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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
1
Creator
Horl, Mikel
8
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
4
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
2
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
2
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
1
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
1
Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
1
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
1
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
1
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
1
Mason, Finch
1
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
1
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
1
Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
1
Smith, Andrew
1
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1997
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
39
Available
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
2
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
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unknown
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Period
19th century
33
20th century
13
18th century
2
Work Type
wood engraving
10
artists' book
9
etching
5
lithograph
5
satire
5
cartoon
4
costume
4
ephemera
4
stationery
4
aquatint
3
publishers' advertisement
3
caricature
2
chromoxylograph
2
poem
2
steel engraving
2
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
binders' stamps (binding)
1
card game
1
clippings (information artifacts)
1
coloring book
1
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English wit and humor.
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Satire, English.
21
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
9
Caricatures and cartoons.
8
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
6
Costume -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Humor.
4
Ballads, English.
3
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
3
Horl, Mikel -- Publisher.
3
Anecdotes.
2
English poetry.
2
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
2
Horl, Mikel. -- Publisher.
2
Humorous poetry, English.
2
J. M. Dent and Co. -- Publisher.
2
Manners and customs.
2
Townsend, J. Barton -- Bookplate.
2
Turner & Spears -- Printer.
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19th century
10
18th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
24
Dublin
1
Edinburgh
1
Edinburgh (Scotland)
1
Egypt
1
England
1
Ipswich (England)
1
London
1
Manchester (England)
1
New York
1
New York (State)
1
Rome
1
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
1
Associated People
Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
1
Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
1
Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788–1841
1
Horl, Mikel
1
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
1
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
1
Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
1
Liston, John, 1776–1846
1
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale Class of 1949
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
1
Language
English
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
3
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
4
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
5
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
6
Hort, John Josiah, 1824–1882
The days when we had tails on us
1849
7
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of Rome
[1852]
8
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of England
MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]
9
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Model men
[1848?]
10
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
11
Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
Neilondé
[1860]
12
Morsels for merry and melancholy mortals ..
1815
13
Liston's characters
1826
14
Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook
MDCCCXCIV [1894]
15
Horl, Mikel
Caveperson
c1988
16
Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth & marvels
1898
17
Crowquill, Alfred
Absurdities
1827
18
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836–1917
About buying a horse, &c. &c.
1875
19
Smith, Andrew
The bad man chase
1997
20
The comic album
1844
21
The comic album
1843
22
Horl, Mikel
Little King Edward
c1988
23
Brighton!!
1830
24
Mason, Finch
The run of the season
[1902?]
25
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
Bon-mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold
MDCCCXCIII [1893]
26
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin
[1855]
27
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
An academy for grown horsemen
1929
28
Horl, Mikel
A nook of bon sense
c1990
29
Horl, Mikel
Horl's outlandish & endangered species
1994
30
Horl, Mikel
Unlikely hero number 00327
1991
31
Horl, Mikel
Questions? Questions?
1991
32
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
John Gilpin
[between 1853 and 1862]
33
Rhymes for the Egyptian scrap book
approximately 1860?
34
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
The old English 'squire
1821
35
Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
Men & manners
MCMXXVII [1927]
36
The Vauxhall papers
1841
37
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
Weeds of witchery
1837
38
A catalogue raisonée [sic] of the pictures now exhibiting in Pall Mall ..
1816
39
Horl, Mikel
Arthur Giraffe is better than none!
1989
40
Horl, Mikel
Goose around London
c1985
41
Blackwood's comic Zadkiel
MDCCLV [1855]
42
Whimsical song book for 1814
[1815]
43
Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798–1854
Specimen of the catalogue of the great sale at Gooseberry Hall
[1842]
44
The festival of Punch
1951