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Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Natural Philosophy  
A New&Instructive Pastime 
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primo autore: Anonimo 
secondo autore: Wallis 
anno: 1805 
luogo: Inghilterra-Londra 
periodo: XIX secolo (4°/4)XX secolo (1°/4) 
percorso: Percorso di 35 caselle numerate 
materiale: carta incollata su tela (engraving on paper with linen backing) 
dimensioni: 524X554 
stampa: Litografia colorata (hand coloured engraving)  
luogo acquisto:  
data acquisto:  
dimensioni confezione:  
numero caselle: 35 
categoria: Scienze naturali ed applicate 
tipo di gioco: Gioco di percorso  
editore: Published December 17th, 1805 by the Proprietor, John Wallis, No 13 Warwick Square, London  
stampatore: John Wallis, No. 13 Warwick Square London  
proprietario: Collezione A. Seville 
autore delle foto: A. Seville 
numero di catalogo: 2701 
descrizione: Gioco di 35 caselle numerate, spirale (ottagonale), orario, centripeto. In basso al centro: Published December 17th, 1805 by the Proprietor, John Wallis, No 13 Warwick Square, London e annuncio pubblicitario di gioco simile: "Science in Sport or The Pleasures of Astronomy, an Entertaining Game". Al centro: Boyle, Descartes, Franklin, Lord Bacon e le Cascate del Niagara.
REGOLE: al centro a destra.
CASELLE: mute.

NOTA: Vedi analogo esemplare conservato al British (Arch. n°1260). Un gioco strutturalmente simile a questo ma con soggetto diverso (Science in Sport or The Pleasures of Astronomy, an Entertaining Game) è stato realizzato da John Wallis nel 1804 (Arch. n°1384).

REFERENZA 1
"British Museum" - © The Trustees of the British Museum 1893, 0331. 124
Title: "Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Natural Philosophy".
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Production person: Published by John Wallis
Production place: Published in London
Date: 1805
Schools /Styles: British
Description: Octagonal game-board with 35 numbered pictorial compartments, each representing a scientific instrument, experiment or phenomenon, with the Niagara Falls in the centre and portraits of Descartes, Bacon, Boyle and Franklin. Kept in a contemporary slip case. Hand-coloured etching backed on linen.
Inscription Content: Lettered with title at top and publication details at bottom: "Published December 17th 1805 by the Proprietor, John Wallis, No. 13 Warwick Square London of whom may be had/ Science of Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy, an Entertaining Game".
Dimensions: Height: 554 millimetres; Width: 524 millimetres
Curator's comments: This game appears to have been put in the wrong slip case, as the label on the present one is for its sister game 'Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy'. However, it has the correct title in manuscript on the back of the case.
Subject: science
Associated names: Representation of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans; Representation of Benjamin Franklin, Representation of Robert Boyle, Representation of René Descartes.

REFERENZA 2
WHITEHOUSE, Francis Reginald Beaman, (pag. 35): NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (Science in Sport or the Pleasures of). Published December 17th, 1805 by the Proprietor, John Wallis, No 13 Warwick Square, London-of whom may be had SCIENCE IN SPORT or the Pleasures of ASTRONOMY an Entertaining Game, (This is a companion game to the last mentioned, published exactly a year later to the day; in the interval the proprietor had moved from Ludgate Street to Warwick Square.) An engraving size 21 ½ in X 16 ½ in, mounted in 9 sections on linen, uncoloured. The five central circles show respectively “The Falls of NIAGARA" and BOYLE, DESCARTES, FRANKLIN, LORD BACON.

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.




 
  "The Development of the English Board Game", 1770-1850 (Caroline G. Goodfellow)
   
  Instructional Games. "Table Games of Georgian and Victorian Days". (Francis Reginald Beaman, Whitehause)
   
 
   

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