'LAURIE AND WHITTLE'S NEW MORAL AND ENTERTAINING GAME OF THE MANSIONS OF HAPPINESS', a framed 19th Century hand coloured engraved board game, originally published 13th Oct. 1800 by Robert...

'LAURIE AND WHITTLE'S NEW MORAL AND ENTERTAINING GAME OF THE MANSIONS OF HAPPINESS', a framed 19th Century hand coloured engraved board game, originally published 13th Oct. 1800 by Robert Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London, 46 x 57cm;
together with a framed engraving of the winner's circle depicting figures dancing and playing music in the gardens of a fine estate, 13 x 11cm.

Laurie and Whittle dedicated this game to the Duchess of York whose residence was at Oatlands Park. The Mansion of Happiness itself is a representation of Oatlands Park. In comparison to other moral games of the time, this one is very strict, with serious punishments for immoral behaviour.

 

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