Board game entitled The Noble Game of Swan, published by William Darton in England after 1821. It is made from hand coloured etching mounted on linen.; Etching mounted on linen, English, after 1821

Design: hand coloured etching, 9 panels mounted on linen
No. of squares: 19
Squares illustrated: all
Square numbering: 19
Squares titled: ?
Subject of starting square: ?
Subject of ending square: ?

The name is placed along the neck of the swan and around its base is a `gold crown and chain'; it bears the publisher's name which is also across the bottom of the game.



Games & Puzzles, CGG, 1991

Rewards: ?
Forfeits: ?
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: game, markers, counters
booklet

Rules:
One of the illustrations is a bag of wool marked WOOL R S 1821 WOOL. The design of the swan is set against water and a bank of bull rushes.. There is no booklet which would have contained both the rulesand the explanation.

Pasted to the outside is a label which reads:-
The Most Approved Modern Maps, Plans, and Charts, of every Description From the Best Authorities Constantly on sale at WILLIAM DARTON'S Map, Print and Chart Warehouse, 58 Holborn Hill, London. They may be had in sheets, cases for the pocket or on canvass with rollers.
Books of Roads and Fairs and works highly necessary for the Traveller and Man of Business.

Rules placement: booklet

william darton, 58 holborn hill, london

B.9-1997