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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
12
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
6
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
5
Heath, William, 1795–1840
5
Leech, John, 1817–1864
4
Wilson, T. C
4
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
3
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
3
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
3
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
3
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
3
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
3
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
3
Carretta, Vincent
2
Clayton, Tim
2
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
2
Grego, Joseph, 1843–1908
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Lisle, Joe
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126
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Under Certain Circumstances
173
Free to Use
6
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170
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9
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Books
144
Prints
15
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Archives & Manuscripts
4
Articles & Chapters
4
Postcards
3
Photographs
2
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unknown
179
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19th century
117
20th century
49
21st century
13
18th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
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caricature
26
aquatint
20
lithograph
15
etching
14
wood engraving
13
satires (visual works)
10
ink drawing
8
soft-ground etching
8
engraving
7
satire
7
accordion fold format (binding)
6
chromolithograph
6
ephemera
5
portrait
4
sketchbook
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
3
caricatures and cartoon
3
chromoxylograph
3
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3
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Satire, English.
76
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
49
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
13
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Caricatures and cartoons.
10
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
9
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
7
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
7
Caricatures and cartoons.
6
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878.
6
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
5
Great Britain.
5
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Lithography -- Specimens -- [ca. 1830].
5
M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher.
5
Marriage -- Caricatures and cartoons.
5
Alvey -- Printer.
4
Caricature and cartoons.
4
Caricatures and cartoons -- England.
4
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19th century
54
18th century
18
17th century
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Great Britain
102
England
18
London (England)
12
Europe
2
Aristrocracy Great Britain
1
Biarritz (France)
1
Caricature and cartoons
1
Cheshire
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Cumbria (England)
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France
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Glasgow
1
Gwynedd (Wales)
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Italy
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London
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Pyrenees
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Sicily (Italy)
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United States
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Wales
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Associated People
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
6
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
6
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
4
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
2
Keene, Charles, 1823–1891
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
May, Phil, 1864–1903
2
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
2
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
2
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
1
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
1
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Earl of, 1823–1858
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Chaplin, Florence, 1855–1881
1
Combe, William, 1742–1823
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
1
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
5
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
1
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English
174
French
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German
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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
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions
[1800]
4
O'Connell, David
Kate Middleton in her own words
2011
5
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Portraits of children of the mobility
1841
6
Alderman Akeinside's "Bit of dinner at the club"!
[1860s?]
7
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects
circa 1841-1872
8
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
9
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
10
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
11
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The christening procession of Prince Taffy
1842
12
Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour
1832
13
Cruikshank, Percy
Hints to emigrants, or, Incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-town
[1849]
14
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
English society at home
1881
15
Rowbotham, J. B
The comic astronomy, or, Moonshine for sunstruck people
[1850]
16
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Tutors assistant
1823
17
Wilson, T. C
Progress of inebriety
ca. 1830]
18
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage
[1822]
19
Applied sciences, or, Sciences applied
1849
20
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
21
Funny folks album
187-]
22
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
George Cruikshank's omnibus
1842
23
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
[My wife]
1818?]
24
The Royal Victoria
[ca. 1840]
25
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
26
The St. Trinian's story
1959
27
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Tit-bit's
[1830]
28
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
A day's journal of a sponge
1824
29
The book of shadows
[1882]
30
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside
[1847]
31
Bowers, G. (Georgina)
Hunting in hard times
[1889]
32
Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829–1867
Shadows
[between 1858 and 1860]
33
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Horse accomplishments
[1799]
34
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
[Collection of prints]
18--]
35
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860
Panorama of the Franco Prussian War
[1871?]
36
Dawe, George, 1781–1829
The life of a nobleman
[ca. 1825]
37
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882
How Pippins enjoyed a day with the foxhounds
[1863]
38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ...
[1815]
39
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
40
M'Cringer, Joel
A compendious treatise on modern education
1802
41
The Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
[approximately 1951]
42
A kettle of fish
[1825]
43
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
44
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Lumps of pudding
[15 August 1811]
45
Du Maurier, Gerald, Sir, 1873–1934
English society
1897
46
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected
[1851]
47
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
A political alphabet
Jany 1837
48
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Characters at the west end of the town
1825
49
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
The caricatures of Gillray
[between 1824 and 1827]
50
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
51
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Involuntary thoughts
1823-1824
52
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
53
Things not generally seen, or, Funny phenomena
[1860]
54
Seymour, Robert, 1798–1836
New readings of old authors
[1830-1835]
55
Leech, John, 1817–1864
The rising generation
[1848]
56
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Marriage a-la-mode
1859
57
Wilson, T. C
Progress of sobriety
ca. 1830]
58
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
Mrs. Caudle in crinoline
1858
59
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886
Cupid and crinoline
Oct. 20th, 1858
60
Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
The fiddle faddle fashion book and beau monde à la française
[1840]
61
Progress of intemperance
ca. 1830]
62
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Symptoms of being amused
1822
63
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
The nuisances of London
[1830]
64
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Airy nothings, or, Scraps and naughts, and odd-cum-shorts
1825
65
Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon
1831
66
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Illustrations of time
[1827]
67
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
My Lord Mayor's album, or, Cockney sports
[1835]
68
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Indispensable accomplishments, or, Hints to city gentleman
1824
69
The melange of humour
[1824?]
70
Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
The London and Paris picture book
[1856]
71
Quiz
Crinoline
[185-?]
72
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Fifty caricatures
MCMXIII [1913]
73
Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844–1907
Griset's grotesques, or, Jokes drawn on wood
1867
74
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Four hundred humorous illustrations
[190-?]
75
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
76
Lisle, Joe
[The essayists]
[1828-1830]
77
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting notions
[1831-1833]
78
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
The passions, humourously delineated
[1810]
79
Loch, Catharine Grace, 1854–1904
The foreign tour of the Misses Brown, Jones, and Robinson
[approximately 1877]
80
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1854
81
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of driving
[1817]
82
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Pictures of life and character
1863-1869
83
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
The foreign tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson
1860
84
Nellie
[approximately 1951]
85
Grant, Charles Jameson, active 1830–1852
The Victoria gallery of men & their follies
1838
86
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Cross readings
1826
87
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Nautical dictionary
[1829]
88
Butler, William Allen, 1825–1902
Nothing to wear
1859
89
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
The bachelor's own book
[1844]
90
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
[Collection of 40 colored colored caricature portraits with no t.p.
1823]
91
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Sporting discoveries, or, The miseries of shooting
[1816]
92
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
1820
93
Points of humour
1823-1824
94
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders
[1840?]
95
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are
1825
96
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
City characters
1824
97
Nicholls, Harry, 1852–1926
Drury Lane comic history of England
[1883?]
98
Crowquill, Alfred
Alfred Crowquill's Comic history of the kings and queens of England
[ca. 1850]
99
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Portraits of the Spruggins family
1829
100
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion
1823
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