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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
6
Creator
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
5
Heath, William, 1795–1840
4
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Leech, John, 1817–1864
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
2
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
2
A.J.K.H.
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
1
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
1
Carretta, Vincent
1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
1
Dean & Son
1
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
1
Donald, Diana
1
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
1
G. C. T
1
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On-site Access
Accessible in the Study Room
49
Accessible in the Reference Library
6
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
51
Free to Use
3
Image Available
Unavailable
50
Available
4
Classification
Books
35
Prints
9
Drawings & Watercolors
5
Archives & Manuscripts
2
Articles & Chapters
2
Photographs
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
19th century
49
20th century
4
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
Work Type
caricature
20
satires (visual works)
9
etching
8
aquatint
7
ink drawing
7
lithograph
6
satire
6
wood engraving
5
engraving
4
sketchbook
4
soft-ground etching
4
accordion fold format (binding)
3
panorama
3
portrait
3
crie
2
humorous picture
2
albumen print
1
alphabet book
1
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
30
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
18
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
13
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
4
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Political satire, English -- Pictorial works.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
3
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Fashion -- Great Britain.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
3
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher.
3
Political satire -- Great Britain.
3
Wit and humor.
3
Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
2
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
2
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
52
Caricature and cartoons
1
Cumbria (England)
1
England
1
Gwynedd (Wales)
1
Wales
1
Associated People
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Leech, John, 1817–1864
1
Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of, 1781–1857
1
Mountlove, Anna
1
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
1
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
3
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
1
Language
English
54
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Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
2
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
3
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput
1800-1801
4
Alderman Akeinside's "Bit of dinner at the club"!
[1860s?]
5
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
6
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
7
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
8
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
9
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
10
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
11
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
12
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
13
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
14
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
15
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
16
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
17
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
18
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
19
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
20
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
21
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
22
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
23
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
24
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
25
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
26
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
27
The melange of humour
[1824?]
28
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
29
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
30
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
31
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
32
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
33
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
34
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The mirror of fashion
1822
35
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
36
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
37
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
38
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
39
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
40
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
41
Funny folks album
187-]
42
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
43
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
44
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
45
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels
[1819?]
46
Album of cuttings from illustrated envelopes and letters
1879-1891
47
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
48
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
49
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
50
Carretta, Vincent
George III and the satirists from Hogarth to Byron
c1990
51
Maidment, Brian
Robert Seymour and nineteenth century print culture
2021
52
Savory, Jerold
The Vanity fair gallery
c1979
53
Houfe, Simon, 1942–
John Leech and the Victorian scene
c1984
54
Donald, Diana
The age of caricature
1996