Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck dutch man as a whole

as a whole

and I think really beautiful enough to frame

The body and head are carved of one piece

I've divided them up into groups--what you see is exactly what you'll get

) The first and last page of the 15 page booklet shows have come apart from the booklet but all pages are present and whole

Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck dutch man as a wholeSuch fun weirdness. And so British. Happy Families is a card game first published in in the 1851, just before the Great Exhibition, invented by John Jaques Jr (also credited with popularizing tiddlywinks, snakes and ladders and ludo), with illustrations attributed to Victorian illustrator Sir John Tenniel. This particular deck, complete with 48 cards, I believe dates to the late 19th first decade 20th c. It features those original illustrations (plus