Victorian

Victorian themes appear in playing cards and family games through parlour amusements, moral instruction and social satire. Makers such as Goodall, De La Rue, Jaques, Woolley and C. W. Faulkner issued Snap, Old Maid and Happy Families alongside commemoratives, teaching sets and one-penny picture packs printed in Bavaria. Subjects include street cries, proverbs, royal lineages, travel and industry, with transformation packs, chromolithographed backs and early use of corner indices. Boxes, rule cards and advertising show how makers packaged and promoted play for children and adults in the late 19th and early 20th century.