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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
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Barclay, John, 1582–1621
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Coventry, Francis, 1725?-1759
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Crowquill, Alfred
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
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Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
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Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
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Heath, William, 1795–1840
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
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Leighton, John, 1822–1912
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Lisle, Joe
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Voltaire, 1694–1778
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Webber, Catherine Mary, 1831–1900
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1954
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Books
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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20th century
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satire
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caricature
10
wood engraving
6
private press books (publishing)
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lithograph
4
engraving
3
etching
3
aquatint
2
crie
2
adventure fiction
1
annotations (provenance)
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bildungsroman
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chromoxylograph
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costume
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domestic fiction
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essay
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hand-colored illustration
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handmade paper printings (publishing)
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humor
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literature of prejudice
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Satire, English.
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
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Clothing and dress -- England -- London -- Pictorial works.
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Cries -- England -- London.
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Peddlers -- England -- London -- Pictorial works.
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Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
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Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
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Wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Academic costume -- England -- Cambridge -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Ackermann -- Publisher.
1
Ackermann and Co. -- Publisher
1
Adventure stories.
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Brian Frost & Company -- Binder.
1
California -- Fiction.
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California -- Gold discoveries -- Caricatures and cartoons.
1
California -- Humor.
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Caricature -- Great Britain.
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19th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
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England
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Waltham Saint Lawrence
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London
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California
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Cambridge
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Edinburgh
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France
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London (England)
1
Associated People
Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character)
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Credit Line
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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Language
English
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Hard times
[1877]
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Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
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Memoirs of Buonaparte
[approximately 1814]
4
Barclay, John, 1582–1621
Euphormio's Satyricon
1954
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Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth & marvels
1898
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Familiar illustrations of the language of mathematics, or, A new picture-alphabet for well-behaved undergraduates
1850
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Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
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Webber, Catherine Mary, 1831–1900
The experiences of an amateur artist
1858
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Travels into several remote nations of the world
MCMXXV [1925]
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Cambridge customs and costumes
1851
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
Selected essays
MCMXXV [1925]
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Crowquill, Alfred
A goodnatured hint about California
[between 1845 and 1852]
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Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Olla Podrida
1827
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Voltaire, 1694–1778
Candide, or, Optimism
1939
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The humourist
1819-1822
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Coventry, Francis, 1725?-1759
The history of Pompey the Little, or, The life and adventures of a lap-dog
MCMXXVI [1926]
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
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Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
City characters
1824
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820