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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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J., Lottie
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Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
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Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
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Thomas De La Rue & Company
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Available
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
10
Archives & Manuscripts
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Books
2
Periodicals
1
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unknown
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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game
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recreation
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playing card
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puzzle
4
watercolor
4
lithograph
3
botanical illustration
2
charade
2
engraving
2
rebuse
2
riddle
2
acrostic
1
anagram
1
aquatint
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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board game
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board games (game sets)
1
card game
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chess set
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children's art
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Amusements -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
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Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
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Women in natural history.
2
Amateur theater -- Great Britain.
1
Amusements -- France.
1
Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century.
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Amusements.
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Blocks (Toys)
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Card games -- France.
1
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Cary, Mary Flagler -- Ownership.
1
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892–1941 -- Ownership.
1
Checkers.
1
Chess.
1
Children's periodicals, German.
1
Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710.
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19th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
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England
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France
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Netherlands
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Wales
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Worcestershire (England)
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Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710
1
Comnena, Anna, 1083–
1
Garrick, David, 1717–1779
1
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1738–1800
1
Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
1
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
1
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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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English
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German
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Dutch
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French
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Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
2
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
3
Court game of geography
[between 1838 and 1855]
4
Fortune-telling wheels
circa 1870
5
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
6
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
7
Thomas De La Rue & Company
De La Rue & Co.'s combined pocket chess and draught board
[187-?]
8
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
9
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
10
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
11
Le jeu du cheval blanc
[ca. 1875?]
12
Quelle nützlicher Beschäftigungen zum Vergnügen der Jugend
1852-
13
Wallis's new railway game, or, Tour through England and Wales
[approximately 1844]
14
Unterhaltendes Mosaic-Spiel =
[circa 1850?]
15
Dutch historical card game
[approximately 1788]
16
J., Lottie
Album of rebuses
1870
17
Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
Charades, enigmas, riddles, and acrostics
1861
18
Der Kopfzerbrecher
[approximately 1900]
19
Parlor game
ca. 1831
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The poets
ca. [1861?]