A Survey of London

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Description

An instructional race game with 17 hand-coloured panels. Move from number 1 Waterloo Bridge to the end at number 17 St-Paul's. Described in a 1994 Christie's auction catalogue: "A hand-coloured mixed method engraving of a board game laid down on canvas, showing seventeen views of London - 19½ by 15½in. circa 1820, in original slip case with coloured engraving of a boy standing at an easel and a girl at a harp beside a cabinet piano before a fountain, the case titled Learning in Sport! Newly invented Game to promote Improvement, and amuse a Friendly Party. London: William Darton 58 Holborn Hill"