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Rare Books and Manuscripts 77
Reference Library 20

Creator

Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 9
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 6
Heath, William, 1795–1840 5
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827 3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850 3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886 3
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 3
Carretta, Vincent 2
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883 2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852 2
Leech, John, 1817–1864 2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843 2
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888 2
Wynn Jones, Michael 2
Baker, Kenneth, 1934– 1
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867 1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786 1
Brewer, John, 1947– 1
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902 1
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886 1
Clayton, Tim 1
Crowquill, Alfred 1
Cruikshank, Percy 1
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880 1
Donald, Diana 1
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896 1
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842 1
G. C. T 1
Houfe, Simon, 1942– 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 77
Accessible in the Reference Library 20

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 95

Image Available

unavailable 95

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 73
Prints 12
Drawings & Watercolors 4
Articles & Chapters 3
Archives & Manuscripts 2
Photographs 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 76
20th century 14
21st century 5

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

caricature 18
aquatint 15
etching 12
lithograph 12
satires (visual works) 9
wood engraving 9
engraving 6
ink drawing 6
satire 6
soft-ground etching 6
accordion fold format (binding) 5
panorama 3
publishers' advertisement 3
sketchbook 3
armorial bookplates (provenance) 2
caricatures and cartoon 2
crie 2
history 2
humorous picture 2
portrait 2
advertisement 1
alphabet book 1
chromolithograph 1
chromoxylograph 1
copies (derivative objects) 1
criticism, interpretation, etc 1
graphic novel 1
graphite drawing 1
hand-colored illustration 1
periodical 1

Genre

Subject Terms

English wit and humor, Pictorial. 95

Satire, English. 53
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 42
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 24
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. 12
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects. 6
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. 6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor. 5
Fashion -- Great Britain. 4
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Caricatures and cartoons. 4
Great Britain. 4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons. 4
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher. 4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England. 3
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. 3
Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. 3
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Hunting -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Maidment, Brian -- Donor. 3
Panoramas -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 3
Political satire, English -- Pictorial works. 3
Political satire, English. 3
Queens -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons. 3
Regency -- England. 3

Subject Period

19th century 49
18th century 7
17th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 95

Aristrocracy Great Britain 1
Caricature and cartoons 1
Cumbria (England) 1
Gwynedd (Wales) 1
London (England) 1
Wales 1

Associated People

Gillray, James, 1756–1815 3
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786 1
Downman, John, 1750–1824 1
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 1
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849 1
Leech, John, 1817–1864 1
Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of, 1781–1857 1
Mountlove, Anna 1
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 1
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 1
Smith, John, 1580–1631 1
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888 1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 1
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676–1745 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 3

Credit Line

22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22616334680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22618269040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22627154890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22635496060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637414120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22641564300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22642045340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22667192550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22670460680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22675775410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22694507780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22695368590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695375810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22701611650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22701611670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22703833190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22707746540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross 1
22709723390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22709754370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 1
22709754390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 1
22709754410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22714658040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22719642260008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22729305340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 1
22730308520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22730334810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22730352500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22734339020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22734347030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 95

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Associated Places: Great Britain
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Language: English
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Subject Terms: English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving

[1817]
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Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842

The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion

1823
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Heath, William, 1795–1840

Fashion and folly

[1822]
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Lisle, Joe

[The essayists]

[1828-1830]
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863

George Cruikshank

1840]
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Album of cuttings from illustrated envelopes and letters

1879-1891
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Leech, John, 1817–1864

Pictures of life and character

1863-1869
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Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926

Drury Lane comic history of England

[1883?]
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Crowquill, Alfred

Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England

[ca. 1850]
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Egerton, M., active 1824–1827

Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are

1825
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Involuntary thoughts

1823-1824
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Britain's best ever political cartoons

2021
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders

1820
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Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786

The passions, humourously delineated

[1810]
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Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888

Portraits of the Spruggins family

1829
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815

The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many... [Read more]

[1851]
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815

The caricatures of Gillray

[between 1824 and 1827]
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Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852

A political alphabet

Jany 1837
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Points of humour

1823-1824
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Carretta, Vincent

The snarling muse

1983
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Houfe, Simon, 1942–

John Leech and the Victorian scene

c1984
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Pierce, Helen, 1978–

Unseemly pictures

2008
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Leighton, John, 1822–1912

London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside

[1847]
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Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799

The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels

[1819?]
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Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857

Mrs. Caudle in crinoline

1858
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Cross readings

1826
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Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850

My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports

[1835]
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

My sketch book ... [vol. 1]

[1833-36]
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Clayton, Tim

James Gillray

2022
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Heath, William, 1795–1840

Lumps of pudding

[15 August 1811]
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Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888

Portraits of the Spruggins family

MDCCCXXIX [1829]
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Catalogue of a collection of water-colour drawings by Thomas Rowlandson... [Read more]

1979
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting

[1816]
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases... [Read more]

[1815]
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Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852

The Victoria gallery of men & their follies

1838
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson

1854
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The book of shadows

[1882]
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Symptoms of being amused

1822
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A kettle of fish

[1825]
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The melange of humour

[1824?]
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Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886

Marriage a-la-mode

[1859]
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

A day's journal of a sponge

1824
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The Royal Victoria

[ca. 1840]
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

Illustrations of time

[1827]
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman

1824
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Tutors assistant

1823
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Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon

1831
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Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886

Cupid and crinoline

Oct. 20th, 1858
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The festival of Punch

1951
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

George Cruikshank's omnibus

1842

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