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Rare Books and Manuscripts 545
Reference Library 2

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Rocque, John, -1762 34
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 11
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 4
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 4
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883 4
Heath, William, 1795–1840 4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 4
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837 4
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874 3
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 3
City of London Polytechnic 3
Downes, Penelope 3
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855 3
Fowler, William, 1761–1832 3
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 3
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822 3
Hyslop, Jane 3
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819 3
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833 2
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 2
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823 2
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832 2
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 2
Britton, John, 1771–1857 2
Buckler, John, 1770–1851 2
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849 2
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863 2
Cole, John, 1792–1848 2
Cooke, George, 1781–1834 2

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 545
Accessible in the Reference Library 2

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 474
Free to Use 71

Image Available

unavailable 463
available 82

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 416
Maps & Atlas (printed) 50
Prints 43
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 7
Articles & Chapters 4
Periodicals 3
Archives & Manuscripts 2
Drawings & Watercolors 1
Photographs 1
Visual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 313
18th century 161
20th century 42
17th century 25
21st century 12

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 2

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

etching 545

engraving 133
wood engraving 122
aquatint 58
lithograph 39
map 32
stipple engraving 32
armorial bookplates (provenance) 26
drawing book 24
mezzotint 21
soft-ground etching 21
artists' book 18
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 18
woodcut 18
accordion fold format (binding) 17
steel engraving 16
caricature 15
private press books (publishing) 15
hand coloring 13
livres d'artiste 13
ephemera 11
satire 10
satires (visual works) 8
fiction 7
panorama 7
publisher's advertisement 7
view 7
atlase 6
botanical illustration 5
costume 5

Genre

Subject Terms

Satire, English. 20
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 19
Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance. 19
Drawing -- Technique. 18
Rocque, John, d. 1762 -- Provenance. 16
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 15
Rocque, John -- Publisher. 15
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. 15
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 14
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 14
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 13
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 13
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. 10
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 8
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. 8
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 8
Drawing books -- Specimens. 8
Watercolor painting -- Technique. 8
Costume -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 7
London (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 7
England -- Fiction. 6
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 6
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher. 6
Wit and humor, Pictorial. 6
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 5
Cadell, T. -- Publisher. 5
Caricatures and cartoons. 5
English poetry. 5
English wit and humor. 5
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. 4

Subject Period

19th century 48
18th century 13
17th century 7
20th century 4
16th century 3

Associated Places

Great Britain 117
England 52
London (England) 32
London 22
Italy 12
Dublin (Ireland) 6
Edinburgh (Scotland) 6
Bristol (England) 5
Chester (England) 5
Paris (France) 5
Bath (England) 4
Dublin Region (Ireland) 4
Egypt 4
France 4
Ireland 4
London Region (England) 4
Oxford (England) 4
Scotland 4
United States 4
Wales 4
Bristol 3
Canada 3
China 3
Chiswick (London, England) 3
Durham (England) 3
Essex (England) 3
Germany 3
Herculaneum (Extinct city) 3
Istanbul (Turkey) 3
Lancashire (England) 3

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3
Adam (Biblical figure) 2
Aesop 2
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 2
De Tabley, John Fleming Leicester, Baron, 1762–1827 2
Eve (Biblical figure) 2
Milton, John, 1608–1674 2
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 2
Raphael, 1483–1520 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 2
Aeschylus 1
Arundel, Earls of 1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879 1
Backhouse, John Mounsey 1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872 1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898 1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857 1
Backus family 1
Bacon, John, 1740–1799 1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913 1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney 1
Barrington, Richard 1
Blunderhead family 1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668 1
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, 1776–1839 1
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849 1
Burberry, William Spencer 1
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824 1
Carignan, Victor-Amédée, Prince de, -1741 1
Cave, Henry, 1779–1836 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 9
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 5
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 2
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 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
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 2
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 2
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 2
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 1

Credit Line

22651992280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22652025280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709589860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711724760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 2
22968185000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22971051850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22606603340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606603360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606992560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607154170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 1
22607780520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607796860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608887470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609475210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609484400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609486150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22610380040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22610803700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22611211870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611255390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611837040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22612425220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612432160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
22612434830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612437930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22612460460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
22612486450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612489090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612489110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 545

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Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[The travellers guide

[1686?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795

[Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity]

[May 1, 1800]
Accessible in the Study Room
Select engravings from a collection of pictures

MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Accessible in the Study Room
Aesop's Fables

1687
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, William, surveyor

Thirty different drafts of Guinea

[not before 1727]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A geometrical plan of the city and suburbs of Bristol

[175-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of eighteen leaves

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

The journey from Chester to London

MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Accessible in the Study Room
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

To His Imperial Majesty, Alexander 1st., these four panoramic views of... [Read more]

[circa 1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820]

[1820]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect

MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Accessible in the Study Room
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art... [Read more]

1740
Accessible in the Study Room
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and... [Read more]

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Gillray, James, 1756–1815

A new edition considerably enlarged, of Attitudes faithfully... [Read more]

[1807]
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations

[169-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Williams, C., active 1840

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the... [Read more]

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

[ca. 1801]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799

Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput

1800-1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Fittler, James, 1758–1835

Scotia depicta, or, the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen... [Read more]

1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
The noble game of the elephant and castle,

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]
Accessible in the Study Room
The complete dictionary of arts and sciences

1765-1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and... [Read more]

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land... [Read more]

MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690

The characters of the passions

[17--]
Accessible in the Study Room
The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror

[1807-1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right... [Read more]

1739
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A survey of the city and suburbs of Bristol

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Antiquities of London and its environs

1791-[1800]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stalker, John

A treatise of japaning and varnishing

1688
Accessible in the Study Room
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie

1670. (fol.)
Accessible in the Study Room
The repository of arts, literature, fashions, &c

[1809-1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

An exact plan of the royal palace gardens and park at Richmond

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
A political and satirical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760

[1763?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico

1833
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Rowlandson's sketches from nature

[1822]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jukes, Francis, 1745–1812

[Views on the River Wye]

[1797-1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Darly, M. (Mary)

A book of caricaturas

[1762]
Accessible in the Study Room
The road to the temple of honour and fame

May 20, 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

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