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Rare Books and Manuscripts 247

Creator

Peacock, W. (William), -1910 4
Newton, T 3
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863 2
F. Ad. Richter & Co 2
F. Ad. Richter & Co. 2
Wallis, J. (John), -1818 2
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas) 1
Britains Ltd 1
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877 1
C. H. E 1
C.W.S. Crumpsall & Cardiff Biscuits 1
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868 1
Dales, T. T 1
Deacon, E 1
E. R. T 1
Evans, Henry Smith 1
Faber, G. W 1
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890 1
Fox, Geo. (George) 1
Fox, George 1
Geographia Ltd 1
George Philip & Son 1
Green, H. H 1
Green, James, 1771–1834 1
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832 1
Hogan, Eileen, 1946– 1
Kawada Industrial 1
Kemplen, Tony 1
Lincoln, Paul Etienne 1
Mockett, Andrew 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 247

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 213
Free to Use 34

Image Available

unavailable 179
available 68

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Three-Dimensional Artifacts 165
Books 44
Prints 9
Archives & Manuscripts 7
Drawings & Watercolors 6
Maps & Atlas (printed) 6
Videos 3
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 184
20th century 28
21st century 17
18th century 14
17th century 3

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

recreation 247
game 164
board game 44
lithograph 42
puzzle 30
engraving 28
cut-paper work 20
chromolithograph 17
playing card 17
map 15
metamorphic picture 15
model 15
toy 14
jigsaw puzzle 11
ephemera 10
greeting card 9
myriorama 9
paper doll 9
paperwork (crafts) 9
watercolor 9
tangram 8
botanical illustration 7
transparencie 7
transparent print 7
aquatint 6
card game 6
artists' book 5
overlay 5
riddle 5
wood engraving 5

Genre

Subject Terms

Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance. 41
Geographical recreations -- Specimens. 35
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 26
Amusements -- Great Britain. 22
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 18
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 15
Educational games. 12
Greeting cards -- Specimens. 7
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain. 6
Clothing and dress. 6
Conduct of life. 6
Educational games -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 6
Europe -- Maps. 6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 6
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 5
Love. 5
Amusements -- 19th century. 4
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature. 4
Cut-out craft -- Great Britain. 4
Toy and movable books -- Specimens. 4
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861. 3
America -- Maps. 3
Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century. 3
Dean & Co. -- Printer. 3
Dresses -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 3
Educational games -- Specimens. 3
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– -- Anniversaries, etc. 3
England -- Maps. 3
Exhibitions -- England -- London. 3
Fables. 3

Subject Period

19th century 44
20th century 7
16th century 2
17th century 1
18th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 202
England 8
Europe 7
Wales 5
London 4
America 3
Germany 3
Harrow 3
Scotland 3
Asia 2
France 2
India 2
London (England) 2
Afria 1
Aldershot Camp 1
Arctic regions 1
Canada 1
Dublin (Ireland) 1
Edinburgh 1
Edinburgh (Scotland) 1
Fyfield (England : Hampshire) 1
Glasgow (Scotland) 1
Great Britain 19th century 1
Isle of Wight 1
Jerusalem 1
Liverpool 1
Norfolk 1
North Pole 1
Pompeii (Extinct city) 1
Sheffield 1

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 4
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 3
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 3
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 3
Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792–1849 1
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 1
Bloom, Louis (Electical Engineer) 1
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 1947– 1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982– 1
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948– 1
Dawson, Harry 1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848 1
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735–1820 1
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890 1
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 1
Henry, Prince, grandson of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1984– 1
Hood, Alexander, 1758–1796 1
Jaques and Son (London, England) 1
Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889 1
Nevinson, C. R. W. (Christopher Richard Wynne), 1889–1946 1
Opie, Julian, born 1958 1
Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921– 1
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765–1837 1
William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1982– 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) 60
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 22
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 15
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1

Credit Line

22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22606683430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott B. Wilcox, Yale PhD 1985 1
22607954170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22613343650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22615985030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618521200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22623581560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art. 1
22625909890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22625923980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22626906740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 1
22628736320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22632912210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634923770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22637302220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637420050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22637455970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Jones 1
22638024870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22639242580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22639242600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22642947800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22644025810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22650036360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957 1
22651540150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22659084290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22661973700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662614530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957 1
22663324020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666758770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666778580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666782770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

Language

English 228
German 13
Multiple languages 1
Undetermined 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Paper doll

approximately 1830?
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The British tourist

[1830s?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The family coach

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]

[approximately 1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fox, Geo. (George)

A new, moral, and entertaining game of the reward of merit

December 10th, 1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Dales, T. T

Panoramacopia

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy families

[186-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Greeting card with movable flower]

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
La Fontaine in the game of the goose

[ca. 1810]
Accessible in the Study Room
Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain

1868
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The magic ring

November 1st, 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–

The poetry box

[2003]
Accessible in the Study Room
Yours unalterably

[1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fortunio & his seven gifted servants

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Evans, Henry Smith

The Crystal Palace game

[1854?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's tour of Europe

Nov. 24th, 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832

The natuorama; or Endless transposition of views on the Thames ... The... [Read more]

[1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich

[approximately 1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
A journey to Lindley Murray's

[185-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The destruction of Jerusalem

[ca. 1824?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Spooner's transformations

1838 [-39]
Accessible in the Study Room
Trafalgar

[early 20th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Walkers' tour through France

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
The Royal Regatta

[ca. 1852?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Game of the star-spangled banner,

[between 1842 and 1845]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in... [Read more]

1st Novr. 1818
Accessible in the Study Room
The wonders of the world

[ca. 1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
To the Queen's private apartments

1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
Laurie's new and entertaining game of the golden goose

[1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
The road to the temple of honour and fame

May 20, 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
A U.P.L. shopping expedition

[ca. 1945?]
Accessible in the Study Room
To my love

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The mirror of truth

Jany. 1st, 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
L'orient, or, The Indian travellers : a geographical and historical game

[1846]
Accessible in the Study Room
The noble game of the elephant and castle,

1822

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