Thomas De La Rue Games

The aura of domesticity which surrounded Queen Victoria and her Consort spread down the social scale, and card playing was one of the pleasures which could be shared within the large Victorian family circle. A Thos De La Rue games advertising leaflet found inside ‘Animal Grab’ card game, c.1900 describes or mentions a selection of card games (Gipsy, Animal Grab, Peter Pan, Golliwog, Jungle Jinks, Alice in Wonderland, Cheery Families, New Testament, Bread & Honey, Noah's Ark, Poems, Snap, Countries of the World, Impertinent Questions and Military Whist or Flag Whist) along with other party games such as Jutland, indoor shooting games or race games and Mah-Jongg, The leaflet goes on to describe the quality of the card games as “printed on fine cardboard enamelled on both sides and with ornamental design on the back...” with the retail price as two shillings.

Above: front and back of an advertising leaflet promoting a selection of family and party games produced by Thos De La Rue & Co., c.1920. (Note: the original leaflet is printed in red on cream but has been converted to greyscale for ease of viewing).

See also:
Animal Grab ♥ Black Peter ♠ British Towns ♦ Card Games ♣ Counties of England ♥ Cromy ♠ Dartex ♦ Editorial Gráfica Flores ♣ El Negrito Pedro ♥ El Reloj Card Game ♠ Famous Five ♦ Golden Egg Game ♣ Happy Families ♥ Hijitus ♠ Illustrated Proverbs ♦ Jack-of-all-Trades ♣ Jaques' Games ♥ Jewish Quartet Game ♠ Kay Snap ♦ Kingdoms of Europe ♣ London Post ♥ Mexican Lottery Game ♠ Noddy Happy Families ♦ Pekka-Peli ♣ Peruvian Animals Quartet ♥ Proverbs & Maxims ♠ Reshuffle ♦ Vic Joc de Cartes ♣ Walt Disney ♥ Zoo Comics ♠