Moral Gallery

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family -- a typical summary of Victorian values, with advice including: Waste Not, Want Not; Do everything at its proper time; Be punctual, be regular, be clean; Rise early, be industrious. With contrasting scenes: The Home of Industry and the Home of Idleness; The Sabbath of Diligence and the Sabbath of Laziness; The Result of Perseverance and the Consequence of Indolence. Date: circa 1860

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Strip tease card game - Joker card

Strip tease card game - Joker card, featuring the four heads of the Theatre Manager, the exotic peformer, the prosecution barrister and the prude, Miss Prim. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease. The complex rules allow for two variants of the game, providing for prosecution of the person (or theatre) presenting the striptease.
1930s

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Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Law's Tale

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Man of Law's Tale, about the life of Constance, or Custance, Christian daughter of the emperor of Rome. Showing the death of the perjured knight, Constance and her son in a boat, and a pilgrim. Date: 1845

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