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Rare Books and Manuscripts 78

Creator

Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863 2
Aspin, Jehoshaphat 1
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877 1
Dales, T. T 1
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651–1715 1
Hare, Elizabeth Sage 1
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832 1
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 1
Newton, T 1
Reynard, Francis 1
Rouse, James, artist 1
Ryland, John, 1723–1792 1
Varley, Delvalle Lowry 1

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 78

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 62
Free to Use 16

Image Available

unavailable 61
available 17

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Three-Dimensional Artifacts 43
Books 30
Prints 2
Videos 2
Archives & Manuscripts 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 69
18th century 6
17th century 2
20th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

recreation 72
game 41
tunnel book 11
lithograph 6
engraving 5
myriorama 5
playing card 5
puzzle 5
aquatint 4
metamorphic picture 4
toy 4
board game 3
hand coloring 3
diorama 2
etching 2
jigsaw puzzle 2
paper doll 2
phenakistoscope 2
transparencie 2
transparent print 2
accordion fold format (binding) 1
alphabet book 1
ink drawing 1
model 1
nonsense verse 1
optical toy 1
publishers' advertisement 1
rebuse 1
riddle 1
tangram 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Geographical recreations -- Specimens. 12
Thames Tunnel (London, England) 3
Tunnels -- England -- London. 3
Clothing and dress. 2
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature. 2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 2
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher 1
Aldershot Camp -- Pictorial works. 1
Alphabet -- Juvenile literature. 1
Alphabet rhymes. 1
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 1
Animal trainers. 1
Asia -- Description and travel. 1
Asia -- Social life and customs. 1
Astronomical models. 1
Astronomy. 1
Berger, G. -- Publisher. 1
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) 1
Board games -- England -- London -- Specimens. 1
C hron. 185–?. 1
Cary, Mary Flagler -- Ownership. 1
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892–1941 -- Ownership. 1
Crake, Barrington. 1
Crake, Vandeleur Benjamin, 1816–1894. 1
Educational games. 1
Elton -- Publisher. 1
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1815. 1
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1820. 1
Engraving, colored -- Specimens -- 1771. -- 2 690 % SP5 1
Engraving, colored -- Specimens -- 1817. 1

Subject Period

19th century 2
17th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 52
Thames Tunnel (London, England) 3
2 690 % SP5 1
Aldershot Camp 1
Asia 1
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) 1
England 1
Europe 1
France 1
London 1
London (England) 1
New York 1
New York (State) 1
Regent's Park (London, England) 1
South America 1
Sussex (England) 1
Thames River (England) 1

Associated People

Crake, Barrington 1
Crake, Vandeleur Benjamin, 1816–1894 1
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 1
Williams, Winifred 1

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) 78

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 25
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 1

Credit Line

22625923980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22661973700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666758770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22692904740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22719698970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22719698990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22719708730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744219060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744276320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744284650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744294220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22756826250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22776144510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22779379320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22800306320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22829578120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22829677050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22884579220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22891638060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22929918360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22941436220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22964773530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 73
Undetermined 2
German 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)
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Keywords: masonry

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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
A journey to Lindley Murray's

[185-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Walkers' tour through France

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Dales, T. T

Panoramacopia

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Perspectivische Ansicht des Tunnels unter der Themse

ca. 1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863

Myriorama

[1824]
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Game of the star-spangled banner,

[between 1842 and 1845]
Accessible in the Study Room
The noble game of the elephant and castle,

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
The habit makes the man = L'habit forme l'homme

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Spooner's transformations

1838 [-39]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Teleorama]

[approximately 1825?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Court game of geography

[between 1838 and 1855]
Accessible in the Study Room
The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways

1848

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