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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
9
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Heath, William, 1795–1840
5
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
2
Leech, John, 1817–1864
2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
2
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
2
A.J.K.H.
1
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
1
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
1
Crowquill, Alfred
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
79
Free to Use
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77
Available
4
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Books
58
Prints
13
Drawings & Watercolors
5
Articles & Chapters
3
Archives & Manuscripts
2
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unknown
81
Period
19th century
79
20th century
1
21st century
1
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wove paper
1
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caricature
21
aquatint
15
etching
13
lithograph
11
satires (visual works)
10
wood engraving
9
ink drawing
7
engraving
6
satire
6
soft-ground etching
6
accordion fold format (binding)
5
sketchbook
4
panorama
3
portrait
3
publishers' advertisement
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
crie
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ephemera
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humorous picture
2
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
57
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
42
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
12
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
6
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
5
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
4
Fashion -- Great Britain.
4
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher.
4
Political satire, English -- Pictorial works.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
3
Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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18th century
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Great Britain
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Aristrocracy Great Britain
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Caricature and cartoons
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Cumbria (England)
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Gwynedd (Wales)
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London (England)
1
Wales
1
Associated People
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
1
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
1
Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of, 1781–1857
1
Mountlove, Anna
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
1
Smith, John, 1580–1631
1
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
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)
3
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Sloane Griswold, Yale BA 1937
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
1
Language
English
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Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput
1800-1801
2
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
3
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
4
O'Connell, David
Kate Middleton in her own words
2011
5
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
6
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
7
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
8
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
9
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
10
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
11
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
12
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
13
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
14
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
15
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
16
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
17
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
18
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk
1822
19
Rowbotham, J. B
The comic astronomy, or, Moonshine for sunstruck people
[1850]
20
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
21
The book of shadows
[1882]
22
Funny folks album
187-]
23
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The christening procession of Prince Taffy
1842
24
Cruikshank, Percy
Hints to emigrants, or, Incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-town
[1849]
25
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
26
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
27
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
28
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
29
A kettle of fish
[1825]
30
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
31
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
32
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
33
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
34
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
35
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
36
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
37
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
38
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
39
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
40
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
41
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
42
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
43
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
44
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
45
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
46
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
47
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
48
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
49
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
50
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
51
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
52
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
53
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
54
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
55
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
56
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Nautical dictionary
[1829]
57
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
58
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
59
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
60
Points of humour
1823-1824
61
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
62
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion
1823
63
The melange of humour
[1824?]
64
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
65
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
66
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
67
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
68
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
69
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
George Cruikshank
1840]
70
Album of cuttings from illustrated envelopes and letters
1879-1891
71
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
72
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
73
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
74
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
75
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The mirror of fashion
1822
76
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
The Victoria gallery of men & their follies
1838
77
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Cross readings
1826
78
Crowquill, Alfred
Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England
[ca. 1850]
79
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
80
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels
[1819?]
81
The festival of Punch
1951