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Gameboard for a dice game with animals
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Gameboard for a dice game with animals

Leonardus Schweickhardt · 1793 - 1862 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Dice game consisting of two concentric circles within a square. The inner circle consists of six squares, the outer of fifteen squares. In the squares, images of various animals, and in the border, combinations of always two dice. In the center, an image of a house within an enclosure with a shepherd and a shepherdess and five sheep. In the four corners, leaf ornaments. Subject categories within the Atlas of Manners and Customs: Manners and customs in the narrower sense, Play and amusement, Board games II, Goose board and similar.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpeelbord van een dobbelspel met dieren. 1793 - 1862. Leonardus Schweickhardt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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