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Reference Library
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
5
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
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Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
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Hone, William, 1780–1842
2
Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
2
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
2
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
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Old Sailor, 1790–1846
2
Wight, J. (John)
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Akerman, John Yonge, 1806–1873
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Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
1
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
1
Berens, Edward, 1777?-1859
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Bowring, John, Sir, 1792–1872
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Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
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Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
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Books
89
Articles & Chapters
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Periodicals
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19th century
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20th century
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wood engraving
37
etching
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publishers' advertisement
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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engraving
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aquatint
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glyphograph
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adventure fiction
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annotations (provenance)
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booksellers' labels (provenance)
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caricature
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didactic fiction
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hand-colored illustration
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juvenile literature
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parodie
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poem
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sea storie
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steel engraving
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Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
9
Krech, Alvin W. -- Bookplate.
9
Satire, English.
9
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
7
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
6
Krech, Shepard 1891– -- Bookplate.
6
Wit and humor, English.
6
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
5
Bogue, David -- Publisher.
5
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878.
5
Christmas stories.
4
English literature -- 19th century.
4
Flick, Reuben Jay -- Bookplate.
4
Maidment, Brian -- Donor.
4
Cruikshank, George -- Publisher.
3
Etching -- Specimens -- 1836.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1849.
3
Hone, William -- Publisher.
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Moyes, J. -- Printer.
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Great Britain
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England
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Edinburgh
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London
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Dublin
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London (England)
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
5
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
2
Spurzheim, J. G. (Johann Gaspar), 1776–1832
2
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507–1536
1
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665–1714
1
Blackstone, William, 1723–1780
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Blunderhead family
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616
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Dunstan, Saint, 909–988
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Gall, F. J. (Franz Joseph), 1758–1828
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Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779–1837
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
1
Roundell, Charles Savile
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
1
Sheppard, Jack, 1702–1724
1
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
1
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786–1826
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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Hone, William, 1780–1842
Ancient mysteries described
1823
2
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
3
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784–1862
The wife, or, Women as they are
1835
4
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
The adventures of Joseph Andrews
1832
5
Stephens, Frederic George, 1828–1907
A memoir of George Cruikshank
1891
6
Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
The life of Sir John Falstaff
1858
7
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
8
Old Sailor, 1790–1846
Land and sea tales
1836
9
Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm
1852
10
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena
1834
11
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Whom to marry and how to get married, or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good husband
[1856]
12
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779–1837
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
1838
13
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic Blackstone
1857
14
The Comic almanack;
[between 1863 and 1873]
15
Moore, Francis, 1657–1714
The age of intellect, or, Clerical showfolk, and wonderful layfolk
1819
16
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
The tooth-ache
[1849]
17
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875
"The greatest plague of life", or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant
[1847]
18
Galscock, W. N. (William Nugent), 1787?-1847
Land sharks and sea gulls
1838
19
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
1831
20
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth and marvels
1865
21
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Saint James's, or, The court of Queen Anne
1844
22
The Comic almanack
1834?-1852?]
23
Wight, J. (John)
Sunday in London
1833
24
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Phrenological illustrations or, An artist's view of the craniological system of doctors Gall and Spurzheim
1830
25
Moir, D. M. (David Macbeth), 1798–1851
The life of Mansie Wauch
1839
26
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
The adventures of Oliver Twist, or, The parish boy's progress
1846 [i.e. 1855?]
27
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
The history of Amelia
1832
28
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Rookwood
1836
29
The life of Napoleon
1815
30
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The betting-book
1852
31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
32
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Sketches by Boz
1839
33
Hugo, Victor, 1802–1885
Hans of Iceland
1825
34
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
New Year's day
[1846]
35
Hood, Thomas, 1799–1845
The Epping hunt
1829
36
The Westminster review
37
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family
1830
38
Southey, Caroline Bowles, 1786–1854
The cat's tail
1831
39
Globus, Septimus
Der Freischütz, travestie
1824
40
Kendall, Edward Augustus, 1776?-1842
Burford cottage
1835
41
Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1818–1864
Frank Fairlegh, or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil ...
1850
42
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Facetiæ and miscellanies
1827
43
Dalton, James, fl. 1831–1836
The gentleman in black
1831
44
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809–1898
Kit Bam's adventures, or, The yarns of an old mariner
1849
45
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
Tim Bobbin's Lancashire dialect, and poems
1828
46
Old Sailor, 1790–1846
Tough yarns
1835
47
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
Modern chivalry, or, A new Orlando Furioso
1843
48
Clarke, William, 1800–1838
Three courses and a dessert
1830
49
Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
Scenes from the life of Edward Lascelles, gent
1837
50
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
The good genius that turned everything into gold, or, The queen bee and the magic dress
1847
51
Inglis, Henry D. (Henry David), 1795–1835
Rambles in the footsteps of Don Quixote
1837
52
Lowell, James Russell, 1819–1891
The Biglow papers
1861
53
Points of humour
1823-1824
54
White, James, 1803–1862
The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin
1836
55
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
So this then is The house of life
[1899]
56
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
The adventures of Roderick Random
1831
57
Cinderella and the glass slipper
[1854]
58
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814
Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin
1841
59
The humourist
1819-1822
60
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Phrenological illustrations, or, An artist's view of the craniological system of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim
1826
61
Whitty, Michael James, 1795–1873
Tales of Irish life
1824
62
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Second edition of A discovery concerning ghosts
1864
63
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
The miser's daughter
1842
64
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
A handbook for posterity, or, Recollections of "Twiddle Twaddle"
1896
65
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Illustrated title page from] Fairy songs & ballads for the young
[not later than 1858]
66
Martin's vagaries
1843
67
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Windsor Castle
1844
68
Flight, Edward G
The true legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil
1871
69
The comic almanack
[1878?]
70
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
71
Bowring, John, Sir, 1792–1872
Minor morals for young people
1834-39
72
Stenelaus and Amylda
1858
73
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
George Cruikshank
1840]
74
Old Humphrey, 1787–1854
Sergeant Bell and his raree-show
1839
75
Smith, James, 1775–1839
Rejected addresses, or, The new Theatrum poetarum
1833
76
Berens, Edward, 1777?-1859
Christmas stories
1823
77
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Scraps and sketches
1828-1832
78
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
What put my pipe out, or, Incidents in the life of a clergyman
[1862]
79
Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1804?-1862
Lady Arabella, or, The adventures of a doll
[1856]
80
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–1896
Uncle Tom's cabin
1852
81
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
82
O'Hara, Kane, 1714?-1782
Tom Thumb
1830
83
Wight, J. (John)
More mornings at Bow street
1827
84
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Jack Sheppard
1839-40
85
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Helps and hints how to protect life and property
1835
86
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
The Yule log, for everybody's Christmas hearth
1847
87
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]
88
Akerman, John Yonge, 1806–1873
Tales of other days
1830
89
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Cakes and ale
1842
90
Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772–1826
Bombastes furioso
1830
91
Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821–1856
Clement Lorimer, or, The book with the iron clasps
1849
92
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
The inundation, or, Pardon and peace
[1848?]
93
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
The life of George Cruikshank
1894