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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
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unknown
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19th century
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recreation
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game
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lithograph
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puzzle
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board game
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botanical illustration
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charade
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cut-paper work
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dominoes (game)
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educational game
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engraving
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ink drawing
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jigsaw puzzle
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map
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matrice
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metamorphic picture
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overlay
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paperwork (crafts)
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pattern poetry
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Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
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Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 -- Pictorial works.
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Alphabets.
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Amusements -- Great Britain.
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Animal trainers.
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Church architecture -- Wales.
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Conduct of life.
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Copperplates -- Specimens.
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Educational games.
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English language -- Alphabet.
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Europe -- Description and travel.
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890.
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Flowers -- Pictorial works.
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Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
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Geographical recreations.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Pictorial works.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Great Britain
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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
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La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777–1843
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
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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)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
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G. W.'s transparencies
[approximately 1840?]
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
The paths of life
[circa 1840]
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The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
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Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
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The royal Windsor pair
[1840?]
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Copper plate used to print an illustration of St. Uldibrand, in a scene from Undine
between 1840 and 1860?
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The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
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The picture alphabet for a good child
[approximately 1850]
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
Riddles, charades, and puzzles
1840s
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Betts's tour through Europe
[circa 1850?]
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A chain of events in English history
[ca. 1840]
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European travellers, an instructive game
[184-?]
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The new cubic metamorphoses
184-?]
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Wallis's picturesque round game of the produce & manufactures,
[ca. 1840]