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Peacock's New Double Dissection Geography & History England and Wales

Puzzle
1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Peacock & Co. (publisher)
Gall & Inglis (printer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)
London (published)

Part of a set comprised of a double-sided jig-saw puzzle (83 pieces) - hand-coloured process engraving prints mounted on wood and cut into non-interlocking pieces. The puzzle shows on one side a map of England and Wales and on the other full-length portraits of the monarchs of England from William I to Edward VII, with two process engraved key pictures. All in a wooden box with a sliding lid and a lithographed pictorial label.

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Entertainment & Leisure
Games
Object type
Puzzle
TitlePeacock's New Double Dissection Geography & History England and Wales
Materials and techniques
Various
Brief description
'Peacock's New Double Dissection Geography & History England and Wales'. Part of a set comprised of a double-sided jig-saw puzzle (83 pieces) with two process engraved key pictures. All in a wooden box with a sliding lid and a lithographed pictorial label. Printing by Gall & Inglis. Published by William Peacock & Co., London, 1901.
Physical description
Part of a set comprised of a double-sided jig-saw puzzle (83 pieces) - hand-coloured process engraving prints mounted on wood and cut into non-interlocking pieces. The puzzle shows on one side a map of England and Wales and on the other full-length portraits of the monarchs of England from William I to Edward VII, with two process engraved key pictures. All in a wooden box with a sliding lid and a lithographed pictorial label.
Dimensions
  • Size of box height: 11.13in
  • Size of box width: 9.13in
  • Size of box depth: 2in
  • Overall size height: 17.62in
  • Overall size width: 13.87in
Measurements taken from: Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Credit line
Given by Mr. H. E. Jackson
Object history
Process engraving was a catch-all term relating to transferring an image by a photographic process. Now the exact process would be documented. As the images were originally engraved, it is assumed that this one was transferred photographically with the added portrait and then coloured by hand.
Historical context
The printers Gall & Inglis were at the Paternoster Square address from 1875 to 1909.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum : Department of Prints & Drawings and Department of Paintings : Accessions 1954. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4A-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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