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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
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Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844–1925
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Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
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Hill, L. J.
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Jones, L. E. M
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
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Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
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Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
4
Prints
1
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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alphabet book
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ink drawing
4
lithograph
3
wood engraving
3
chromoxylograph
2
humorous picture
2
woodcut
2
accordion fold format (binding)
1
alphabet rhyme
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caricature
1
chromolithograph
1
color lithograph
1
correspondence
1
dance card
1
engraving
1
fairy tale
1
gold blocked binding
1
graphite pencil
1
nonsense verse
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nursery rhyme
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Alphabet -- Juvenile literature.
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Alphabets.
4
Alphabet rhymes.
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English language -- Alphabet.
3
Alphabet.
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Children's poetry.
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Satire, English.
2
Alliteration.
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Alphabet books -- England -- 19th century.
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Alphabet books.
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Animals -- Juvenile literature -- Pictorial works.
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Animals.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Caricatures and cartoons.
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Cavan, James, 1856–1911.
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Cavan, Mabel, 1890–1928.
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Cavan, Phillip Charles, 1889–
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Cavan, Sylvia, 1888–1962.
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Children's literature, English -- 19th century.
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Children's poetry, English -- 19th century.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Harrogate (England)
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Cavan, James, 1856–1911
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Cavan, Mabel, 1890–1928
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Cavan, Phillip Charles, 1889–
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Cavan, Sylvia, 1888–1962
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Crake, Barrington
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Crake, Vandeleur Benjamin, 1816–1894
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820–1910
1
Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
1
Williams, Winifred
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
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English
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
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Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
An alphabet
1898
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Dean's steam-boat alphabet
[1855?]
4
Hill, L. J.
An alphabet allegorical, alliterative & amusing : appreciable at all ages
MDCCCLXXI [1871]
5
The panoramic alphabet of peace
[1856]
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ABC of animals
[approximately 1896?]
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The darlings delight, or, Easy ABC
[between 1814 and 1817]
8
The child's alphabet
[ca. 1820?]
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Jones, L. E. M
The landscape alphabet
[1831]
10
The Harrogate alphabet for 1870
1870?
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Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
Eaton Mascott alphabet
circa 1894?-1918
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The pretty ABC
[between 1829 and 1839]
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Alphabet book for Winnifred
1896
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Crane, Walter, 1845–1915
Walter Crane's New toy book, containing sixty-four pages of pictures
[1874?]
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Sunday alphabet
[1861]
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Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
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Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844–1925
ABC for the SE
[approximately 1870]