Lot 28
JUDAICA - GAME
The New Game of the Jew, [J. Wallis, 27 May 1807]
9 November 2022, 11:00 GMT
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JUDAICA - GAME
The New Game of the Jew, engraving on 12 sections mounted on linen, comprising a central hand-coloured representation of a Jewish money-lender seated at a table holding bags of money (235 x 170mm.), surrounded by 10 numbered compartments, one of which has the "Directions for Playing" the game, soiled with some small losses (touching letters "6" and "9", and the body of central figure), mounted and framed, overall image 490 x 435mm., [J. Wallis, 27 May 1807]
Footnotes
An early nineteenth century parlour game, based on anti-semitic stereotypes of a Jewish money-lender.