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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
6
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
5
Heath, William, 1795–1840
5
Wilson, T. C
4
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
3
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Leech, John, 1817–1864
3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
2
Carretta, Vincent
2
Clayton, Tim
2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
2
Grego, Joseph, 1843–1908
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Lisle, Joe
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Books
139
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Postcards
3
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1
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170
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19th century
110
20th century
48
21st century
12
18th century
1
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wove paper
1
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caricature
21
aquatint
20
lithograph
15
etching
13
wood engraving
13
satires (visual works)
9
soft-ground etching
8
engraving
7
satire
7
accordion fold format (binding)
6
chromolithograph
6
ink drawing
6
armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
caricatures and cartoon
3
chromoxylograph
3
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history
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
24
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
12
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Caricatures and cartoons.
10
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
8
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
7
Caricatures and cartoons.
6
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878.
6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
5
Great Britain.
5
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Lithography -- Specimens -- [ca. 1830].
5
M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher.
5
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Alvey -- Printer.
4
Caricature and cartoons.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
4
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18th century
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17th century
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Great Britain
98
England
16
London (England)
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Europe
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Aristrocracy Great Britain
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Biarritz (France)
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Cheshire
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Glasgow
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Gwynedd (Wales)
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
6
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
4
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
2
Keene, Charles, 1823–1891
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
May, Phil, 1864–1903
2
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
2
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Earl of, 1823–1858
1
Chaplin, Florence, 1855–1881
1
Combe, William, 1742–1823
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
1
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
1
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
1
Leech, John, 1817–1864
1
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
5
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
2
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
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
1
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165
French
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German
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
2
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Moments of fancy and whim
1823
3
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
4
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
5
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
6
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
7
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
[My wife]
1818?]
9
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
10
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Horse accomplishments
[1799]
11
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
12
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
13
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
14
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
15
The book of shadows
[1882]
16
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk
1822
17
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
18
Wilson, T. C
Progress of inebriety
ca. 1830]
19
Cruikshank, Percy
Hints to emigrants, or, Incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-town
[1849]
20
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
21
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
22
Dawe, George, 1781–1829
The life of a nobleman
[ca. 1825]
23
Rowbotham, J. B
The comic astronomy, or, Moonshine for sunstruck people
[1850]
24
Funny folks album
187-]
25
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
26
Bowers, G. (Georgina)
Hunting in hard times
[1889]
27
The St. Trinian's story
1959
28
Britton, John, 1771–1857
The pleasures of human life
1807
29
A kettle of fish
[1825]
30
M'Cringer, Joel
A compendious treatise on modern education
1802
31
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
32
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
33
Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873–1934
English society
1897
34
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
35
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
36
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
37
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
38
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
39
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
40
The Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
[approximately 1951]
41
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
42
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
43
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860
Panorama of the Franco Prussian War
[1871?]
44
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882
How Pippins enjoyed a day with the foxhounds
[1863]
45
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The christening procession of Prince Taffy
1842
46
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
47
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
48
Wilson, T. C
Progress of sobriety
ca. 1830]
49
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
50
Seccombe, Thomas S. (Thomas Strong), 1840–1899
Military misreadings of Shakspere
[1880]
51
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
52
Leech, John, 1817–1864
The rising generation
[1848]
53
Loch, Catharine Grace, 1854–1904
The foreign tour of the Misses Brown, Jones, and Robinson
[approximately 1877]
54
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
55
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Four hundred humorous illustrations
[190-?]
56
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
57
Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
The fiddle faddle fashion book and beau monde à la française
[1840]
58
Progress of intemperance
ca. 1830]
59
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
60
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting notions
[1831-1833]
61
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
62
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
63
The Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
[approximately 1951]
64
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
65
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
66
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
67
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
68
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
69
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
How to qualify for a Meltonian
1819
70
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Characters at the west end of the town
1825
71
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
72
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
73
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
74
Points of humour
1823-1824
75
The melange of humour
[1824?]
76
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
77
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Fifty caricatures
MCMXIII [1913]
78
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
79
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
80
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
81
Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844–1907
Griset's grotesques, or, Jokes drawn on wood
1867
82
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
83
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The nuisances of London
[1830]
84
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
85
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
86
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1860
87
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
88
Wilson, T. C
Progress of intemperance
ca. 1830]
89
Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
The London and Paris picture book
[1856]
90
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
91
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Nautical dictionary
[1829]
92
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
93
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
City characters
1824
94
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
95
Crowquill, Alfred
Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England
[ca. 1850]
96
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
97
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion
1823
98
Catalogue of Gillray's caricatures
circa 1830
99
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
100
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
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