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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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F. Ad. Richter & Co
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F. Ad. Richter & Co.
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Peacock, W. (William), -1910
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
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George Philip & Son
1
J., Lottie
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Opie, Julian, born 1958
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R. Journet & Co
1
R. S. W
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Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
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Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
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Varley, Delvalle Lowry
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Wallis, J. (John), -1818
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Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
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2008
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
38
Available
4
Classification
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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Archives & Manuscripts
11
Books
4
Maps & Atlas (printed)
3
Prints
1
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unknown
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Period
19th century
35
20th century
5
21st century
2
18th century
1
Work Type
puzzle
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recreation
34
game
30
tangram
9
jigsaw puzzle
8
lithograph
8
riddle
7
watercolor
7
ink drawing
6
periodical
6
manuscript magazine
5
charade
4
children's art
4
children's magazine
4
rebuse
4
chromolithograph
3
dissection puzzle
3
humorous picture
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map
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anagram
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
10
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
8
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
5
Amusements -- Great Britain.
4
English poetry -- 19th century.
4
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
3
Wit and humor -- English.
3
Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century.
2
English poetry -- 18th century.
2
Germany -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
2
Alan Cristea Gallery -- Exhibitions.
1
Alan Cristea Gallery -- Publisher.
1
Amateur theater -- Great Britain.
1
America -- Maps.
1
Andrássy, Gyula, gróf, 1823–1890 -- Portraits.
1
Animal trainers.
1
Berger, G. -- Publisher.
1
Birthday cards -- Specimens.
1
Bismark, Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf von, 1783–1860 -- Portraits.
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Subject Period
19th century
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18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
27
England
4
Germany
2
America
1
Canada
1
Edinburgh
1
Europe
1
Fyfield (England : Hampshire)
1
India
1
London
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Worcestershire (England)
1
Associated People
Andrássy, Gyula, gróf, 1823–1890
1
Bismark, Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf von, 1783–1860
1
Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710
1
Comnena, Anna, 1083–
1
Czajkowski, Michał, 1804–1886
1
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804–1881
1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
1
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
1
Garrick, David, 1717–1779
1
Gorchakov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1798–1883
1
Holloway, George, fl. 1837–1839,
1
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1738–1800
1
Opie, Julian, born 1958
1
Pound, Dorothy
1
Rendel, Andrew James, 1888–1917
1
Rendel, Elinor Strachey, 1860–1944
1
Rendel, Elizabeth, 1883–1923
1
Rendel, Frances Elinor, 1885–1942
1
Rendel, James Meadows, 1854–1937
1
Rendel, Richard Meadows, 1887–1966
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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)
5
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Glenn Mitchell
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English
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German
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The young companion
1897 January-1898 December
2
The Eastern puzzle
[approximately 1885]
3
Wallis, J. (John), -1818
Wallis's new dissected map of America : engraved from the latest authorities, for the use of young students in geography
[between 1812 and 1818]
4
Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle
[approximately 1930]
5
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
6
The latest and most fascinating geometrical puzzle
[late 19th c.?]
7
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
8
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's Superior dissected maps
[between 1875 and 1909]
9
Nuts to crack;
[between 1830 and 1834]
10
Little Ben's first packet of puzzles
1806
11
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Homefield monthly
1897-1898
12
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
13
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
14
Varley, Delvalle Lowry
Chinese caricatures,
[1818]
15
Opie, Julian, born 1958
This is Shahnoza in 3 parts
2008
16
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
Riddles, charades, and puzzles
1840s
17
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
18
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Scotland
[between 1901 and 1909?]
19
R. Journet & Co
The television puzzle
[approximately 1950]
20
The Kit Kat papers
1891 January-1892 February
21
Henry IV
[2003?]
22
Wallis's new map of Europe
[ca. 1815]
23
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
24
Routledges's every girl's annual
[1880]
25
Collection of riddles
circa 1820?
26
George Philip & Son
Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland
[approximately 1910]
27
J., Lottie
Album of rebuses
1870
28
Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
Charades, enigmas, riddles, and acrostics
1861
29
Model of the Tower of London
[1867]
30
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kreuzzerbrecher =
[1892]
31
Der Kopfzerbrecher
[approximately 1900]
32
Mosaic amusement
1855
33
B.N.P.S. magazine
1838
34
Schoolroom magazine
1892
35
Geographische Studien
[circa 1870]
36
Commonplace book
circa 1830
37
R. S. W
Crystal Palace
[late 19th century]
38
Many folk misfitz
[ca. 1900]
39
Orientalisches parquetspiel = Jeu de parquet oriental = The play of Oriental inlaid work
[approximately 1835?]
40
100 neueste Charakter-Bilder =
[approximately 1865?]
41
Quartetts of the royal family of England
[between 1860 and 1865?]
42
The new cubic metamorphoses
184-?]