A GEORGE III DISSECTED PUZZLE

A GEORGE III DISSECTED PUZZLE

BY JOHN WALLIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the hand-coloured engraving on wood depicting English monarchs from William I to George III, in a mahogany box, the sliding lid with a printed label, inscribed 'Wallis's Royal Chronological Tables of English History, on a Plan similar to that of the Dissected Maps, Published March 31st 1788 by John Wallis, No.13m Warwick Sqre, London'

41.4 x 58.5cm

Catalogue Note

Dissected puzzles were the forerunners of jigsaws, they were very simply made, by placing a picture on a piece of wood and cutting them into shapes.