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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
F. Ad. Richter & Co
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F. Ad. Richter & Co.
2
E. R. T
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Faber, G. W
1
Newman, William
1
R. S. W
1
Soulby, W. H
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Thomas De La Rue & Company
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1900
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
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Available
8
Classification
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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Books
5
Prints
3
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Drawings & Watercolors
1
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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20th century
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recreation
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game
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chromolithograph
10
lithograph
9
puzzle
8
toy
6
building block
5
metamorphic picture
5
tangram
5
ephemera
4
greeting card
4
playing card
4
cut-paper work
3
paperwork (crafts)
3
aquatint
2
birthday card
2
board games (game sets)
2
botanical illustration
2
card game
2
pop-up book
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
19
Block building (Children's activity)
5
Cut-out craft -- Great Britain.
3
Horse racing -- Amusements.
3
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
3
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
3
Birthday cards -- Specimens.
2
Card games -- Specimens -- Great Britain.
2
Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)
2
Games -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
2
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
2
Kohler, W. -- Printer.
2
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
2
Race horses -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
2
Spooner, William -- Publisher.
2
Steeplechasing -- Amusements.
2
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher
1
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861.
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Amusements -- Germany -- 19th century.
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
33
Egypt
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Germany
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Great Britain 19th century
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Waterloo Bridge (London, England)
1
Associated People
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
1
Jaques and Son (London, England)
1
Powers, Hiram, 1805–1873
1
Saunders, Erasmus, 1812–1872
1
Saunders, Sophia
1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
1
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)
2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
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English
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German
5
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Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
2
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
3
Happy families
[186-?]
4
Many happy returns of the day
[approximately 1880]
5
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
6
Paper doll
approximately 1830?
7
With love and good wishes for a happy New Year
[1880?]
8
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]
[approximately 1880]
9
Thomas De La Rue & Company
De La Rue & Co.'s combined pocket chess and draught board
[187-?]
10
The fashionable Chinese puzzle
[between 1840 and 1850?]
11
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
12
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Das Kreisrätsel =
[between 1891 and 1900]
13
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
14
Industrial exhibition of all nations
[1851]
15
Pyramiden Spiel =
[ca. 1835?]
16
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Der Quälgeist =
[1891?]
17
Spooner's Illustrated game of the steeple chase
December 1st 1852
18
Newman, William
Moveable shadows
[1859]
19
Spooner's Changing drolleries
1844
20
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kopfzerbrecher =
[1891 or 1892]
21
The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
22
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Der Kreuzzerbrecher =
[1892]
23
Faber, G. W
The unexpected alterations
[ca. 1845?]
24
Soulby, W. H
The surprise art album
[1900]
25
The bird-catcher
1857
26
Snap
[ca. 1880?]
27
The funnyshire fox chace
[ca. 1830?]
28
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Patent stone building box no. 5
[approximately 1885]
29
Waterloo Bridge dissected into 151 pieces
[ca. 1830?]
30
Fables in action
1820
31
R. S. W
Crystal Palace
[late 19th century]
32
Orientalisches parquetspiel = Jeu de parquet oriental = The play of Oriental inlaid work
[approximately 1835?]
33
The game of spellicans
[ca. 1880?]
34
The steeple-chase game
[1860]