RARE !!! ANTIQUE EARLY VICTORIAN `` HAPPY FAMILY ` PLAYING CARDS

VICTORIAN HAPPY FAMILY PLAYING CARDS

AN EARLY VICTORIAN "HAPPY FAMILIES" GAME, THIS GAME WAS FIRST PUBLISHED JUST BEFORE THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, THE GROTESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ACREDITED TO SIR JOHN TENNIEL WHO ILLUSTRATED ALICE IN WONDERLAND.  THE CONDITION OF THESE VERY OLD ANTIQUE CARDS IS AS YOU SEE THEM. THERE ARE 10 SETS OF 4 CARDS AND 3 CARDS TO THE OTHER SET. ALL OF THE CARDS ARE SHOWN FOR DESCRIPTION PURPOSES.

MR BUNG THE BREWER SEEMS TO HAVE RUN AWAY....ONE LOOK AT HIS WIFE AND YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHY....update....Mr Bung is back seems Mrs Bung is not that bad, he was found in a box !!!

PICTURES BELOW WERE TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET, THEY HAVE A BOX AND ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS MINE.