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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
10
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
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Fine Art Society
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Marsh, Jan, 1942–
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Bonhams (Firm : 2001)
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Heath, William, 1795–1840
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Maas Gallery (London, England)
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Morris, William, 1834–1896
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Newall, Christopher
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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Gere, Charlotte
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McConkey, Kenneth
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Wood, Christopher, 1941–2009
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gaunt, William, 1900–1980
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Hans P. Kraus, Jr. (Firm)
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Lower Nupend Gallery
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wove paper.
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etching
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs.
91
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87
Great Britain.
84
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79
Drawing books -- Specimens.
73
Mezzotint engraving, European -- Catalogs.
68
Satire, English.
62
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
55
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
55
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55
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Great Britain.
54
Painting, European -- 19th century -- Catalogs.
51
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
50
English poetry -- 19th century.
45
Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
43
Painting, British -- 19th century -- Catalogs.
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
38
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Morris, William, 1834–1896
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
38
Blake, William, 1757–1827
28
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
27
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
17
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
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Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815–1879
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Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
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Austen, Jane, 1775–1817
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
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Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881
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Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
18
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.
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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 Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
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Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen Liman.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
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Yale Center for British Art, Copy 3 is a Gift of Jules Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abraham Samuel Shiff.
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The complete writings of William Blake
MCMLVII [1957]
4
Cooper, George, active 1784–1811
Bill for the repair of picture frames
Nov. 7, 1810
5
Drawings of rooms at Grafton Lodge, with perspective studies
1844
6
[Embossed and metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1875]
7
Watts, Miss
The ladies' knitting and netting book
[approximately 1840]
8
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of ships of the Royal Navy]
[ca. 1895]
9
Watts, Miss
The ladies' knitting and netting book
[approximately 1840]
10
Instructive Reading Society (Surrey, England)
The instructive reading society
[approximately 1890]
11
[Embossed album card with cut paper overlay]
[approximately 1860]
12
Briggs, Paul (Modeler)
The Punch and Judy show
2000
13
Schild, Marie
One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls
[approximately 1884]
14
[Die-cut embossed chromolithgraph scrap-sheet of the Mounted Troopers of the 1st Lifeguards]
[approximately 1890]
15
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
Sundry landscapes for learners
1775
16
In loving memory of Elizabeth Morgans
1912
17
Rossmore
1877
18
An illustrated record of national gold, silver and bronze medal designs, models, drawings, etc.
1899
19
Metz, Sophia
The progress of love
[1801]
20
Our holiday, 1890
1890
21
Bishop, James, active 19th century
The painted picture play-book
[1856?]
22
Coppinger, Robert Edward Murray, 1827 or 1828–
Songs, sonnets and short poems written for and dedicated to Allen Field
1867
23
Waterloo Bridge dissected into 151 pieces
[ca. 1830?]
24
Snap
[ca. 1880?]
25
The game of spellicans
[ca. 1880?]
26
H. Paris (Firm)
Paris's original rag, bone & metal warehouse
[approximately 1833?]
27
The Talbotype
[1846]
28
On thee my hope is fixed
mid-19th century
29
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
30
Receive this tribute of esteem now due on this recurring day
mid-19th century
31
Oh would it were my lot to be united ever more with thee
mid-19th century
32
Botany study cards
early 19th century
33
Warren, Albert Henry, 1830–1911
Albert Henry Warren scrapbook
circa 1848-1860
34
Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840–1901
In the National Gallery
1895
35
Nicholson, William Sir, 1872–1949
An alphabet
1978
36
Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
Sevastopol, showing the position of the allied camps and the batteries
1854
37
Dawson, Robert Kearsley, 1798–1861
[Plans of borough towns included in List no. VIII on Parliamentary representation, 1832]
[1832]
38
Wyld, James, 1812–1887
The environs of Sevastopol
October 10th, 1854
39
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
40
Humphrey, George, active 1853
Common place book
1853-1879
41
Portrait of David Miller, in brooch
Perth?, Scotland,
42
Doran, W.
Memoirs of the life of the late Philip Rundell, Esq. (of Ludgate Hill) goldsmith and jeweller to His Majesty and the Royal Family
[1827]
43
Heathorn, Thomas Bridges, 1831–1911
The griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange
Dec. 20, 1862
44
Heathorn, Thomas Bridges, 1831–1911
The griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange
1862
45
Farquhar family photograph album
1880s
46
Newman, William
Rhymes and pictures about bread, tea, sugar, coals, cotton, gold
[approximately 1860-1861?]
47
James Hancock & Son (Worcester, England)
Ceramic paint box
circa 1880?
48
Freeling, Arthur
The ladies' pocket book of etiquette
MCMXXVIII [1928]
49
New York (N.Y.). Common Council
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ..
50
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Rural sports
1807
51
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
52
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Silk and scarlet
1859
53
Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780–1863
Domestic manners of the Americans
1832
54
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
55
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's world in miniature
1816
56
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
57
Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion
1820
58
Titsingh, Isaac, 1744–1812
Illustrations of Japan
MDCCXXII [1822]
59
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume
1815
60
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening
1803
61
Roberts, William, active 1763
An account of the first discovery, and natural history of Florida
MDCCLXIII [1763]
62
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports
[1830]
63
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 ...
1806
64
Venegas, Miguel, 1680–1764
A natural and civil history of California
1759
65
Samwell, David, 1751–1798
A narrative of the death of Captain James Cook
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
66
Pittman, Philip, active 1760–1770
The present state of the European settlements on the Missisippi
MDCCLXX [1770]
67
Member of the Save-all Club
Lessons of thrift
1820
68
Mills, John, -approximately 1885
The flyers of the hunt
1859
69
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life
1832
70
Hall, Basil, 1788–1844
Forty etchings from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828
1829
71
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845
Indian sports
[1828]-[1829]
72
Lisi︠a︡nskiĭ, I︠U︡riĭ, 1773–1837
A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6
1814
73
Durant, Ghislani
Horse-back riding
1878
74
Samuel, Peter
The Wesleyan-Methodist missions in Jamaica and Honduras delineated
MDCCCL [1850]
75
Campbell, John, 1766–1840
Travels in South Africa
1822
76
Pryde, James, 1866–1941
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by James Pryde, 1886-1941
1988
77
Thompson, Stephen
Old English homes
1876
78
Lugar, Robert
Plans and views of buildings
1811
79
Evans, Edward, 1789–1835
Catalogue of a collection of engraved portraits, the largest ever submitted to the public
[1836-1853]
80
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The universal penman;
1743
81
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Selections from Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura
second half of the 15th century
82
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Patent stone building box no. 5
[approximately 1885]
83
Going to Epsom Races
84
Gautier, Théophile, 1811–1872
Mademoiselle de Maupin
1938
85
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Christmas books
1937
86
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
The letters of Charles Dickens
1938
87
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Collected papers
1937
88
The race and the road
1851
89
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Our mutual friend
1938
90
Christie & Manson
A catalogue of the remaining pictures and unfinished sketches of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., deceased
[1831]
91
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Oliver Twist
1937
92
On the 1st of February, 1814, was published, no. I, price two shillings, of The new monthly magazine
[1814]
93
The Windsor double check washing-book for ladies
[1880?]
94
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Little Dorrit
1937
95
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870.
Great expectations
1937
96
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
American notes
1938
97
A particular account of the grants of each session of Parliament
1688-1715
98
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
The old curiosity shop
1937
99
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
The loyalists alphabet
1804
100
Boz, 1812–1870
Sketches by Boz
1938
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