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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Heath, William, 1795–1840
5
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
3
Carretta, Vincent
2
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
2
Leech, John, 1817–1864
2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
2
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
2
Wynn Jones, Michael
2
Baker, Kenneth, 1934–
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Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
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Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
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Brewer, John, 1947–
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1
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unknown
98
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19th century
76
20th century
17
21st century
5
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wove paper
1
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caricature
18
aquatint
15
etching
12
lithograph
11
satires (visual works)
9
wood engraving
9
engraving
6
ink drawing
6
satire
6
soft-ground etching
6
accordion fold format (binding)
5
panorama
3
publishers' advertisement
3
sketchbook
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
12
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
6
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
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Great Britain.
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Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Fashion -- Great Britain.
4
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
3
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
3
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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18th century
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Aristrocracy Great Britain
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815
3
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
2
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
1
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
1
Leech, John, 1817–1864
1
Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of, 1781–1857
1
Mountlove, Anna
1
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
1
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
1
Smith, John, 1580–1631
1
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
1
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676–1745
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 Gloria Scheuer
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Sloane Griswold, Yale BA 1937
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
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French
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk
1822
2
The book of shadows
[1882]
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
4
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
5
Rowbotham, J. B
The comic astronomy, or, Moonshine for sunstruck people
[1850]
6
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
7
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
8
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
9
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
10
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
11
Funny folks album
187-]
12
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
13
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
14
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
15
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
16
Cruikshank, Percy
Hints to emigrants, or, Incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-town
[1849]
17
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
18
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
19
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
20
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The christening procession of Prince Taffy
1842
21
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
22
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
23
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
24
A kettle of fish
[1825]
25
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
26
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
27
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
28
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
29
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
30
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
31
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
32
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
33
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
34
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
35
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Nautical dictionary
[1829]
36
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
37
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
38
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
39
The melange of humour
[1824?]
40
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
41
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
42
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
43
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
George Cruikshank
1840]
44
Album of cuttings from illustrated envelopes and letters
1879-1891
45
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
46
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
47
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The mirror of fashion
1822
48
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
49
Crowquill, Alfred
Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England
[ca. 1850]
50
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
51
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion
1823
52
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
53
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
54
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
55
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
56
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
57
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
58
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
59
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
60
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
61
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
62
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
63
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
64
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
65
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
66
Points of humour
1823-1824
67
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
68
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
69
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
70
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
71
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
The Victoria gallery of men & their follies
1838
72
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Cross readings
1826
73
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
74
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
75
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
76
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels
[1819?]
77
Langford, Paul
Walpole and the robinocracy
c1986
78
Pierce, Helen, 1978–
Unseemly pictures
2008
79
Lahikainen, Amanda
Money and materiality in the golden age of graphic satire
[2022]
80
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Catalogue of a collection of water-colour drawings by Thomas Rowlandson and John Downman, A.R.A
1979
81
Wynn Jones, Michael
The cartoon history of Britain
1973
82
Photographs of satirical prints at the National Portrait Gallery and the Guildhall Library
[1973?]
83
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
London society
1979
84
Catalogue of a collection of drawings illustrating a century and a half of English humourous art from Hogarth to the present day
1979
85
Maidment, Brian
Robert Seymour and nineteenth century print culture
2021
86
Dupuy, Pascal, 1955–
L'angleterre face à la revolution
87
Carretta, Vincent
The snarling muse
1983
88
Sharpe, J. A
Crime and the law in English satirical prints, 1600-1832
1986
89
Wynn Jones, Michael
A cartoon history of the monarchy
1978
90
Brewer, John, 1947–
The common people and politics, 1750-1790s
c1985
91
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
Notes by Mr. Henry James on a collection of drawings by Mr. George Du Maurier
1979
92
Baker, Kenneth, 1934–
The kings and queens
c1996
93
Britain's best ever political cartoons
2021
94
The festival of Punch
1951
95
Houfe, Simon, 1942–
John Leech and the Victorian scene
c1984
96
Carretta, Vincent
George III and the satirists from Hogarth to Byron
c1990
97
Clayton, Tim
James Gillray
2022
98
Donald, Diana
The age of caricature
1996