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The Snake Game
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The Snake Game

A. Bouwens · c. 1790 - c. 1800 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Board game in the form of a coiled crowned snake with squares numbered 1-63. In the center, an oval with an image of a dancing peasant couple, between them a music-playing putto. The rules of the game are in two columns below the image of the snake. Subject categories within the Atlas Customs and Manners: Customs and manners in the narrower sense, Games and entertainment, Parlor games II, Snakes and ladders and similar.

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Credit lineSlangenspel. c. 1790 - c. 1800. A. Bouwens. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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