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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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1,560
Reference Library
5
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
18
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
14
Heath, William, 1795–1840
7
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845
6
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
6
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
5
Lady
5
Measom, George S
5
Mintorn, J. H. (John Haynes)
5
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
5
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822
5
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
5
Childs, George
4
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
4
Crowquill, Alfred
4
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
4
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
4
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
4
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
4
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
3
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
1,400
Free to Use
160
Image Available
Unavailable
1,226
Available
334
New Additions
2023-2024
3
Classification
Books
1,078
Archives & Manuscripts
161
Prints
145
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
58
Drawings & Watercolors
16
Periodicals
15
Maps & Atlas (printed)
13
Photographs
12
Articles & Chapters
9
Music (printed)
4
Visual Materials
4
Postcards
1
Creator Gender
unknown
1,560
Period
19th century
1,428
20th century
76
18th century
46
21st century
10
17th century
7
16th century
2
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
2
wove paper.
2
ceramic (material)
1
transfer printing
1
Work Type
ephemera
260
lithograph
217
wood engraving
192
engraving
165
aquatint
163
chromolithograph
96
advertisement
87
cut-paper work
70
botanical illustration
61
recreation
60
drawing book
57
valentine
56
embossed paper
52
financial record
52
etching
51
ink drawing
48
blank form
43
trade cards (advertising)
43
watercolor
41
scrap
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
448
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
80
Drawing books -- Specimens.
78
Satire, English.
72
Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
56
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
49
English poetry -- 19th century.
47
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
47
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
45
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
39
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
39
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
35
Drawing -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
32
Drawing -- Technique.
31
Voyages and travels.
26
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
24
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
22
Clothing trade -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
21
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
21
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
19
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
887
England
94
London (England)
81
France
59
London
44
India
32
United States
24
Europe
19
Edinburgh (Scotland)
18
Edinburgh
17
Germany
15
Italy
15
Ireland
12
Scotland
12
South Africa
12
Switzerland
11
China
10
Dublin
10
Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine)
9
Mexico
8
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Associated People
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
14
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
9
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
7
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
6
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
6
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
5
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845
4
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777–1825
3
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742–1819
3
Bouton, Charles-Marie, 1781–1853
3
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
3
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
3
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768–1821
3
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770–1840
3
Morris, William, 1834–1896
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
3
Stevenson, Robert W., active 1881–1891
3
Strathallan, James Andrew John Lawrence Charles Drummond, Viscount, 1767–1851
3
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
26
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
7
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
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Language
English
1,467
French
42
German
21
Spanish
5
Italian
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Latin
2
Swedish
2
Danish
1
Multiple languages
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Portuguese
1
Russian
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Leech, John, 1817–1864
"Coming home"
[1851]
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Atkinson, George Francklin
"Curry & rice," on forty plates, or, The ingredients of social life at "our station" in India
[1859]
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Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Hawbuck Grange," or, The sporting adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
[1888?]
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Our Boys Clothing Company
"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book
[ca. 1885?]
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France. Sovereign (1824–1830 : Charles X)
... Ordonnance du roi, du 6 décembre 1829
1829
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100 neueste Charakter-Bilder =
[approximately 1865?]
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Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition
[1851]
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Dobbs, Henry
[A cat playing with a ball of string]
[ca. 1820]
9
[Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy
1850
10
[Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy
1851
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[Admission ticket for The Diapharama
[approximately 1851?]
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[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820]
[1820]
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[Advertisement for patent doors, windows, & shutters for the prevention of burglary]
[1817?]
14
A. Davis's (Firm : London, England)
[Advertisement for silver, brass and metal polish]
[1843?]
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Barron & Co. (Firm : London, England)
[Advertisement for venetian fan blinds, brass cornice poles spring roller blinds, painted blinds and curtain brackets, London, 1818]
[1818]
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