Het Stoomboots / spel 1820 - 1837

"Het Stoomboots Spel" is a Dutch board game printed between 1820 and 1837 by T.C. Hoffers. The game board depicts a steamboat traveling from Rotterdam to Dordrecht, with various scenes of Dutch life and landmarks interspersed throughout the grid. The board game, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, likely provided entertainment and education to players about the growing importance of steamboats in Dutch society in the early 19th century. The piece demonstrates the influence of the growing industrial era on Dutch visual culture and entertainment.