The Panorama of Europe: A New Game 1915

Facsimile in opdracht van het Institut für Spieleforschung an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.
Info op V&A Collections (UK):
Physical description
Design: engraving, coloured by hand, 12 sections mounted on linen; numbered in an anti-clockwise directions from the lower left corner with four compartments set in the colours. There are 40 numbered and illustrated playing squares, starting at Oporto and finishing at London. In the centre is a large panorama of London from Westminster to Wapping seen from the Surrey side of the River Thames. The numbered compartments are: 1. Oporto; 2. Lisbon; 3. Madrid; 4. Gibraltar; 5. Malta; 6. Messina; 7. Naples; 8. Rome; 9. Florence; 10. Venice; 11. Paris; 12. The Hague; 13. Rotterdam; 14. Amsterdam; 15. Copenhagen; 16. Hamburg; 17. Dantzic; 18. Preslaw; 19. Ratisbon; 20. Berlin; 21. Magdeburgh; 22. Osnaburgh; 23. Bonn; 24. Leipsig; 25. Dresden; 26. Presburgh; 27. Vienna; 28. Constaninople; 29. Moscow; 30. Petersburgh; 31. Stockholm; 32. Bergen; 33. Glasgow; 34. Edinburgh; 35. Dublin; 36. (Rome) in corner; 37. (London) in corner; 38. (Paris) in corner; 39. (St. Petersburgh) in corner; 40. London
Place of Origin
Sidmouth (published)
London (published)
Date
01/11/1815 (published)
Artist/maker
Wallis & Son (publisher)
Materials and Techniques
Printed and hand coloured paper mounted on linen
Dimensions
Length: 62.2 cm board game open, Width: 47.1 cm board game open, Length: 21.5 cm slipcase, Width: 12.4 cm slipcase
Object history note
There are no rules with the game, but it is undoubtedly played in the usual manner, with the various hazards and penalties being listed in a booklet describing the various towns or places together with the rules.
Descriptive line
Geographical board game, The Panorama of Europe, paper on linen, published in England by Wallis in 1815
Production Note
J & E Wallis, 42 skinner street, and J Wallis Junr. Marine Library, Sidmouth, Devon
Materials
Paper; Linen
Techniques
Printing; Colouring; Mounting