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Reference Library
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Horl, Mikel
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
2
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
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Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836–1917
1
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
1
Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798–1854
1
Crowquill, Alfred
1
Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
1
Hort, John Josiah, 1824–1882
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
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Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
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Mason, Finch
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Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
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Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
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Smith, Andrew
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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wood engraving
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artists' book
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lithograph
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aquatint
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publishers' advertisement
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chromoxylograph
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steel engraving
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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binders' stamps (binding)
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caricature
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coloring book
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essay
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etching
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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hand-colored illustration
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humor
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photomechanical print
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poem
1
private press books (publishing)
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English wit and humor.
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Satire, English.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Ballads, English.
3
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Horl, Mikel -- Publisher.
3
Anecdotes.
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English poetry.
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Horl, Mikel. -- Publisher.
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Humorous poetry, English.
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J. M. Dent and Co. -- Publisher.
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Manners and customs.
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Townsend, J. Barton -- Bookplate.
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Turner & Spears -- Printer.
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Vizetelly Brothers and Co. -- Printer
2
Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher.
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Acting -- Great Britain.
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Actors -- Great Britain -- Portraits.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Dublin
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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England
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Ipswich (England)
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London
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Manchester (England)
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New York
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New York (State)
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Rome
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Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
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Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
1
Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788–1841
1
Horl, Mikel
1
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
1
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
1
Liston, John, 1776–1846
1
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale Class of 1949
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
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English
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Hort, John Josiah, 1824–1882
The days when we had tails on us
1849
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of Rome
[1852]
3
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of England
MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]
4
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Model men
[1848?]
5
Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
Neilondé
[1860]
6
Morsels for merry and melancholy mortals ..
1815
7
Liston's characters
1826
8
Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook
MDCCCXCIV [1894]
9
Horl, Mikel
Caveperson
c1988
10
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth & marvels
1898
11
Crowquill, Alfred
Absurdities
1827
12
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836–1917
About buying a horse, &c. &c.
1875
13
Smith, Andrew
The bad man chase
1997
14
The comic album
1844
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The comic album
1843
16
Horl, Mikel
Little King Edward
c1988
17
Brighton!!
1830
18
Mason, Finch
The run of the season
[1902?]
19
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
Bon-mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold
MDCCCXCIII [1893]
20
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin
[1855]
21
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
An academy for grown horsemen
1929
22
Horl, Mikel
A nook of bon sense
c1990
23
Horl, Mikel
Horl's outlandish & endangered species
1994
24
Horl, Mikel
Unlikely hero number 00327
1991
25
Horl, Mikel
Questions? Questions?
1991
26
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
John Gilpin
[between 1853 and 1862]
27
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
The old English 'squire
1821
28
Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
Men & manners
MCMXXVII [1927]
29
The Vauxhall papers
1841
30
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
Weeds of witchery
1837
31
A catalogue raisonée [sic] of the pictures now exhibiting in Pall Mall ..
1816
32
Horl, Mikel
Arthur Giraffe is better than none!
1989
33
Horl, Mikel
Goose around London
c1985
34
Blackwood's comic Zadkiel
MDCCLV [1855]
35
Whimsical song book for 1814
[1815]
36
Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798–1854
Specimen of the catalogue of the great sale at Gooseberry Hall
[1842]
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The festival of Punch
1951