest number to begin.
III. Each player on drawing a number is to place his letter on the same number on the Game, unless otherwise ordered in the directors, which must be read aloud. When it is his turn to draw again, he must add his number to the one where his letter stands, and remove it accordingly. If he draws a blank, he must remain where he is. Each card is to be returned to the bag.
IV. The game is to proceed in this manner till some player arrives at the Marriage of Queen Victoria, who wins the game.
V. When a player is sent back, he is not to read the Directions, but wait his turn to draw again.
The history of each reign may be read or omitted at the time of playing, as the players think fit.
Following the Rules are the Directions which accompany most but not all of the medallions. These must be followed when playing the game. Following the Directions are the descriptions of each of the medallions which may or may not be read aloud during the game and these can be omitted if all the players agree. The first describes the pre-Roman Britons and the last Queen Victoria and includes her marriage, February 10, 1840 but not the birth of her first child in 1841. This suggests the date of 1840. The medallions are arranged with N°1 in the top left corner, 16 in the top right, 17 starts on the left as the second row; this pattern continues until No. 80 in the bottom corner of the right at the end of the fifth row.
Rules placement: booklet
Descriptive line: Hand coloured historical game, Amusement in English History, published in England by William Sallis about 1840

REFERENZA 2
WHITEHOUSE, Francis Reginald Beaman, (pag. 26): HISTORY OF ENGLAND (Amusement in the). A lithograph (Thos. Turner Del & Lith) size 25 in X 20 in, mounted in 12 sections on linen, folded into hinged boards, cloth covered, title in gilt. Fastened with blue silk tape. The game commences at “No. 1. A Briton” and continues to “A Dane" when portraits of the monarchs commence. No 9. “William I became King 1066, Reigned 21 years", and so on to 79 "Victoria, became Queen 1837". The game ends at 80 “The Marriage of the Queen to Prince Albert”. Not dated, no publisher’s name, but probably by William Sallis.

REFERENZA 3
"Amusement in English History (S'amuser avec l'histoire de l'Angleterre) édité par William Sallis vers 1840, montre des faits antérieurs au roi Guillaume I.er. Mais comme "British Sovereigns" (Souverains britanniques) il est moins imagé que le premiers jeux."
(GOODFELLOW Caroline)

REFERENZA 4
"Amusement in English History, published by William Sallis in about 1840, also showed events that had taken place before the reign of King William I, British Sovereigns and Amusement in English History have a different format from earlier games and fewer scenes"
(GOODFELLOW Caroline)

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3) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "The Development of the English Board Game, 1770-1850", in Board Games Studies 1, 1998.
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  "The Development of the English Board Game, 1770-1850" (Caroline G. Goodfellow)
 
  Historical Games. "Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days". (Francis Reginald Beaman, Whitehause)
   
 
   

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