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Crowned Heads, or, Contemporary Sovereigns. An Instructive Game 
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primo autore: Anonimo 
secondo autore: Ogilvy David 
anno: 1845 
luogo: Inghilterra-Londra 
periodo: XIX secolo (2°/4) 
percorso: Percorso di 40 caselle numerate 
materiale: carta incollata su tela (engraving on paper with linen backing)  
dimensioni: 560X760 
stampa: Litografia colorata (hand-colored lithograph) 
luogo acquisto:  
data acquisto:  
dimensioni confezione:  
numero caselle: 40 
categoria: Storia antica e contemporanea 
tipo di gioco: Gioco di percorso  
editore: Published by David Ogilvy at his repository of rational toys & amusements 
stampatore: Non indicato 
proprietario: Collezione Privata 
autore delle foto: Privato 
numero di catalogo: 2599 
descrizione: Gioco di 40 caselle non numerate disposte ai margini del tavoliere che presenta al centro una carta geografica dell'Europa. Le caselle presentano una data che si riferisce ad un evento storico che ha avuto come protagonista o si è verificato nel corso della reggenza di un sovrano e quindi il tema è in parte geografico ed in parte storico.
REGOLE: non riportate sul tavoliere (allegate).
CASELLE: non numerate (con data evento storico).
(1-5: King William III; 6-10: Queen Anne; 11-15: King George I; 16-20: King George II; 21-25: King George III; 26-30: King George IV; 31-35: King William IV; 36-40: Queen Victoria).
Cas. 1): Landing at Torbay, 1688;
Cas. 2): Battle of the Boyne, 1690;
Cas. 3): Battle of La Hogue, 1692;
Cas. 4): William III thrown from his Horse, 1702;
Cas. 5): Battle of Narva, 1700;

Cas. 6): Siege of Gibraltar, 1704;
Cas. 7): Battle of Blenheim, 1704;
Cas. 8): Queen Anne knighting Sir Isaac Newton, 1705;
Cas. 9): The Battle of Pultowa, 1709;
Cas. 10): Peter the Great raising the Empress Catherine, 1711;

Cas. 11): King George I Landing at Greenwich, 1714;
Cas. 12): Landing of Pretender in Scotland, 1715;
Cas. 13): Regent Orleans&Louis XV, 1718;
Cas. 14): Death of Charles XII, 1718;
Cas. 15): South Sea Bubble, 1719;

Cas. 16): The Taking of Portobello, 1739;
Cas. 17): Battle of Dettingen, 1743;
Cas. 18): Louis XV&Marshal Saxe, 1745;
Cas. 19): Pretender's Escape after the Battle of Culloden, 1746;
Cas. 20): Great Earthquake, 1755;

Cas. 21): Storming of the Bastile, 1789;
Cas. 22): Gustavus, King of Sweden, Killed, 1792;
Cas. 23): Louis XVI Beheaded, 1793;
Cas. 24): Buonaparte Crowning himself, 1804;
Cas. 25): Battle of Trafalgar, 1805;

Cas. 26): Cato Street Conspirators, 1820;
Cas. 27): Trial of Queen Caroline, 1820;
Cas. 28): Coronation of Charles X, 1824;
Cas. 29): Battle of Navarino, 1827;
Cas. 30): Russian Victory over the Turks, 1829;

Cas. 31): First Railway, 1830;
Cas. 32): Battle of the Barricades, 1830;
Cas. 33): Reform Bill, 1832;
Cas. 34): Siege of Antewerp, 1833;
Cas. 35): Slavery Abolished, 1834;

Cas. 36): Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Alberto, 1840;
Cas. 37): Baptism of Prince of Wales, 1843;
Cas. 38): Opening Thames Tunnel, 1843;
Cas. 39): Opening Royal Eschange, 1844;
Cas. 40): Visit to Louis Philippe at Eu, 1844 and 1845.


REFERENZA 1
WHITEHOUSE, Francis Reginald Beaman, (pag. 22): CROWNED HEADS or Contemporary Sovereigns. An Instructive Game. London. Published by David Ogilvy at his repository for rational toys and amusements. L'Enfant Bros. lith. Printers. I2. Rathbone Place, (Not dated.) A lithograph size 30 in X 22 in, mounted in 9 sections on linen, folded into boards, cloth-covered with gilt title, surmounted by the Royal Arms. Boards size 8 in X 10 ¼ in. A map of Europe is in the centre, with portraits of contemporary rulers at the top. Queen Victoria occupies the centre, the others being: Sweden and Denmark, German States, Holland, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey. Along the lower edge and on either side are 40 panels depicting outstanding events from 1688 to 1844, eg.: 1704 Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim. 1834 Britannia frees the slaves.

REFERENZA 2
"Crowned Heads, or, Contemporary Sovereigns. An Instructive Game,", London: David Ogilvy, ca. 1852, 74 x 55 cm. (Yale University GV1199 .C76 1845). London: David Ogilvy, ca. 1845, 76 x 56 cm.
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME: In this game, players had to identify the reigning monarchs and major events of the countries that are pictured on the map.
(Patrons)

Exhibitions:
- "Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection" (Yale Center for British Art, 17 January-23 May, 2019).

bibliografia: 1) WHITEHAUSE, F.R.B.: "Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days", London, Peter Garnett, 1951.
2) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "A Collector's Guide to Games and Puzzles". Secaucus, New Jersey, Chartwell Books-London, Quintet Publishing Limited 1991.
3) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "The Development of the English Board Game, 1770-1850", in Board Games Studies 1, 1998.
4) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "Jeux de société. Le guide du collectionneur des jeux de société depuis le XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à nos jours", (Edizione francese) Carrousel MS, 2001.
5) SEVILLE, Adrian: "The Game of Goose: and its influence on cartographical race games" Journal of the International Map Collectors' Society, Winter 2008 N°115 2008.
6) SEVILLE, Adrian: "The geographical Jeux de l'Oie of Europe." In "Belgeo" 2008 3-4 2008.
7) GOODFELLOW, Caroline: "How We Played: Games From Childhood Past", History Press, 2012.
8) QUINN, Brian - CARTWRIGHT, William: "Geographic Board Games". Geospatial Science Research 3. School of Mathematical and Geospatial Science, RMIT University, Australia. December 2014.
9) SEVILLE, Adrian: "The Royal Game of the Goose four hundred years of printed Board Games". Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Grolier Club, February 23 - May 14, 2016.
10) LIMAN, Ellen: "Georgian and Victorian Board Games: The Liman Collection", Pointed Leaf Press, 2017.
11) NORCIA, Megan A.: "Gaming Empire in Children's British Board Games, 1836-1860". Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Routledge, 2019.




 
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