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Rare Books and Manuscripts 106

Creator

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 4
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849 3
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 1
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805 1
Aspin, Jehoshaphat 1
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833 1
Baldwin, Thomas 1
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919 1
Britton, John, 1771–1857 1
Brown, Thomas, 1663–1704 1
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877 1
Busby, Thomas Lord 1
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886 1
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838 1
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915 1
Crowquill, Alfred 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 1
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860 1
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856 1
Dighton, Denis, 1792–1827 1
Dougall, John, 1760–1822 1
Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870 1
Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876 1
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651–1715 1
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 1
Girmondi, M 1
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810–1888 1
Hamilton, Gustavus 1
Heath, William, 1795–1840 1
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 106

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 74
Free to Use 32

Image Available

unavailable 72
available 34

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 80
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 13
Prints 6
Periodicals 4
Archives & Manuscripts 2

Collective Title

Period

19th century 95
18th century 7
17th century 3
20th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

recreation 28
aquatint 18
game 15
wood engraving 11
engraving 10
lithograph 10
etching 9
chromoxylograph 7
caricature 5
crie 4
metamorphic picture 4
playing card 4
paper doll 3
puzzle 3
toy 3
advertisement 2
alphabet book 2
ink drawing 2
panorama 2
publisher's advertisement 2
satire 2
satires (visual works) 2
tunnel book 2
accordion fold format (binding) 1
albums (books) 1
annotations (provenance) 1
booksellers' advertisement 1
broadside 1
chromolithograph 1
diorama 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 17
Satire, English. 10
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 8
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 7
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 5
Games -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 5
Geographical recreations -- Specimens. 5
Wit and humor, Pictorial. 5
Children's poetry. 4
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 3
Alphabet rhymes. 3
Cries -- England -- London. 3
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher. 3
Sports -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 3
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher 2
Aquariums. 2
Bone & Son -- Bookbinder. 2
Boxing -- Great Britain. 2
Caricature -- Great Britain. 2
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Periodicals. 2
Children's stories. 2
Clothing and dress. 2
Clowes, W. -- Printer. 2
Davison, Thomas -- Printer. 2
Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1808. 2
Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817. 2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. 2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor. 2
London (England) -- Description and travel. 2

Subject Period

19th century 26
17th century 2
18th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 49
London (England) 10
England 3
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) 2
Edinburgh (Scotland) 2
London 2
Asia 1
Bath (England) 1
Bridgnorth 1
Chester (England) 1
Dublin (Ireland) 1
Glasgow 1
Glasgow (Scotland) 1
Manchester (England) 1
Regent's Park (London, England) 1
Scarborough (England) 1
Taunton (England) 1
York (England) 1

Associated People

B.R.N.D. family 1
Brown, Thomas, 1663–1704 1
Crake, Barrington 1
Crake, Vandeleur Benjamin, 1816–1894 1
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 1
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 1
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845 1
Maillardet, Henri, 1745–1830 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 1
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860 1
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 1
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823 1
Tillinghast, John, 1604–1655 1
Williams, Winifred 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 106

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 25
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 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

22606603340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606603360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22615397390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22616225540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22616334680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22616633680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22618521200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624488730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22625923980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634483390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634488330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634575520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22642013020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22647674860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone 1
22647674880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22647674900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22653755500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22663166120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 1
22666721490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666730100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666735880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666770920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666778580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666787560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22671279240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22689150340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695381630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695381650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695381670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695381690008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 106

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Language: English
Exhibition History: Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Miseries of human life

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
Graphic illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park, in five plates

MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860

Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th... [Read more]

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master

A description of the correct method of waltzing

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]
Accessible in the Study Room
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

Snow-flakes and the stories they told the children

[1862]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838

A progress of female virtue

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
The microcosm of London

[1808-10]
Accessible in the Study Room
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de... [Read more]

1711
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The noble game of the elephant and castle,

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine, L. (Laura), d. 1899

Aunt Louisa's Alphabet book

[1870?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Tomlinson, Kellom

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

MDCCXXXV [1735]
Accessible in the Study Room
The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror

[1807-1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hamilton, Gustavus

The elements of gymnastics for boys and of calisthenics for young ladies

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
The habit makes the man = L'habit forme l'homme

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

The costume of Great Britain

1804 [that is, not before 1819]
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840

Modern London

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856

Going to a fight

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
The temple of taste

[1796]
Accessible in the Study Room
Court game of geography

[between 1838 and 1855]
Accessible in the Study Room
The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c

[1809-1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Girmondi, M

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful... [Read more]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers... [Read more]

[1807?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life

March 1st 1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

The Linwood gallery of pictures in needle-work

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
The cottage of content; or, Right roads and wrong ways

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877

Fantascope

1833
Accessible in the Study Room
Baldwin, Thomas

Airopaidia

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Glasgow looking glass

[1825]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
[All the bubbles]

[1720]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mingaud, François, 1771–1847

The noble game of billiards

1830
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Taylor, Ann, 1782–1866

Signor Topsy-Turvy's wonderful magic lantern, or, The world turned upside... [Read more]

1810
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836

New readings of old authors

[1841]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lady

Forfeitiana, or, An elegant budget of winter evening's recreation for young... [Read more]

[1824]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper,

1804
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886

Visitors' souvenir of the sea side

[1855]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Aspin, Jehoshaphat

A familiar treatise on astronomy

1825
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Newman, William

Moveable shadows

[1859]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Ellen, or, The naughty girl reclaimed

1811
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Heath, William, 1795–1840

Lumps of pudding

[15 August 1811]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810–1888

The aquarium

1856
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Elton's miniature transparent orrery

1817
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876

Felix on the bat

MDCCCXLV [1845]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
The pretty young playful innocent lamb

[between 1819 and 1823]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805

The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B.N.R.D. family

1807

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