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Rare Books and Manuscripts
58
Reference Library
22
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
8
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Heath, William, 1795–1840
3
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
3
Carretta, Vincent
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Leech, John, 1817–1864
2
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
2
Wynn Jones, Michael
2
Baker, Kenneth, 1934–
1
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Brewer, John, 1947–
1
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
1
Clayton, Tim
1
Crowquill, Alfred
1
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
58
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
22
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
78
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Unavailable
76
Available
2
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Books
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Creator Gender
unknown
78
Period
19th century
56
20th century
16
21st century
6
Work Type
aquatint
14
caricature
9
wood engraving
8
etching
7
lithograph
7
satire
5
soft-ground etching
5
engraving
4
publishers' advertisement
3
satires (visual works)
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
caricatures and cartoon
2
crie
2
ephemera
2
history
2
advertisement
1
chromolithograph
1
comic book
1
criticism, interpretation, etc
1
graphic novel
1
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
47
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
34
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
17
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
8
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
6
Great Britain.
5
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
5
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
4
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
3
Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Fashion -- Great Britain.
3
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
3
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
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19th century
34
18th century
8
17th century
1
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Great Britain
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Aristrocracy Great Britain
1
France
1
London (England)
1
Associated People
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
3
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
1
Leech, John, 1817–1864
1
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
1
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
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)
2
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
5
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 Sloane Griswold, Yale BA 1937
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
1
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English
75
French
3
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O'Connell, David
Kate Middleton in her own words
2011
2
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
3
The book of shadows
[1882]
4
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
5
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
6
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
7
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
8
Funny folks album
187-]
9
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
10
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
11
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
12
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
13
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
14
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
15
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
16
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
17
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
18
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
19
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
20
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
21
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk
1822
22
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
23
A kettle of fish
[1825]
24
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
25
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
26
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
27
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
28
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
29
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
30
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
31
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
32
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
33
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
34
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
35
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
36
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
37
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
38
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
39
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
40
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
41
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
42
Points of humour
1823-1824
43
The melange of humour
[1824?]
44
Crowquill, Alfred
Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England
[ca. 1850]
45
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of popular works
[1830]
46
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
47
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Nautical dictionary
[1829]
48
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
49
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion
1823
50
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
51
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
52
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
53
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
54
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Cross readings
1826
55
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
56
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
57
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
58
Pierce, Helen, 1978–
Unseemly pictures
2008
59
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Catalogue of a collection of water-colour drawings by Thomas Rowlandson and John Downman, A.R.A
1979
60
Lahikainen, Amanda
Money and materiality in the golden age of graphic satire
[2022]
61
Brewer, John, 1947–
The common people and politics, 1750-1790s
c1985
62
Dupuy, Pascal, 1955–
L'angleterre face à la revolution
63
Langford, Paul
Walpole and the robinocracy
c1986
64
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
London society
1979
65
Catalogue of a collection of drawings illustrating a century and a half of English humourous art from Hogarth to the present day
1979
66
Wynn Jones, Michael
The cartoon history of Britain
1973
67
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
Notes by Mr. Henry James on a collection of drawings by Mr. George Du Maurier
1979
68
Carretta, Vincent
George III and the satirists from Hogarth to Byron
c1990
69
Clayton, Tim
James Gillray
2022
70
Wynn Jones, Michael
A cartoon history of the monarchy
1978
71
Maidment, Brian
Robert Seymour and nineteenth century print culture
2021
72
Sharpe, J. A
Crime and the law in English satirical prints, 1600-1832
1986
73
Carretta, Vincent
The snarling muse
1983
74
Baker, Kenneth, 1934–
The kings and queens
c1996
75
Britain's best ever political cartoons
2021
76
The festival of Punch
1951
77
Houfe, Simon, 1942–
John Leech and the Victorian scene
c1984
78
Donald, Diana
The age of caricature
1996