Printed Ephemera — 1814-1837
The gaping, wide-mouthed waddling frog
Game in book form entitled 'The Gaping, Wide-mouthed, Waddling Frog a new and entertaining game of questions and commands with proper directions for playing the game and crying the forfeits.' Embellished with sixteen coloured engravings. Published by A.K. Newman & Company and printed by Dean and Munday. Title printed on soft cover, illustrated with black and white engraving of frog. Cover has a plain paper cover with title handwritten in ink. The final pages include the instructions on how to play the game that reads '... The treasurer begins the game. - He holds a penknife, pocket-book, thimble, or some other trifling article in his hand, and addressing the person who sits next to him, gives the command - Take this ...'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- NN19038
- Object name:
- The gaping, wide-mouthed waddling frog
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- A.K. Newman and Company, Dean and Munday
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- Production date:
- 1814-1837
- Material:
paper, card, ink, cotton
- Measurements/duration:
- H 177 mm, W 107 mm, D 7 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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