Aunt Sally based on a blackface doll itself inspired by a low-life character named "Black Sal", which appeared in an 1821 series of novellas entitled "Life of London" by Pierce Egan, a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The game dates back to the 17th century, although the name "Aunt Sally" may have been a later addition. It was traditionally played in central English pubs and fairgrounds. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The
Interior with an Old Woman and a Young Boy Interior with an Old Woman and a Young Boy Interior with an Old Woman and a Young Boy is a c.1656-1660 oil on panel painting by Jan Steen. Initially identified in the Hague as an anonymous copy by Macalester Loup. It was probably bought in the Hague by Johan Gabriel Schwarzmann (1739-1812). After his death he left it to Maria Anna Schwarzmann (1778-1847), wife of Pierre Bartholomeus van den Hove (1763-1839). They left it to their daughter Anna Maria Ludicova van den Hove (1822-1855), wife of Eduard Theodor Leon Speyart van Woerden (1813-1881). It was then inherited by Cornelius Ludovicus