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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
F. Ad. Richter & Co
3
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
2
Deacon, E
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E. R. T
1
Faber, G. W
1
Newman, William
1
Peachey, Emma
1
R. M
1
R. S. W
1
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
1
Soulby, W. H
1
Thomas De La Rue & Company
1
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1770
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1900
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
49
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Under Certain Circumstances
45
Free to Use
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Unavailable
38
Available
11
Classification
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
32
Books
7
Prints
4
Archives & Manuscripts
2
Drawings & Watercolors
2
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unknown
49
Period
19th century
46
18th century
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20th century
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recreation
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game
26
lithograph
18
chromolithograph
10
toy
10
puzzle
9
building block
6
metamorphic picture
5
tangram
5
board game
4
ephemera
4
greeting card
4
paper doll
4
playing card
4
cut-paper work
3
paperwork (crafts)
3
aquatint
2
birthday card
2
board games (game sets)
2
botanical illustration
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
33
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
26
Block building (Children's activity)
5
Amusements -- 19th century.
4
Clothing and dress.
3
Cut-out craft -- Great Britain.
3
Dresses -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
3
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
3
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
3
Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century.
2
Birthday cards -- Specimens.
2
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain.
2
Children.
2
Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)
2
Educational games -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
2
Fashion.
2
Games -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
2
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
2
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
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Great Britain
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Egypt
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France
1
Germany
1
Waterloo Bridge (London, England)
1
Associated People
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
1
Hood, Alexander, 1758–1796
1
Jaques and Son (London, England)
1
Powers, Hiram, 1805–1873
1
Saunders, Erasmus, 1812–1872
1
Saunders, Sophia
1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
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)
2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
1
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English
36
German
11
Multiple languages
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Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
2
R. M
The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798
1799
3
Many happy returns of the day
[approximately 1880]
4
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
5
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
6
Paper doll
approximately 1830?
7
With love and good wishes for a happy New Year
[1880?]
8
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]
[approximately 1880]
9
Dean's new magic picture book
[between 1857 and 1865]
10
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy
[1804]
11
Happy families
[186-?]
12
Pyramiden Spiel =
[ca. 1835?]
13
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
14
Newman, William
Moveable shadows
[1859]
15
The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
16
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
17
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
18
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
19
Thomas De La Rue & Company
De La Rue & Co.'s combined pocket chess and draught board
[187-?]
20
Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen =
[1850?]
21
Industrial exhibition of all nations
[1851]
22
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
23
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
24
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Embossed picture cards
[1855?]
25
Neues Aufstellfiguren-Spiel
[ca. 1865?]
26
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Patent stone building box no. 5
[approximately 1885]
27
Neue Damen Costüme =
1850s?
28
Waterloo Bridge dissected into 151 pieces
[ca. 1830?]
29
Snap
[ca. 1880?]
30
Molly's favourite doll =
[ca. 1850]
31
The steeple-chase game
[1860]
32
Orientalisches parquetspiel = Jeu de parquet oriental = The play of Oriental inlaid work
[approximately 1835?]
33
Deacon, E
Odds & ends
1836
34
The bird-catcher
1857
35
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kreuzzerbrecher =
[1892]
36
The game of spellicans
[ca. 1880?]
37
R. S. W
Crystal Palace
[late 19th century]
38
Der Gang zur Kirchweihe =
[mid-19th century]
39
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
40
Faber, G. W
The unexpected alterations
[ca. 1845?]
41
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
42
The magic ring
[between 1855 and 1870]
43
Soulby, W. H
The surprise art album
[1900]
44
Quartetts of the royal family of England
[between 1860 and 1865?]
45
Peachey, Emma
The little flower maker
[1869]
46
Spooner's Changing drolleries
1844
47
Fables in action
1820
48
The royal geographical amusement, or, The European traveller
1770
49
The funnyshire fox chace
[ca. 1830?]