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Rare Books and Manuscripts
604
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Meigh, Charles
17
Morpeth, Sarah
7
Bush, Tracey
6
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
5
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
5
Ridgway & Abington
5
Samuel Alcock & Co
5
T. & R. Boote
5
William Ridgway & Co
5
Charles Roberson & Co
4
Minton (Company)
4
William Ridgway, Son & Co
4
F. Ad. Richter & Co
3
King, Ronald, 1932–
3
Kirkpatrick, George, 1938–
3
Morling, Katharine
3
Moynihan, Claire
3
Osborne, Garrett & Co. Ltd
3
Reeves & Sons
3
Russell, Georgia, 1974–
3
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3
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
604
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Under Certain Circumstances
603
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1
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2024-2025
39
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unknown
604
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19th century
355
20th century
123
21st century
93
18th century
30
17th century
1
Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
11
molding (forming)
9
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
ivory (material)
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
carving (processes)
1
casting (process)
1
collage
1
engraving
1
glass
1
plywood
1
silversmithing
1
steel (alloy)
1
wood (plant material)
1
zinc
1
Work Type
recreation
164
game
112
ceramic (material)
85
lithograph
79
molding (forming)
77
stoneware (pottery)
74
jugs (vessels)
68
glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
51
toy theater
46
play
44
cut-paper work
37
artists' book
36
artists' material
33
paint boxe
27
keepsake
23
puzzle
21
board game
20
optical instrument
20
watercolor brushe
19
matrice
17
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Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.
53
Children's plays, English.
44
Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.
32
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
30
Parks, Stephen -- Ownership.
27
Women in natural history.
27
Gothic revival (Art)
23
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
23
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
21
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
19
Artists' tools -- Specimens.
16
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
16
Multiple art -- Great Britain.
15
Copperplates -- Specimens.
14
Exhibitions -- England -- London.
14
Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)
12
Silenus (Mythological character)
12
Clergy.
11
Hairdressing -- Equipment and supplies.
11
Amusements -- Great Britain.
10
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Subject Period
19th century
48
20th century
15
21st century
7
16th century
1
18th century
1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
232
England
27
London
18
Germany
7
France
6
London (England)
6
United States
6
Elsdon
5
Crystal Palace (London, England)
4
Scotland
4
Europe
3
Netherlands
2
Wales
2
Aldershot Camp
1
Arctic regions
1
Australia
1
Belgium
1
Bilston
1
Boppard (Germany)
1
Bruges
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
12
Silenus (Mythological character)
12
Pan (Greek deity)
7
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
6
Eli (Biblical figure)
5
Samuel (Biblical judge)
5
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
4
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
3
Abel (Biblical figure)
2
Cain (Biblical figure)
2
Cupid (Roman deity)
2
Dionysus (Greek deity)
2
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
2
Gilchrist, Thomas, 1812–1856
2
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809–1894
2
Peleus (Mythological character)
2
Thetis (Mythological character)
2
Van Heythuysen, F. M
2
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894–1972
2
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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)
34
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
8
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
7
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
2
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
82
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus.
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Momart
12
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
7
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 George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
4
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger Pattenden.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky
2
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English
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No linguistic content
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German
22
French
16
Dutch
2
Italian
1
Multiple languages
1
Spanish
1
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[All the bubbles]
[1720]
2
Visentini, Antonio, 1688–1782
[Biblical playing cards]
[1748]
3
Morpeth, Sarah
[Spring scene]
[2008?]
4
Wyatt, Leo, 1909–1981
[Wood block for bookplate of the Yale Center for British Art]
[1977?]
5
The "Britannia" box of slate pencils
ca. [1895?]
6
The woodman's hut, or, The burning forest
[between 1876 and 1917]
7
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
8
The Filoscope
[1897?]
9
Paul Clifford, the highway man
[1856]
10
T. & R. Boote
Infant Samuel
1848
11
Meigh, Charles
Apostles jug
1842?
12
Original Crystoleum Co. (London, England)
Metallicon Lustre pigments for textile painting
late 19th century
13
Words & pictures
[1995]
14
Wyatt, Leo, 1909–1981
Printing block for the bookplate of Reynolds Stone
1970s?
15
The latest and most fascinating geometrical puzzle
[late 19th c.?]
16
Fortune-telling wheels
circa 1870
17
Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks ... Book 11
1771
18
Arithmetical lottery
[18--]
19
Promise, prayer, poetry
[ca. 1890?]
20
Words & pictures
1994
21
[Claude glass]
[ca. 1880?]
22
C. Brandauer & Co. (Birmingham, England)
Pen nibs, no. 251 F and 251 M
early 20th century?
23
Eve brown hair pins, 2 1/2"
mid-20th century
24
Whitecroft Pin Manufacturing Co
"Witch" stay put invisible hair pins
early or mid-20th century?
25
Walkers Shortbread (Firm)
Walkers biscuit tin commemorating the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II as longest reigning British monarch
[2015]
26
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
European goldfinch
ca. 2008
27
Watercolor box
mid-19th century?
28
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
29
Jay, Bill
Cameras reconstituted as art pieces (C.R.A.P.)
1970s?
30
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882
The spy's funeral
[not before 1859]
31
Drawing and writing slate
[between 1850 and 1900]
32
Meigh, Charles
Julius Caesar
1839
33
Porteus, Diana
Where the bee sucks
[2008]
34
Sybilline leaves; or, Detector of the thoughts
[between 1819 and 1823]
35
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
Be faithful to your dreams
1999]
36
Savage & Chong
Ring
2011
37
Joseph Gillott & Sons (Birmingham, England)
Ladies no. 170
early 20th century?
38
Little Ben's first packet of puzzles
1806
39
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
[between 1866 and 1880]
40
Watercolor box
early 19th century?
41
Fob seal depicting the Novelty steam locomotive
1829?
42
Turk, Gavin
Found coin
[2011]
43
Set of type for raised letters
19th century?
44
Russell, Georgia, 1974–
Twin Towers
2002
45
H.M.S. Victory
[ca. 1950?]
46
Don Quixote, or, the Knight of the Woeful countenance
[between 1850 and 1876]
47
[Claude glass]
[ca. 1860-1870?]
48
Morpeth, Sarah
[Torquil's book]
[2008]
49
Osborne, Garrett & Co. Ltd
Black invisible hair pins
early 20th century?
50
Bush, Tracey
Poppies
London?,
51
Newman (Firm)
Watercolor box
ca. 1825
52
NeoLucida
[2017]
53
Reeves & Sons
Watercolor box
between 1829 and 1845
54
Words & pictures
1997
55
Art Flag Company Inc
Union flag
ca. 1914-1918
56
Spooner's Illustrated game of the steeple chase
December 1st 1852
57
Walkers Shortbread (Firm)
Walkers biscuit tin commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
2011 or 2012
58
Paul Clifford
[between 1850-1876]
59
Ganslandt & Vermehren
Ranger
1846
60
Crystal Palace of 1851
1851
61
Words & pictures
1997
62
Meigh, Charles
Apostles jug
1842
63
Stone tile
1941?
64
Dallmeyer, J. H. (John Henry), (1830–1883)
Stereoscope
approximately 1870
65
T. & R. Boote
Infant Samuel
1848
66
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Fan advertising the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Speedbird routes across the world
circa 1960
67
P. Berville (Paris, France)
Camera lucida
approximately 1900
68
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
[1810]
69
Whittington and his cat, or, Harlequin Lord Mayor of London
[between 1876 and 1917]
70
Bush, Tracey
Button depicting a bird in a hat
2018
71
The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
72
J. & S. Kelly (London, England)
J. & S. Kelly saddlery halfpenny token
1794
73
Fenby's patent Panteidoscope
[ca. 1885]
74
The brigand's son
[1861]
75
Walkers Shortbread (Firm)
Walkers biscuit tin commemorating the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton
2011
76
Double-ended portcrayon
circa 1820
77
Wedgwood, Ralph
Wedgwood's highly improved manifold writer
approximately 1850
78
John Howard halfpenny token
[1794?]
79
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Copper plates used in Pyne's Etchings of rustic figures
1814, April 1-July 1
80
Nesnídal, Dalibor
Sonnets
not before 2002
81
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
82
Smith, Beck, and Beck
Binocular magnifying glass
between 1857 and 1865
83
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Royal Society of Arts medal presented to Miss Long
1827
84
The royal geographical amusement, or, The European traveller
1770
85
Wallis's new game of wanderers in the wilderness
[1844]
86
Stereographoscope
late 19th century?
87
Geographical recreation, or, A voyage round the habitable globe
publish'd Octr. 1st 1809
88
Doilies made for the Orphanage for Girls at Halfway Tree, Jamaica
[circa 1880?]
89
Dionysus
ca. 1850
90
Teleorama
[183-?]
91
The brigand
[between 1876 and 1917]
92
Meigh, Charles
Bacchanalian dance
1844
93
Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953
1953
94
Monkey jug
circa 1840
95
William Ridgway & Co
Bullrushes
1835
96
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
97
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
98
Kenny, Chris, 1959–
Large map circle
2004
99
William Ridgway, Son & Co
Jousting jug
September 1, 1840
100
Great Britain. Royal Mint
Festival of Britain crown piece
1951
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