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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Prints and Drawings
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Reference Library
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Creator
Gay, John, 1685–1732
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Mazell, Peter, active 1761–1797
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Skelton, William, 1763–1848
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Unknown artist
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Audinet, Philip, 1766–1837
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Stockdale, John, ca. 1749–1814
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
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Classification
Books
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Prints
2
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male
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Collective Title
Gay's Fables
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Fables by John Gay, Vol. I
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Fables by John Gay, Vol. II
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Period
18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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Materials & Techniques
etching (printing process)
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line engraving
2
wove paper
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Height [cm]
27
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Width [cm]
17
2
Work Type
wood engraving
5
intaglio print
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booksellers' label
1
libretto
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photomechanical print
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publishers' advertisement
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subscriber's list
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Genre
animal art
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literary theme
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Subject Terms
Baldwin, R. -- Publisher.
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Bent, W. -- Publisher.
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Cadell, T. -- Publisher.
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Fables.
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Gardner, H. L. -- Publisher.
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Johnson, J. -- Publisher.
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Lowndes, W. -- Publisher.
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Newbery, E. -- Publisher.
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Rivington, F. and C. -- Publisher.
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Robinson, G. G. and J. -- Publisher.
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Scatcherd, J. -- Publisher.
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Sewell, J. -- Publisher.
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Walker, J. -- Publisher.
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Ballad operas -- Librettos.
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Bladon, S. -- Publisher.
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Brigstocke, Elizabeth, 1800–1861 -- Autograph.
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Charnley, W. -- Printer.
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Davey, P., -- Publisher.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1793.
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Fables, English -- Early works to 1800.
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London (England)
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Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
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York (England)
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Exhibition History
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
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English
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Published by John Stockdale, ca. 1749–1814
Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 2
1793
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Text by John Gay, 1685–1732
Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1
1793
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
The shepherd's week
1714
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1737-42
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1801
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1793
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1779
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
MDCCLVII [1757]
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Polly
1923
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1796
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
The fables of Mr. John Gay
1811
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Trivia: or, The art of walking the streets of London
1922