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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
55
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
12
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
6
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
5
Heath, William, 1795–1840
5
Leech, John, 1817–1864
4
Wilson, T. C
4
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
3
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
3
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Carretta, Vincent
2
Clayton, Tim
2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
2
Grego, Joseph, 1843–1908
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Lisle, Joe
2
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
126
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
55
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Under Certain Circumstances
173
Free to Use
6
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170
Available
9
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Books
144
Prints
15
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Archives & Manuscripts
4
Articles & Chapters
4
Postcards
3
Photographs
2
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179
Period
19th century
117
20th century
49
21st century
13
18th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
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caricature
26
aquatint
20
lithograph
15
etching
14
wood engraving
13
satires (visual works)
10
ink drawing
8
soft-ground etching
8
engraving
7
satire
7
accordion fold format (binding)
6
chromolithograph
6
ephemera
5
portrait
4
sketchbook
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
caricatures and cartoon
3
chromoxylograph
3
history
3
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
76
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
49
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
13
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Caricatures and cartoons.
10
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
9
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
7
Caricatures and cartoons.
6
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
5
Great Britain.
5
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Lithography -- Specimens -- [ca. 1830].
5
M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher.
5
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Alvey -- Printer.
4
Caricature and cartoons.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
4
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19th century
54
18th century
18
17th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
102
England
18
London (England)
12
Europe
2
Aristrocracy Great Britain
1
Biarritz (France)
1
Caricature and cartoons
1
Cheshire
1
Cumbria (England)
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France
1
Glasgow
1
Gwynedd (Wales)
1
Italy
1
London
1
Pyrenees
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Sicily (Italy)
1
United States
1
Wales
1
Associated People
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
6
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
4
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
2
Keene, Charles, 1823–1891
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
May, Phil, 1864–1903
2
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
2
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
2
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
1
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Earl of, 1823–1858
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Chaplin, Florence, 1855–1881
1
Combe, William, 1742–1823
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
1
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
5
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Sloane Griswold, Yale BA 1937
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
1
Language
English
174
French
3
German
1
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Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput
1800-1801
2
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
3
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects
circa 1841-1872
4
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions
[1800]
5
O'Connell, David
Kate Middleton in her own words
2011
6
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
7
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Portraits of children of the mobility
1841
8
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
9
Alderman Akeinside's "Bit of dinner at the club"!
[1860s?]
10
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
11
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
[My wife]
1818?]
12
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Moments of fancy and whim
1823
13
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
14
Bowers, G. (Georgina)
Hunting in hard times
[1889]
15
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
16
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
17
The book of shadows
[1882]
18
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
19
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
20
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
21
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
22
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
23
Funny folks album
187-]
24
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
25
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
26
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk
1822
27
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
28
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
29
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
30
M'Cringer, Joel
A compendious treatise on modern education
1802
31
Britton, John, 1771–1857
The pleasures of human life
1807
32
A kettle of fish
[1825]
33
Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873–1934
English society
1897
34
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
35
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
36
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
37
Wilson, T. C
Progress of sobriety
ca. 1830]
38
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
39
The Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
[approximately 1951]
40
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882
How Pippins enjoyed a day with the foxhounds
[1863]
41
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
42
Dawe, George, 1781–1829
The life of a nobleman
[ca. 1825]
43
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
44
The St. Trinian's story
1959
45
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Horse accomplishments
[1799]
46
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
47
Cruikshank, Percy
Hints to emigrants, or, Incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-town
[1849]
48
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The christening procession of Prince Taffy
1842
49
Wilson, T. C
Progress of inebriety
ca. 1830]
50
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
51
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
52
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
53
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
54
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
55
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
56
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
57
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
58
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
59
Rowbotham, J. B
The comic astronomy, or, Moonshine for sunstruck people
[1850]
60
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860
Panorama of the Franco Prussian War
[1871?]
61
The Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
[approximately 1951]
62
Seccombe, Thomas S. (Thomas Strong), 1840–1899
Military misreadings of Shakspere
[1880]
63
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Characters at the west end of the town
1825
64
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
65
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
66
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
67
Leech, John, 1817–1864
The rising generation
[1848]
68
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
69
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
70
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
71
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
How to qualify for a Meltonian
1819
72
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
73
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
74
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
75
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Four hundred humorous illustrations
[190-?]
76
Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
The fiddle faddle fashion book and beau monde à la française
[1840]
77
Progress of intemperance
ca. 1830]
78
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
79
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
80
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
City characters
1824
81
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
82
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
83
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Fifty caricatures
MCMXIII [1913]
84
Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
The London and Paris picture book
[1856]
85
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
86
The melange of humour
[1824?]
87
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
88
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
89
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
90
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
91
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting notions
[1831-1833]
92
Loch, Catharine Grace, 1854–1904
The foreign tour of the Misses Brown, Jones, and Robinson
[approximately 1877]
93
Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844–1907
Griset's grotesques, or, Jokes drawn on wood
1867
94
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The nuisances of London
[1830]
95
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
96
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
97
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
98
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
99
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1860
100
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
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