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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Meigh, Charles
17
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
10
Bush, Tracey
7
Morpeth, Sarah
7
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
6
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
5
Ridgway & Abington
5
Samuel Alcock & Co
5
T. & R. Boote
5
William Ridgway & Co
5
Charles Roberson & Co
4
Cockburn, Julie
4
Minton (Company)
4
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
4
William Ridgway, Son & Co
4
Winsor & Newton
4
Dilnot, John
3
F. Ad. Richter & Co
3
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
3
King, Ronald, 1932–
3
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Unknown
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Under Certain Circumstances
657
Free to Use
98
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Unavailable
605
Available
150
New Additions
2023-2024
46
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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755
Period
19th century
452
20th century
132
21st century
104
18th century
57
17th century
7
16th century
1
Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
23
throwing (pottery technique)
11
wood
10
wood engraving (process)
10
molding (forming)
9
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
transfer printing
3
cardboard
2
glue
2
ivory (material)
2
sterling silver
2
carving (processes)
1
casting (process)
1
collage
1
engraving
1
glass
1
plywood
1
polychromy
1
silversmithing
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recreation
221
game
160
lithograph
115
ceramic (material)
98
molding (forming)
77
stoneware (pottery)
74
jugs (vessels)
70
toy theater
69
play
67
board game
51
glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
51
cut-paper work
50
artists' book
43
artists' material
37
engraving
31
paint boxe
29
keepsake
26
optical instrument
25
playing card
23
puzzle
22
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Children's plays, English.
67
Parks, Stephen -- Provenance.
53
Ballads, English -- Juvenile drama.
52
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
37
Women in natural history.
36
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
34
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
31
Parks, Stephen -- Ownership.
28
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Gothic revival (Art)
23
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
22
Artists' tools -- Specimens.
17
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
16
Exhibitions -- England -- London.
16
Multiple art -- Great Britain.
15
Copperplates -- Specimens.
14
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
14
Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)
13
Amusements -- Great Britain.
12
Silenus (Mythological character)
12
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Subject Period
19th century
58
20th century
16
21st century
7
17th century
3
18th century
2
16th century
1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
305
England
29
London
19
France
8
Germany
7
London (England)
7
United States
6
Elsdon
5
Europe
5
Crystal Palace (London, England)
4
Scotland
4
Italy
3
Wales
3
China
2
India
2
Netherlands
2
Spain
2
Aldershot Camp
1
America
1
Arctic regions
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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
5
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
4
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 IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
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
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
2
Thetis (Mythological character)
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)
43
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
15
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
14
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
13
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
13
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
4
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
3
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
84
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus.
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
36
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
17
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
12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
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 Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer.
4
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 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
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Language
English
634
No linguistic content
36
German
22
French
17
Latin
10
Dutch
2
Italian
2
Japanese
1
Multiple languages
1
Polish
1
Spanish
1
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Dean's steam-boat alphabet
[1855?]
2
Dry drug jar
circa 1740
3
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
4
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
5
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
6
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
7
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
The dove and the bee
1818?
8
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
The poetry box
[2003]
9
W.T. Copeland & Sons
Portrait plate of Albert Smith
circa [1859?]
10
The brigand
[between 1840-1850]
11
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
12
Pizarro
[between 1850--1862]
13
Wyon, Edward William, 1811?-1885
Tazza, with representation of Heracles and the Garden of the Hesperides
1851
14
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
The paths of life
[circa 1840]
15
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
Box of pigments and implements for painting on china
ca. 1880
16
Harlequin & little Tom Tucker
[between 1835-1837]
17
Wet drug jar
between 1700 and 1725
18
Uncle Tom's cabin
1852
19
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
20
The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich
[approximately 1825]
21
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
22
The forty thieves
[between 1837-1840]
23
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
24
Winsor & Newton
Pocket watercolor box
[not before 1832]
25
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
26
Till the boys come home
1914 or 1915
27
Wet drug jar
circa 1660
28
Harlequin and Old Dame Trot
[between 1837-1840]
29
Ointment pot
between 1650 and 1700
30
Cockburn, Julie
Butterflies
2004
31
The battles of Balaklava and Inkerman
[1855]
32
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
33
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
34
Bowers, George Frederick
Crimean War
1856?
35
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857
Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies
1838
36
Underwood & Underwood
Sun Sculpture stereoscope
not before 1901
37
Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge
[1897?]
38
Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn
[between 1835-1837]
39
The red rover
[between 1835-1837]
40
Pidcock's Royal Menagerie (London, England)
Pidcock's Royal Menagerie farthing token
[approximately 1800]
41
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
42
Dry drug jar
circa 1750
43
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
44
Wood, Charles H., fl. 1840–1870
[Engraved shell depicting the Great Eastern steamship]
[ca. 1859]
45
The miller's maid
[between 1840 and 1850]
46
Specimens of articles in common use
between 1840 and 1860?
47
The wonders of the world
[ca. 1843]
48
Gilmour, Chris, 1973–
Lambretta Li 125
2004
49
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
1822
50
Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851
[1851]
51
Wallis's tour of Europe
Nov. 24th, 1794
52
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
53
Aladdin, or, The Wonderful lamp
[between 1876 and 1917]
54
Winsor & Newton
Ever pointed tubular drawing pencils
[1858?]
55
Cut-paper flower arrangements
London?,
56
Der freischutz
[between 1840-1850]
57
Blue beard
[1861]
58
Wet drug jar
circa 1750
59
The British tourist
[1830s?]
60
Society for the Conversion &c. of Negroe Slaves
ca. 1820
61
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Kittiwake or annett
1804?
62
Gilmour, Chris, 1973–
Moka
2004
63
Peep egg viewer of Weymouth, Dorset
ca. 1855
64
Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
65
Cobweb three-dimensional watercolor
66
C. Goodall & Son
Goodall's Royal Bezique register
[approximately 1900]
67
The Woodman's hut
[between 1837-1840]1
68
The new game of the multiplication table
[between 1830 and 1832]
69
Guy Fawkes
[1854]
70
Model of HMS Victory
2018
71
Dry drug jar
circa 1750
72
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
73
Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain
1868
74
Silver palace and the golden poppy, or, The water and fire kings
[between 1837-1840]
75
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Jupiter and the herdsman
1818?
76
Cockburn, Julie
[Flower book
[2005]
77
Wet drug jar
between 1700 and 1740
78
The circle of knowledge
[ca. 1850?]
79
The Royal Regatta
[ca. 1852?]
80
The "Easion" veil
[approximately 1900]
81
An arithmetical pastime
April 19th, 1798
82
Wet drug jar
between 1675 and 1680
83
Camera lucida
late 19th century?
84
Fox, Geo. (George)
A new, moral, and entertaining game of the reward of merit
December 10th, 1801
85
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Tree
not after 1828
86
The royal pastime of cupid, or, Entertaining game of the snake
12th May 1794
87
The combat with the giant
September 1st, 1796
88
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
The rhinoceros
1790?
89
The blue jackets, or, Her majesty's service
[between 1876 and 1917]
90
The maid and the magpie
[between 1876 and 1917]
91
Naval woolwork
1891
92
Walker, Augustine
Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Sutherland
1763
93
The battle of Alma
[1857]
94
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
The bald knight
1818?
95
The Kinora
[1911?]
96
The hare and the tortoise
Novr. 5th. 1849
97
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns
[ca. 1845?]
98
Richard Turpin, the highwayman
[between 1850-1862]
99
Dilnot, John
Moth collection
2013
100
Fortunio & his seven gifted servants
1846
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