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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
5
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
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Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
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Hone, William, 1780–1842
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Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
2
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
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Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
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Old Sailor, 1790–1846
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Wight, J. (John)
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Akerman, John Yonge, 1806–1873
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Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
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Berens, Edward, 1777?-1859
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Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
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Bowring, John, Sir, 1792–1872
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Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
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Books
93
Articles & Chapters
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Periodicals
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unknown
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19th century
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20th century
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wood engraving
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etching
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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publishers' advertisement
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engraving
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aquatint
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glyphograph
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adventure fiction
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annotations (provenance)
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booksellers' labels (provenance)
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caricature
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didactic fiction
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hand-colored illustration
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juvenile literature
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parodie
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poem
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sea storie
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steel engraving
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Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
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Satire, English.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Krech, Alvin W. -- Bookplate.
9
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
7
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
7
Wit and humor, English.
7
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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Krech, Shepard 1891- -- Bookplate.
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
5
Bogue, David -- Publisher.
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Christmas stories.
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English literature -- 19th century.
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Flick, Reuben Jay -- Bookplate.
4
Cruikshank, George -- Publisher.
3
Effingham Wilson -- Publisher.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1836.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1849.
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Hone, William -- Publisher.
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Maurice & Co. -- Printer.
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18th century
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16th century
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17th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Edinburgh
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London
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Dublin
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Ireland
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London (England)
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Bath (England)
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Glasgow
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Lancashire
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Mancha (Spain)
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Norway
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Oxford
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Spain
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United States
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
2
Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776–1832
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Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507–1536
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665–1714
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Blackstone, William, 1723–1780
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Blunderhead family
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616
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Dunstan, Saint, 909–988
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Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758–1828
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Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779–1837
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
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Roundell, Charles Savile
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
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Sheppard, Jack, 1702–1724
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786–1826
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
History of the Irish rebellion in 1798
1845
2
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
A slice of bread and butter
[1857]
3
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Ancient mysteries described
1823
4
Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm
1852
5
Stephens, Frederic George, 1828–1907
A memoir of George Cruikshank
1891
6
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth and marvels
1865
7
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic Blackstone
1857
8
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
The adventures of Joseph Andrews
1832
9
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena
1834
10
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
New Year's day
[1846]
11
Dalton, James, fl. 1831–1836
The gentleman in black
1831
12
Old Sailor, 1790–1846
Land and sea tales
1836
13
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Whom to marry and how to get married, or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good husband
[1856]
14
Hugo, Victor, 1802–1885
Hans of Iceland
1825
15
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
Modern chivalry, or, A new Orlando Furioso
1843
16
Clarke, William, 1800–1838
Three courses and a dessert
1830
17
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
18
The life of Napoleon
1815
19
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
1831
20
Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
Scenes from the life of Edward Lascelles, gent
1837
21
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779–1837
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
1838
22
Wight, J. (John)
Sunday in London
1833
23
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Saint James's, or, The court of Queen Anne
1844
24
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
The history of Amelia
1832
25
The Comic almanack
1834?-1852?]
26
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Phrenological illustrations or, An artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
1830
27
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
The adventures of Oliver Twist, or, The parish boy's progress
1846 [i.e. 1855?]
28
Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
The life of Sir John Falstaff
1858
29
Moir, D. M. (David Macbeth), 1798–1851
The life of Mansie Wauch
1839
30
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
31
The Comic almanack;
[between 1863 and 1873]
32
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Rookwood
1836
33
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875
"The greatest plague of life", or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant
[1847]
34
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784–1862
The wife, or, Women as they are
1835
35
Moore, Francis, 1657–1714
The age of intellect, or, Clerical showfolk, and wonderful layfolk
1819
36
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
The tooth-ache
[1849]
37
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Facetiæ and miscellanies
1827
38
Galscock, W. N. (William Nugent), 1787?-1847
Land sharks and sea gulls
1838
39
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth and marvels
1910
40
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
The good genius that turned everything into gold, or, The queen bee and the magic dress
1847
41
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809–1898
Kit Bam's adventures, or, The yarns of an old mariner
1849
42
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
Tim Bobbin's Lancashire dialect, and poems
1828
43
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
44
Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
Rambles in the footsteps of Don Quixote
1837
45
The Westminster review
46
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The betting-book
1852
47
Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1818–1864
Frank Fairlegh, or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil ...
1850
48
Globus, Septimus
Der Freischütz, travestie
1824
49
Flight, Edward G
The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil
1871
50
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Windsor Castle
1844
51
Martin's vagaries
1843
52
The comic almanack
[1878?]
53
Lowell, James Russell, 1819–1891
The Biglow papers
1861
54
Points of humour
1823-1824
55
White, James, 1803–1862
The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin
1836
56
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
So this then is The house of life
[1899]
57
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The adventures of Roderick Random
1831
58
Cinderella and the glass slipper
[1854]
59
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814
Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin
1841
60
Whitty, Michael James, 1795–1873
Tales of Irish life
1824
61
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Second edition of A discovery concerning ghosts
1864
62
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
The miser's daughter
1842
63
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
A handbook for posterity, or, Recollections of "Twiddle Twaddle"
1896
64
The humourist
1819-1822
65
Southey, Caroline Bowles, 1786–1854
The cat's tail
1831
66
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family
1830
67
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Sketches by Boz
1839
68
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Phrenological illustrations, or, An artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim
1826
69
Old Sailor, 1790–1846
Tough yarns
1835
70
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Four hundred humorous illustrations
[190-?]
71
Kendall, Edward Augustus, 1776?-1842
Burford cottage
1835
72
Hood, Thomas, 1799–1845
The Epping hunt
1829
73
O'Hara, Kane, 1714?-1782
Tom Thumb
1830
74
Wight, J. (John)
More mornings at Bow street
1827
75
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Jack Sheppard
1839-40
76
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Scraps and sketches
1828-32
77
Old Humphrey, 1787–1854
Sergeant Bell and his raree-show
1839
78
Smith, James, 1775–1839
Rejected addresses, or, The new Theatrum poetarum
1833
79
Berens, Edward, 1777?-1859
Christmas stories
1823
80
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
What put my pipe out, or, Incidents in the life of a clergyman
[1862]
81
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
George Cruikshank
1840]
82
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Helps and hints how to protect life and property
1835
83
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
84
Bowring, John, Sir, 1792–1872
Minor morals for young people
1834-39
85
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Illustrated title page from] Fairy songs & ballads for the young
[not later than 1858]
86
Stenelaus and Amylda
1858
87
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
The Yule log, for everybody's Christmas hearth
1847
88
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition
[1851]
89
Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1804?-1862
Lady Arabella, or, The adventures of a doll
[1856]
90
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–1896
Uncle Tom's cabin
1852
91
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
92
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806–1873
Tales of other days
1830
93
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Cakes and ale
1842
94
Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772–1826
Bombastes furioso
1830
95
Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821–1856
Clement Lorimer, or, The book with the iron clasps
1849
96
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
The inundation, or, Pardon and peace
[1848?]
97
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
The life of George Cruikshank
1894