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Card game - French for Fun, A New Instructive and Amusing Card Game
  • French for Fun, A New Instructive and Amusing Card Game
    John Jaques & Son Ltd.
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French for Fun, A New Instructive and Amusing Card Game

  • Object:

    Card game

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (published)

  • Date:

    1930s (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    John Jaques & Son Ltd. (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Chromolithographed card

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs M. Tomalin

  • Museum number:

    MISC.853-1986

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

The 19th-century practice of teaching French with cards continued well into the 20th century. The use of pictures was probably more satisfying for the players and made the process of learning a foreign language easier. This card game has 32 cards divided into sets of four. It is played in the same way as Happy Families. The aim is to collect ‘families’ of four types of food that go together, according to what meal one might be eating.

Physical description

Design: chromolithographs; printed in mid blue showing an illustration of a clown

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (published)

Date

1930s (published)

Artist/maker

John Jaques & Son Ltd. (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Chromolithographed card

Dimensions

Height: 9.3 cm, Width: 6.4 cm

Object history note

An example of a card is "Ce qu'il me faut pur le diner" "DES ENTREMETS",
"aussi, du rôte, du consommé des légumes" and an illustration of strawberries and cream.

Jaques, publishers of Counties of England, used these rules which are the same as Happy Families

Games & Puzzles, CGG, 1991

Historical context note

Rewards: see rules
Forfeits: see rules
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: 60 cards arranged in 15 sets of four, each set having a sentence and the list of items required to make it up and an individual illustration
card slipcase, covered with dark blue paper, pictorial label showing title, maker, and game being played.

Descriptive line

Educational card game, French For Fun, published in England by John Jaques & Son Ltd in the 1930s

Categories

Children & Childhood; Games; Playing cards & Tarot cards; Education & Learning

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

MoC

Qr_O26855
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