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Rare Books and Manuscripts 1,219
Reference Library 4

Creator

Chapuy, Nicolas-Marie-Joseph, 1790–1858 13
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 11
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 10
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844 6
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 6
Christie, Manson & Woods 5
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 5
Allen, William, 1793–1864 4
Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807–1848 4
Rowe, George, 1796–1864 4
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877 4
Wyld, James, 1812–1887 4
Andrews, James, 1806–1876 3
Bowler, Thomas William, 1813–1869 3
Cannon, Richard, 1779–1865 3
Crowquill, Alfred 3
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860 3
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845 3
Francis, C. R. (Charles Richard), 1821–1901 3
Herdman, William Gawin, 1805–1882 3
Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831–1874 3
Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794–1857 3
Nash, Joseph, 1809–1878 3
Prout, J. S. (John Skinner), 1806–1876 3
Rawlings, Charles, -1919 3
Rayner, Samuel, 1806–1879 3
Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806–1871 3
Sousa, John Philip, 1854–1932 3
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 2
Bacon, G. W. (George Washington), 1830–1921 2

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 1,219
Accessible in the Reference Library 4

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 1,220

Image Available

unavailable 1,168
available 52

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 2

Classification

Books 933
Prints 88
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 87
Music (printed) 34
Maps & Atlas (printed) 19
Archives & Manuscripts 15
Periodicals 10
Articles & Chapters 5
Drawings & Watercolors 2
Postcards 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 1,157
20th century 56
18th century 3
21st century 3

Materials & Techniques

albumen process 1
lithography 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

lithograph 1,220

wood engraving 196
engraving 99
chromolithograph 80
recreation 63
ephemera 58
lithotint 50
toy theater 46
play 45
panorama 41
armorial bookplates (provenance) 40
etching 38
map 35
steel engraving 35
aquatint 34
hand coloring 34
game 33
sheet music 32
accordion fold format (binding) 31
drawing book 31
cut-paper work 23
valentine 23
botanical illustration 22
embossed paper 22
publisher's advertisement 22
advertisement 21
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 20
photograph 17
board game 16
juvenile work 15

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 57
Children's plays, English. 45
Drawing books -- Specimens. 42
Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama. 33
Day & Haghe -- Printer. 32
Voyages and travels. 30
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 29
Satire, English. 25
Hullmandel, C. -- Printer. 24
Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 23
Day & Son -- Printer. 22
Drawing -- Technique. 22
Piano music. 20
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 17
Painting -- Technique. 17
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 16
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance. 14
Bradbury and Evans -- Printer. 13
Cathedrals -- France. 13
Church architecture -- France. 12
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 11
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 11
Watercolor painting -- Technique. 11
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 10
Hullmandel & Walton -- Printer. 10
Murray, John -- Publisher. 10
Songs with piano. 10
Architecture -- Details. 9
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) 9
Crystal Palace Library -- Publisher. 9

Subject Period

19th century 195
20th century 21
18th century 4
17th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
6th century 1
Silurian 1
To 332 B. C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 231
England 81
London 37
India 28
France 24
Edinburgh 16
London (England) 15
Germany 14
United States 13
Italy 12
Europe 11
Brighton (England) 10
Egypt 10
Oxford (England) 10
Arctic regions 9
Edinburgh (Scotland) 9
Liverpool 9
Switzerland 9
California 8
Middle East 8
Russia 8
Canada 7
Mexico 7
Scotland 7
Spain 7
Turkey 7
Bristol 6
Dublin 6
Glasgow (Scotland) 6
Hastings (England) 6

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 15
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 8
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 5
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 4
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 3
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 2
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 2
Lee family 2
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773–1850 2
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765–1837 2
Adam, John, 1779–1825 1
Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792–1849 1
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885 1
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844–1925 1
Allen, William, 1793–1864 1
Arden family 1
Ashburnham family 1
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719–1772 1
Back, George, Sir, 1796–1878 1
Barmby, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1825–1896 1
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892 1
Barnett, John 1
Barry, Charles, Sir, 1795–1860 1
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799–1877 1
Bentley, J 1
Bentley, S 1
Bickford family 1
Bidwell, John, 1825–1873 1
Bingle, John 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 8
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 7
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 4
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 4
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 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
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 1

Credit Line

22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711752600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738175080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773936710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22883329880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22605770700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606384950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607575380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22607730820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607730840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607771750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607812870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22607820320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607847650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607858030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607931320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609442860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609466520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22610617530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22610912760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611227030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611233070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611233090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611752860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22612014030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22612427110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Baskett 1
22612427130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
22612436950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1

Language

English 1,100
French 69
German 27
Undetermined 5
Swedish 4
Russian 3
Spanish 2
Danish 1
Dutch 1
Efik 1
Italian 1
Latin 1
Multiple languages 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
The wonders of the world

[ca. 1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
My memory holds thy form in view

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
By nature formed to be the lover's flower

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Examples of the architecture of Venice

MDCCCLI [1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

[1840s?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

[1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester

[approximately 1860?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Print of 2 gentlemen in a field with two dogs]

[186-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H.... [Read more]

[approximately 1855]
Accessible in the Study Room
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
The Royal Regatta

[ca. 1852?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Movable card depicting a Chinese man emerging from a teapot

[ca. 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns

[ca. 1845?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The hare and the tortoise

Novr. 5th. 1849
Accessible in the Study Room
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
G. W.'s transparencies

[approximately 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lawrence & Co. (London, England)

Lawrence & Co.'s cheap clothing establishment

[not before 1882]
Accessible in the Study Room
A tribute to beautiful love!

1844
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
J.S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)

Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester

1881
Accessible in the Study Room
Elliston & Cavell, Ltd

Billheads of Elliston & Cavell, clothiers, Oxford, for clothing purchased by Mrs.... [Read more]

1909-1911
Accessible in the Study Room
May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys... [Read more]

[approximately 1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, John, 1800–1874

Mexico illustrated

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892

Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books

ca. 1844-1865
Accessible in the Study Room
To be disposed of

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
We must be united!

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Amid'st a meadow green and gay

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
An artistic calendar

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A chicken

[approximately 1860]
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal race course

[ca. 1845?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Oh! Woe is me. My tender heart is pierced with cupid's fatal dart

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Cupid'a ariel ship

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
By His Majesty's Royal Letter Patent

[not after 1837]
Accessible in the Study Room
If truest love can gain respect I may a mutual love expect

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Will you share these with me?

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
T. Daft & Son (Birmingham, England)

T. Daft & Son, manufacturers of metallic hot-houses and every description... [Read more]

approximately 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
The mistletoe bough, or, Young Lovel's bride

[approximately 1845]
Accessible in the Study Room
To my pretty Valentine!

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Little Red Riding Hood

[approximately 1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842

Egerton's views in Mexico

July 1st, 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Leicester Society of Artists

The Committee have the pleasure in announcing that the 10th Annual... [Read more]

[1891]
Accessible in the Study Room
I will love thee ever dearly

mid-19th century

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