Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck dutch man I’ve been looking for a

I’ve been looking for a long time for just the right fig

well done and stable and I don't think detracting

Most date to the 1850s-70s and a couple appear to be written in the same (beautiful and precise) hand

and watercolor) on lined paper and in very good condition

as a whole

Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck dutch man I’ve been looking for aSuch 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