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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
6
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
5
Heath, William, 1795–1840
4
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Leech, John, 1817–1864
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
2
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
2
A.J.K.H.
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
1
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
1
Carretta, Vincent
1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
1
Dean & Son
1
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
1
Donald, Diana
1
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
1
G. C. T
1
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
49
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
6
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
51
Free to Use
3
Image Available
Unavailable
50
Available
4
Classification
Books
35
Prints
9
Drawings & Watercolors
5
Archives & Manuscripts
2
Articles & Chapters
2
Photographs
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
19th century
49
20th century
4
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
Work Type
caricature
20
satires (visual works)
9
etching
8
aquatint
7
ink drawing
7
lithograph
6
satire
6
wood engraving
5
engraving
4
sketchbook
4
soft-ground etching
4
accordion fold format (binding)
3
panorama
3
portrait
3
crie
2
humorous picture
2
albumen print
1
alphabet book
1
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
18
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
13
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
4
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
4
Political satire, English -- Pictorial works.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
3
Clothing and dress -- Caricatures and cartoons.
3
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Fashion -- Great Britain.
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
3
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher.
3
Political satire -- Great Britain.
3
Wit and humor.
3
Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
2
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
2
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
52
Caricature and cartoons
1
Cumbria (England)
1
England
1
Gwynedd (Wales)
1
Wales
1
Associated People
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
2
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Leech, John, 1817–1864
1
Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of, 1781–1857
1
Mountlove, Anna
1
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
1
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
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 John E. Hankins
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Robert Love
1
Language
English
54
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Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput
1800-1801
2
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
3
Alderman Akeinside's "Bit of dinner at the club"!
[1860s?]
4
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
5
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
6
Funny folks album
187-]
7
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
8
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
9
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
10
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
11
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
12
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist
[1873]
13
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
14
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Specimens of riding near London
1821
15
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
16
Heath, William, 1795–1840
The sayings of the ancients
[1831]
17
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
18
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
19
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
20
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846–1886
The complete collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to the "Graphic" printed by Edmund Evans
1888
21
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
22
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
23
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
24
The melange of humour
[1824?]
25
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
26
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
27
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
28
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
29
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
30
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
[between 1872 and 1890?]
31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
My sketch book ... [vol. 1]
[1833-36]
32
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
33
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
34
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
35
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
36
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
38
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
39
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
40
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
41
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
42
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
43
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The mirror of fashion
1822
44
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
£300 a year, or, Single and married life
1859
45
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly
[1822]
46
Album of cuttings from illustrated envelopes and letters
1879-1891
47
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
48
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
49
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels
[1819?]
50
Maidment, Brian
Robert Seymour and nineteenth century print culture
2021
51
Savory, Jerold
The Vanity fair gallery
c1979
52
Carretta, Vincent
George III and the satirists from Hogarth to Byron
c1990
53
Houfe, Simon, 1942–
John Leech and the Victorian scene
c1984
54
Donald, Diana
The age of caricature
1996