Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

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CATALOGUE OF CARDS.

98. Characters from Shakspeare. Pack of 60, with burlesque
figures of characters in Shakspeare's plays; there are fifteen
subjects, each appearing on four cards. Uncoloured. Without
title.
3- x 21 in.
99. "Sentimental Conversation Cards;" c. 1770. Pack of 51
engraved cards, representing a variety of domestic and emblematical subjects, each having its title at the top. On the first, which
is entitled "Industry," is inscribed "Sentimental Conversation
Cards." With explanatory tract " Sentimental Conversation Cards,
with complete directions for playing with them... Liverpool,
Printed for W. Robinson," etc.
31 x 21 in.
100. Mrs. Alliston's "Poets' Conversation Cards." Pack of 48
printed cards, 24 of which contain questions and 24 answers, the
latter being all quotations from the poets. The questions are
printed in red, the answers in black. Backs plain red. With
card of instructions. In cardboard case lettered "The Poets
Conversation Cards, by Mrs. Alliston," etc.
33 x 2l in.
101. "The Dockyard." Pack of 24 coloured cards which, when put
together, make up two pictures, one representing a frigate, the
other a brig. With card of directions.
31 x 23 in.
102. "Forty Thieves." Pack of 48, 24 of which are pictures of
famous thieves, and 24 of constables. With double card of
directions. In cardboard case lettered " 40 Thieves and how to
catch them; a newly invented game... Henry Reason's copyright.'
31 x 21 in.
103. "Happy Couples." Pack of 71, executed in chromolithography;
they are numbered in pairs and each has a humorous verse
under the subject. Backs plain yellow. With a sheet of instructions. In cardboard case.
4k x 21 in.
104. "Happy Families." Pack of 44, with humorous coloured figures
of members of eleven families, "Mr. Block the Barber," "Mr.
Bones the Butcher," etc. Backs plain pink.
31 x 21 in.