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Rare Books and Manuscripts
256
Creator
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
4
F. Ad. Richter & Co
3
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
2
Newton, T
2
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
1
Britains Ltd
1
C. H. E
1
C.W.S. Crumpsall & Cardiff Biscuits
1
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
1
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
1
Deacon, E
1
Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619–1682
1
E. R. T
1
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684–1756
1
Faber, G. W
1
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
1
Gaskell, Anna
1
Geographia Ltd
1
George Philip & Son
1
Ginot des Rois, Mlle
1
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Unknown
4
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
256
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
255
Free to Use
1
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256
New Additions
2023-2024
1
Classification
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
165
Books
54
Archives & Manuscripts
17
Maps & Atlas (printed)
6
Drawings & Watercolors
5
Prints
4
Videos
2
Kits
1
Periodicals
1
Creator Gender
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256
Period
19th century
187
20th century
32
21st century
18
18th century
14
17th century
3
Materials & Techniques
engraving
1
Work Type
recreation
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256
game
137
lithograph
54
puzzle
33
tunnel book
19
playing card
18
toy
18
engraving
17
toy theater
17
chromolithograph
16
board game
15
metamorphic picture
15
model
15
watercolor
15
cut-paper work
13
drama
13
juvenile work
13
play
13
hand coloring
11
jigsaw puzzle
10
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Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
29
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
22
Amusements -- Great Britain.
21
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
15
Children's plays, English.
13
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
10
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
10
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
6
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
5
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain.
5
Clothing and dress.
5
Amusements -- 19th century.
4
Block building (Children's activity)
4
Educational games.
4
Europe -- Maps.
4
Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
4
Toy theaters.
4
Tunnels -- England -- London.
4
Wit and humor -- English.
4
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Subject Period
19th century
49
20th century
6
18th century
3
16th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
163
England
11
Europe
5
Germany
5
Wales
5
France
4
London
4
Thames Tunnel (London, England)
4
United States
4
Harrow
3
Scotland
3
America
2
Edinburgh (Scotland)
2
London (England)
2
Afria
1
Aldershot Camp
1
Arctic regions
1
Asia
1
Boppard (Germany)
1
Canada
1
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Associated People
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
4
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
3
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
3
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792–1849
1
Begaye, Mary Frances
1
Benn, Timothy, 1936–
1
Bloom, Louis (Electical Engineer)
1
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947–
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948–
1
Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710
1
Colvile, Mary Louisa Eden, 1788–1858,
1
Comnena, Anna, 1083–
1
Cuchetti, Francesco
1
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321
1
Dawson, Harry
1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
1
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735–1820
1
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Exhibition History
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
56
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
20
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger Pattenden.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous gift
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alec Van Sinderen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Mockett
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of Harry Dawson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Clement
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David K. Thompson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Glenn Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda Brownrigg; Friends of British Art Fund
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miko McGinty, Yale BA 1993, MFA 1998, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Florian.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Brady
1
Language
English
220
German
20
French
6
Italian
2
No linguistic content
2
Undetermined
2
Dutch
1
Multiple languages
1
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Arithmetical lottery
[18--]
2
Promise, prayer, poetry
[ca. 1890?]
3
The latest and most fascinating geometrical puzzle
[late 19th c.?]
4
Walker's tour through England and Wales
January 2nd 1809
5
Little Ben's first packet of puzzles
1806
6
Nuts to crack;
[between 1830 and 1834]
7
H.M.S. Victory
[ca. 1950?]
8
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
9
Fortune-telling wheels
circa 1870
10
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
11
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's Superior dissected maps
[between 1875 and 1909]
12
Changeable portraits of gentlemen
1819
13
Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks ... Book 11
1771
14
Don Quixote, or, The knight of the woeful countenance
[187-?]
15
The royal Windsor pair
[1840?]
16
Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen =
[1850?]
17
Gaskell, Anna
[Peep show]
[2001]
18
The panorama of Europe, a new game
1815
19
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
20
Pyramiden Spiel =
[ca. 1835?]
21
The protean figure and metamorphic costumes
1811
22
Historical pastime. A new game of the history of England
[ca. 1837]
23
Reynard, Francis
History made easy;
1817]
24
Polyorama, or Endless changes of landscapes
[1824?]
25
Industrial exhibition of all nations
[1851]
26
The woodman's hut, or, The burning forest
[between 1876 and 1917]
27
Sybilline leaves; or, Detector of the thoughts
[between 1819 and 1823]
28
A peep at Windsor Terrace
ca. 1845]
29
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
30
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
31
[Transparent prints published by Rudolph Ackermann]
[1799]
32
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
33
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
[1810]
34
The deck of cards
1979
35
Green, James, 1771–1834
Picturesque geography
[1817?]
36
Varley, Delvalle Lowry
Chinese caricatures,
[1818]
37
The Houses of Parliament
[ca. 1950?]
38
Copper plate used to print an illustration of St. Uldibrand, in a scene from Undine
between 1840 and 1860?
39
Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves
[1881]
40
The Corsican brothers, or, The fatal duel
[between 1876 and 1917]
41
The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
42
Fenby's patent Panteidoscope
[ca. 1885]
43
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
44
Wallis's tour through England and Wales,
1794
45
The laughable game of What d'ye buy,
[ca. 1850]
46
The earth and its jnhabitants [sic]
18--]
47
Newman, William
Moveable shadows
[1859]
48
Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619–1682
Les tables de geographie, reduites en un jeu de cartes
[ca. 1680?]
49
The brigand
[between 1876 and 1917]
50
Windsor pair
[183-?]
51
Spooner's Illustrated game of the steeple chase
December 1st 1852
52
A new and original comic Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty in the wood!, or, Harlequin and the magic horn
[between 1876 and 1917]
53
Peachey, Emma
The little flower maker
[1869]
54
A view of the tunnel under the Thames,
1828
55
Perspective view of the tunnel now making under the Thames,
1825
56
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
Riddles, charades, and puzzles
1840s
57
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
58
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Scotland
[between 1901 and 1909?]
59
Mockett, Andrew
Andrew Mockett presents The eager beaver whopper paint book
[2003?]
60
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
61
First World War 1914-1918
[1999]
62
Hare, Elizabeth Sage
The world of tomorrow, New York World's Fair
1939]
63
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
2005
64
Camp of Aldershott
[18--]
65
Twenty-four picture-cards which you can combine together 1,686,553,615,927,922,354,187,720 times
[approximately 1920]
66
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
67
Ellen, or, The naughty girl reclaimed
1811
68
Teleorama
[183-?]
69
Thomas De La Rue & Company
De La Rue & Co.'s combined pocket chess and draught board
[187-?]
70
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
71
Opie, Julian, born 1958
This is Shahnoza in 3 parts
2008
72
Three micromodels of British made fighter bombers
[1943]
73
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Embossed picture cards
[1855?]
74
[Geographical cards
16--]
75
A peep at the fox chace
1829
76
A brief account of the Thames Tunnel
[1854?]
77
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
78
The Rose Playhouse
2004
79
The history of Little Fanny
1977
80
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
81
The Myriopticon
[1868?]
82
The magic swans, or Feather'd conjurers
[between 1817 and 1839]
83
The blind boy
[between 1876 and 1917]
84
The royal game of British sovereigns,
[1820]
85
Wallis's picturesque round game of the produce & manufactures,
[ca. 1840]
86
Walter, Stephen, born 1975
The island
2017
87
Spooner, William, active 1831–1854
Spooner's protean views, no. 38
[ca. 1838?]
88
Queer relations
[ca. 1960]
89
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Myriorama : a collection of many thousand landscapes
1824
90
Wallis's new map of Europe
[ca. 1815]
91
The game of the golden shield,
[1822]
92
Le jeu du cheval blanc
[ca. 1875?]
93
Polyorama panoptique
1850s
94
Faber, G. W
The unexpected alterations
[ca. 1845?]
95
The British sovereigns, arranged as a game upon coloured cards
[between 1830 and 1837]
96
The funnyshire fox chace
[ca. 1830?]
97
Wallis, J. (John), -1818
Wallis's tour of Europe
March 13th, 1811
98
Kemplen, Tony
SK 329858
1994
99
Contraband
[1950s?]
100
The royals
2012
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