Mickey and the Beanstalk card game

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Play Gallery, the Arcade, Case 1

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Artist/Maker	Pepys Games (publisher) The Walt Disney Company (licensor)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed) Glasgow (published) London (published)

Pepys were a British card game manufacturer between 1938 and 1978, whose hallmark was the high quality of the artwork they produced. They made many variations on themes, on only a few differing children's card games. This set featured illustrations from Disney's 1947 compilation film Fun and Fancy Free. The second segment of the film was entitled Mickey and the Beanstalk, transposing Mickey Mouse into the classic fairy tale.

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Categories	Children & Childhood Games Character Merchandise Children's Entertainment
Object type	Card game
Parts	This object consists of 47 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Box Pamphlet Gameboards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards Playing Cards
Title	Mickey and the Beanstalk card game (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Printed card Paper Printing
Brief description	Pack of boxed colour playing cards illustrated with images from the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of the 1947 Disney film Fun and Fancy Free, with folding game board with beanstalk illustration and instruction pamphlet, published by Pepys, 1947.
Physical description	Playing cards illustrated with images from the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of the 1947 Disney film Fun and Fancy Free. 9 sets grouped in fours, lettered A to I, and 2 sets of four featuring either Willie the Giant or the Fairy. All cards have the same image on the verso, in white on blue-grey, of Willie the Giant looking at Mickey Mouse on his hand. Folded game board, illustrated with an image of a beanstalk and lettered spaces on which to place the corresponding cards when playing the game. Verso is printed with blue and white pattern. 12 page pamphlet printed with black typography and with one staple in the middle. Cardboard box printed with blue-grey background and image in white of Willie the Giant and title of Disney's <i>Mickey and the Beanstalk</i>. Back of box has plain white space with remains of glue - a colour image may have been glued on here when first manufactured. Some loss near the opening of the box on the true right hand side
Dimensions	Playing cards height: 88mm Playing cards width: 58mm Game board height: 528mm (unfolded) Game board height: 89mm (folded) Game board width: 57mm Pamphlet height: 90mm Pamphlet width: 57mm Box height: 91mm Box width: 61mm Box depth: 20mm
Production type	Mass produced
Credit line	Given by Elizabeth Shorthouse
Subjects depicted	Giants Mice Mickey Mouse
Literary references	Jack and the Beanstalk Mickey Mouse
Summary	Pepys were a British card game manufacturer between 1938 and 1978, whose hallmark was the high quality of the artwork they produced. They made many variations on themes, on only a few differing children's card games. This set featured illustrations from Disney's 1947 compilation film Fun and Fancy Free. The second segment of the film was entitled Mickey and the Beanstalk, transposing Mickey Mouse into the classic fairy tale.
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.85:1 to 47-2011

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Record created	November 1, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1241417/mickey-and-the-beanstalk-card-card-game-pepys-games/

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