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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
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Kemplen, Tony
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Lincoln, Paul Etienne
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Ryland, John, 1723–1792
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
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Schott, Ben, 1974–
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Visentini, Antonio, 1688–1782
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2009
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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21st century
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17th century
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engraving
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playing card
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recreation
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game
21
artists' book
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engraving
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card game
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black-and-white photograph
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chromolithograph
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etching
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lithograph
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multiple
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periodical
1
photocopie
1
publisher's advertisement
1
tax stamps (printing)
1
wood engraving
1
woodcut
1
Subject Terms
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain.
6
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
5
Amusements -- Great Britain.
4
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
3
Cary, Mary Flagler -- Ownership.
2
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892–1941 -- Ownership.
2
Poetry -- Collections.
2
Sports -- Miscellanea.
2
Sports -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
2
Utagaruta (Game)
2
Alphabets.
1
Amusements -- France.
1
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
1
Amusements -- Japan.
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Art -- Great Britain.
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Art and Design Research Unit -- Publisher.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain -- Periodicals.
1
B-17 bomber.
1
Bible games and puzzles.
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19th century
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17th century
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18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
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France
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Italy
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Japan
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Netherlands
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Sheffield
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Waltham Cross (Hertfordshire)
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Associated People
Jaques and Son (London, England)
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Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
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Poets, Japanese
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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)
4
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous gift
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Jones
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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English
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Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Japanese
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Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
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Happy families
[186-?]
3
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
The poetry box
[2003]
4
Hyakunin isshu karuta
late 18th century?
5
[The Popish Plot]
[1679?]
6
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
7
Court game of geography
[between 1838 and 1855]
8
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
9
Visentini, Antonio, 1688–1782
[Biblical playing cards]
[1748]
10
Words & pictures
1994
11
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
12
Kemplen, Tony
SK 329858
1994
13
[Geographical cards
16--]
14
First World War 1914-1918
[1999]
15
The deck of cards
1979
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Contraband
[1950s?]
17
Derby day
[2009]
18
Schott, Ben, 1974–
Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany
c2004
19
Dutch historical card game
[approximately 1788]
20
Ryland, John, 1723–1792
Geographical cards, or, A view of the principal cities of the known world
1770
21
Snap
[ca. 1880?]
22
Lincoln, Paul Etienne
The world and its inhabitants
1997
23
The picture alphabet for a good child
[approximately 1850]