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Exhibition History Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

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1. The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...

The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...
Date:
[1808-10]
Physical Description:
3 v. : col. ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c.

The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c.
Date:
[1809-1829]
Physical Description:
41 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A progress of female virtue / engraved by A. Cardon from original drawings by Mrs. Cosway.

A progress of female virtue / engraved by A. Cardon from original drawings by Mrs. Cosway.
Creator:
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[1], 8 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Transparent prints].

[Transparent prints].
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
6 prints : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets 52 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Fantascope : 2nd series / by T.T. Bury.

Fantascope : 2nd series / by T.T. Bury.
Creator:
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
6 phenakistoscope discs ; each 25 cm, in case 26 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.

The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1804 [that is, not before 1819]
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [101] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Graphic illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park, in five plates / from drawings by Gandy, Mackenzie, and other eminent artists.

Graphic illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park, in five plates / from drawings by Gandy, Mackenzie, and other eminent artists.
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
5 prints in 1 volume : aquatint, etching ; sheets 43 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Musée des dames et des demoiselles : règne animal [--règne minéral--règne végétal].

Musée des dames et des demoiselles : règne animal [--règne minéral--règne végétal].
Date:
[ca. 1825?]
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Going to a fight : the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst.

Going to a fight : the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst.
Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
42 pictures on 8 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatints ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 360 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 10 x 5 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The English spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious. Drawn from the life by Bernard Blackmantle. The illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1787 or 1788–1868
Date:
1825-1826
Physical Description:
2 v. col. front., ill., col. plates. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

No cover image available
Creator:
Member of the Save-all Club
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 240 [i.e. 196], [2] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Ellen, or, The naughty girl reclaimed : a story exemplified in a series of figures.

No cover image available
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
19 p. : col. ill. ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The caricatures of Gillray : with historical and political illustrations, and compendious biographical anecdotes and notices.

No cover image available
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
Date:
[between 1824 and 1827]
Physical Description:
164 p., [81] leaves of plates (some folded) : etchings, hand-colored ; 22 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

No cover image available
Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The noble game of billiards : wherein are exhibited extraordinary & surprising strokes which have excited the admiration of most of the sovereigns of Europe / by Monsieur Mingaud.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mingaud, François, 1771–1847
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
[2], 7, [1] p., [1], 40 leaves leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Elton's miniature transparent orrery.

No cover image available
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
1 model : paper, col. ; in box, 25 x 20 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

No cover image available
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Pierce Egan's Finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through life in and out of London / illustrated by the pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank, in 36 scenes from real life, & enriched with several designs on wood by the same artist.

No cover image available
Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xvi, 368 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts