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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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F. Ad. Richter & Co
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Newton, T
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Peacock, W. (William), -1910
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F. Ad. Richter & Co.
2
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
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C. H. E
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Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
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Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
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Deacon, E
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E. R. T
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Faber, G. W
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
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Ginot des Rois, Mlle
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Green, James, 1771–1834
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J., Lottie
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Newman, William
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Paull, Margaret Agnes
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Peachey, Emma
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Pease, Richard H., 1813–1869
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137
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45
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6
Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Videos
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217
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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game
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lithograph
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board game
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puzzle
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engraving
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chromolithograph
17
toy theater
16
toy
15
watercolor
15
tunnel book
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drama
13
juvenile work
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metamorphic picture
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play
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botanical illustration
8
cut-paper work
8
hand coloring
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map
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aquatint
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
30
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
27
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
24
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
21
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
19
Amusements -- Great Britain.
18
Children's plays, English.
13
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
8
Educational games.
7
Block building (Children's activity)
5
Clothing and dress.
5
Europe -- Maps.
5
Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
5
Amusements -- 19th century.
4
Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)
4
Educational games -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
4
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
4
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
4
Thames Tunnel (London, England)
4
Tunnels -- England -- London.
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18th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Europe
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London
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Thames Tunnel (London, England)
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United States
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Aldershot Camp
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Boppard (Germany)
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Glasgow (Scotland)
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Grassmarket (Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
4
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792–1849
1
Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710
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Colvile, Mary Louisa Eden, 1788–1858,
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Comnena, Anna, 1083–
1
Cuchetti, Francesco
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
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Dundas, David, Sir, 1735–1820
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Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
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Garrick, David, 1717–1779
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La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777–1843
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Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1738–1800
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Paull, Margaret Agnes
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Powers, Hiram, 1805–1873
1
Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
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Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
1
Saunders, Erasmus, 1812–1872
1
Saunders, Sophia
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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)
19
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
10
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
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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 Hans P. Kraus
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Clement
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Glenn Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
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German
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French
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Italian
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Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
2
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
3
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
4
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
5
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
6
G. W.'s transparencies
[approximately 1840?]
7
The wonders of the world
[ca. 1843]
8
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
1822
9
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
10
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
The paths of life
[circa 1840]
11
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
12
Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain
1868
13
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
14
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in each quarter of the world
1st Novr. 1818
15
The British tourist
[1830s?]
16
The Royal Regatta
[ca. 1852?]
17
Dean's new magic picture book
[between 1857 and 1865]
18
Royal race course
[ca. 1845?]
19
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy
[1804]
20
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
21
With love and good wishes for a happy New Year
[1880?]
22
The new game of the multiplication table
[between 1830 and 1832]
23
Paper doll
approximately 1830?
24
To my love
[1880?]
25
The mirror of truth
Jany. 1st, 1811
26
Laurie's new and entertaining game of the golden goose
[1831]
27
The hare and the tortoise
Novr. 5th. 1849
28
Crowned heads, or, Contemporary sovereigns
[ca. 1845?]
29
Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851
[1851]
30
[Numerical game]
1812
31
A gentleman's park dissected
18--]
32
Court game of geography
[between 1838 and 1855]
33
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
34
A peep at Windsor Terrace
ca. 1845]
35
The woodman's hut, or, The burning forest
[between 1876 and 1917]
36
The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
37
Pyramiden Spiel =
[ca. 1835?]
38
The royal Windsor pair
[1840?]
39
Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen =
[1850?]
40
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
41
Fortune-telling wheels
circa 1870
42
Walker's tour through England and Wales
January 2nd 1809
43
Industrial exhibition of all nations
[1851]
44
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
45
Green, James, 1771–1834
Picturesque geography
[1817?]
46
Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves
[1881]
47
The Corsican brothers, or, The fatal duel
[between 1876 and 1917]
48
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
49
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
Riddles, charades, and puzzles
1840s
50
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
51
The quarters of the globe, or, Geographical dominoes
[ca. 1845?]
52
Fenby's patent Panteidoscope
[ca. 1885]
53
Spooner's Illustrated game of the steeple chase
December 1st 1852
54
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
55
Newman, William
Moveable shadows
[1859]
56
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
57
Peachey, Emma
The little flower maker
[1869]
58
The blind boy
[between 1876 and 1917]
59
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
60
Windsor pair
[183-?]
61
The brigand
[between 1876 and 1917]
62
Whittington and his cat, or, Harlequin Lord Mayor of London
[between 1876 and 1917]
63
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
64
The Myriopticon
[1868?]
65
A peep at the fox chace
1829
66
Spooner, William, active 1831–1854
Spooner's protean views, no. 38
[ca. 1838?]
67
Promise, prayer, poetry
[ca. 1890?]
68
The latest and most fascinating geometrical puzzle
[late 19th c.?]
69
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
70
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's Superior dissected maps
[between 1875 and 1909]
71
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Embossed picture cards
[1855?]
72
Wallis, J. (John), -1818
Wallis's tour of Europe
March 13th, 1811
73
The magic ring
[between 1855 and 1870]
74
The Historiscope
[1868]
75
The little embroiderer =
[mid-19th century?]
76
Wooden blocks for simulating the manoeuvres of a squadron of light horse
circa 1813
77
[Coloring book]
[1882?]
78
Spelling alphabet
mid-19th century
79
Pickering & Inglis
Promise box of Bible verses
late 19th century?
80
Das Schloss zu Edinburg =
[1835?]
81
The miller and his men
[between 1876 and 1917]
82
Dioramic pages
[1869]
83
The Battle of Waterloo
[between 1876 and 1917]
84
The children in the wood
[between 1873 and 1892]
85
The Myriopticon
[1868]
86
Trentsensky, Matthias, 1790–1868
Das Volksleben in Venedig, die Piazetta
[circa 1854]
87
Optique no. 2
[ca. 1825]
88
The game of spellicans
[ca. 1880?]
89
[Transforming head
[circa 1830]
90
Copper plate used to print an illustration of St. Uldibrand, in a scene from Undine
between 1840 and 1860?
91
Thomas De La Rue & Company
De La Rue & Co.'s combined pocket chess and draught board
[187-?]
92
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
93
A new and original comic Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty in the wood!, or, Harlequin and the magic horn
[between 1876 and 1917]
94
Le jeu du cheval blanc
[ca. 1875?]
95
Collection of riddles
circa 1820?
96
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
The portable diorama
1826
97
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Peacock's improved double dissection
[between 1875 and 1909]
98
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
Travelling game of India
1858
99
Faber, G. W
The unexpected alterations
[ca. 1845?]
100
Commonplace book
circa 1830
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