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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
5
F. Ad. Richter & Co
3
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
2
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
2
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
2
Peachey, Emma
2
Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
1
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
1
Bertolotto, L
1
Bibulus, Rumfusticus
1
Brookes's Menagerie (London, England)
1
Cellarius, Henri
1
E. R. T
1
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
1
Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876
1
Foster, Son & Duncum
1
Herring, William
1
Lady
1
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808–1860
1
Lillywhite, William, 1792–1854
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
81
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Under Certain Circumstances
73
Free to Use
8
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66
Available
15
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Books
42
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
22
Prints
7
Archives & Manuscripts
2
Drawings & Watercolors
1
Music (printed)
1
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unknown
81
Period
19th century
79
18th century
2
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recreation
27
game
18
lithograph
17
wood engraving
16
advertisement
11
chromolithograph
11
ephemera
9
puzzle
8
aquatint
7
engraving
7
toy
7
building block
6
etching
5
tangram
5
die cutting
4
embossing
4
printed ephemera
4
ticket
4
admission ticket
3
board game
3
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
58
Games -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
9
Block building (Children's activity)
5
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
5
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
5
Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
5
Sports -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
5
Costume -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
4
Decoration and ornament.
4
Mountaineering -- France -- Alps, French.
4
Alps, French (France) -- Description and travel.
3
Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century.
3
Balls (Parties) -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy) -- Description and travel.
3
Chamounix-Mont-Blanc (France) -- Description and travel.
3
Diorama -- England -- London.
3
Soldiers.
3
Travel -- 19th century -- France.
3
Board games -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
2
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19th century
80
18th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
70
London (England)
6
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)
4
Alps, French (France)
3
Chamounix-Mont-Blanc (France)
3
India
2
Alagna (Italy) in art
1
Birmingham
1
Cambridge
1
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
1
Edinburgh (Scotland)
1
Egypt
1
France
1
Germany
1
Great Britain. Army
1
Hull
1
Leamington (England)
1
Liverpool
1
Mysore (India)
1
Paris (France)
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Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
5
Bouton, Charles-Marie, 1781–1853
3
Brookes, Joshua, -1803
2
Brookes, Paul, active 1803
2
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787–1851
2
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Biggin, George, 1760–1803
1
Brookes, Joshua, 1761–1833
1
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744–1818
1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
1
Herring, William
1
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
1
Powers, Hiram, 1805–1873
1
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
1
Sage, L. A., Mrs
1
Saunders, Erasmus, 1812–1872
1
Saunders, Sophia
1
Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793–1867
1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
8
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
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English
70
German
8
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The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter
[1800?]
2
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
3
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
4
European polyorama
[approximately 1851]
5
[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820]
[1820]
6
Paper doll
approximately 1830?
7
Herring, William
W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water fowl, gold and silver fish, sporting and fancy dogs
approximately 1835
8
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party
between 1792 and 1818?
9
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851
[1851]
10
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
A description of the correct method of waltzing
1816
11
Dean's new magic picture book
[between 1857 and 1865]
12
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785
1785
13
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy
[1804]
14
Quadrilling
[1822]
15
Brookes's Menagerie (London, England)
Original Menagerie, New Road, near Fitzroy Square, London
between 1803 and 1813?
16
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
17
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
18
Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen =
[1850?]
19
Bertolotto, L
The history of the flea
[1835]
20
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
21
The many headed monster
mid-19th century
22
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
A hand-book of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc
[1853?]
23
Lady
Forfeitiana, or, An elegant budget of winter evening's recreation for young persons
[1824]
24
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena
1834
25
Industrial exhibition of all nations
[1851]
26
Diorama, Regent's Park
[1837?]
27
Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country
1806
28
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
29
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
30
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
The Moray Minstrels 1866
1866
31
Foster, Son & Duncum
The hand book on making paper flowers ...
[approximately 1851]
32
Pyramiden Spiel =
[ca. 1835?]
33
Peachey, Emma
The little flower maker
[1869]
34
The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
35
Bibulus, Rumfusticus
Bacchus and the tee-totallers
1841
36
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap]
[approximately 1880]
37
Memoranda of Leamington Priors and its neighbourhood;
1822
38
Cellarius, Henri
The drawing-room dances
1847
39
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
40
Pocock, George
A treatise on the æropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air
1851
41
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
A hand-book of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc
[1854?]
42
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
43
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
44
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
Travelling game of India
1858
45
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of the Drum and Fife Band of the Grenadier Guards]
[approximately 1890]
46
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of ships of the Royal Navy]
[ca. 1895]
47
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
To China and back
1859
48
Diorama, Regent's Park
1825
49
The magic ring
[between 1855 and 1870]
50
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage
MDCCCXXVII [1827]
51
Cambridge University boating costumes
[1880?]
52
Martin, William, 1801–1867
The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises
[between 1837 and 1845]
53
Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
Parlour pastimes
[1868]
54
Mingaud, François, 1771–1847
The noble game of billiards
1830
55
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
A hand-book of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc
[1852?]
56
Description of the two pictures now exhibiting at the Diorama, Regents, Park London
[1823]
57
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Patent stone building box no. 5
[approximately 1885]
58
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
The Moray Minstrels 1867
1867
59
Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876
Felix on the bat
MDCCCXLV [1845]
60
Lukin, Robert, 1772–1835
A treatise on tennis
1822
61
The history of Punch & Judy
[ca. 1860?]
62
Waterloo Bridge dissected into 151 pieces
[ca. 1830?]
63
Excursion to the Crystal Palace
1857
64
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808–1860
The girl's own toy-maker and book of recreation
1863
65
[Die-cut embossed chromolithgraph scrap-sheet of the Mounted Troopers of the 1st Lifeguards]
[approximately 1890]
66
The aeronautikon
[1845]
67
Die Belagerung von Paris = The siege of Paris = La siège de Paris
[1871?]
68
Fables in action
1820
69
Military officer
Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises
1823
70
Lillywhite, William, 1792–1854
Lillywhite's illustrated hand-book of cricket
[1844]
71
Parlour magic
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
72
Old Humphrey, 1787–1854
Sergeant Bell and his raree-show
1839
73
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kreuzzerbrecher =
[1892]
74
R. S. W
Crystal Palace
[late 19th century]
75
Peachey, Emma
The royal guide to wax flower modelling
MDCCCLI [1851]
76
Orientalisches parquetspiel = Jeu de parquet oriental = The play of Oriental inlaid work
[approximately 1835?]
77
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition
[1851]
78
The bird-catcher
1857
79
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Helps and hints how to protect life and property
1835
80
H. Simpkins's illustrated pocket keepsake and book of amusements for 1882
[1881]
81
Townshend, Barbara Anne
Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper
1808