Collection: Reference Library / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library / Period: 19th century

1. Practical carver & gilders' guide and picture frame makers' companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c ... / by a practical hand.

Date:: [ca. 1870]
Physical Description:: 205 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

2. American book prices current.

Physical Description:: v. 22-27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

3. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist) / edited by Thomas Landseer.

Creator:: Bewick, William, 1795–1866
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: 2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

4. Recollections of A.W.N. Pugin and his father, Augustus Pugin : with notices of their works / by Benjamin Ferrey ; with an appendix by E. Sheridan Purcell.

Creator:: Ferrey, Benjamin, 1810–1880
Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 473, 12, [3] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5. The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the story of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright ; with over four hundred illustrations.

Creator:: Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: [2], 376 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

6. Loan collection of pictures by George Stubbs ... and engravings from his works.

Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 52 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

7. Catalogue of the first special exhibition of national portraits ending with the reign of King James the Second, on loan to the South Kensington museum. April, 1866.

Date:: [1866]
Physical Description:: xi, 202 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

8. Lectures on art delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 / by John Ruskin.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: 189 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

9. The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby" / by William Bemrose ... ; with a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse ; illustrated with two etchings by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, and other plates and woodcuts.

Creator:: Bemrose, William, 1831–1908
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: x, 128 pages, [7] unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 40 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

10. The life of Sir David Wilkie; with his journals, tours, and critical remarks on works of art; and a selection from his correspondence. By Allan Cunningham ...

Creator:: Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: 3 v. front. (port.) 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

11. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

Creator:: Lodge, Edmund, 1756–1839
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 12 v. in 6 : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

12. A hand-book to Hampton Court : with illustrations and a complete catalogue of the pictures / by Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.) ...

Creator:: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 108 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

13. A new treatise on flower painting, or, Every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste: also complete directions for producing the various tints. By George Brookshaw ...

Creator:: Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823.
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 36 p. col. front., plates (part col.) 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

14. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

Creator:: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 2 v., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some colored), ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

15. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

Creator:: Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [8], 46 p., 46 leaves of plates : ill. ; 3l cm
Collection:: Reference Library

16. The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy / by his son, John Guille Millais ; with 319 illustrations, including nine photogravures.

Creator:: Millais, John Guille, 1865–1931
Date:: 1899
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013

17. Memoirs and recollections of the late Abraham Raimbach, esq., engraver ... Including a Memoir of Sir David Wilkie, R.A.: ed. by M.T.S. Raimbach ...

Creator:: Raimbach, Abraham, 1776–1843
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: viii, 203 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

18. The Carlyles' Chelsea home : being some account of no. 5, Cheyne Row / by Reginald Blunt.

Creator:: Blunt, Reginald, 1857–1944
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xvi, 98, [2] pages, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

19. St. Pancras; being antiquarian, topographical, and biographical memoranda, relating to the extensive metropolitan parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex; with some account of the parish from its foundation. By Samuel Palmer...

Creator:: Palmer, Samuel
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: ix, [13]-322 p. incl. illus., front. (map) plates 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

20. Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself, with essays on his life and genius, and criticisms on his works, selected from Walpole, Gilpin, J. Ireland, Lamb, Phillips, and others. To which are added a catalogue of his prints; account of their variations, and principal copies; lists of paintings, drawings, &c. London, J. B. Nichols, 1833.

Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself, with essays on his life and genius, and criticisms on his works, selected from Walpole, Gilpin, J. Ireland, Lamb, Phillips, and others. To which are added a catalogue of his prints; account of their variations, and principal copies; lists of paintings, drawings, &c. London, J. B. Nichols, 1833.

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:: 1970?]
Physical Description:: xii, 415 p. illus. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

21. Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica / by Edward Lear.

Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

22. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... with a memoir by Henry William Beechy.

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1899-1901
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

23. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... to which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice. By Henry William Beechey.

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works : gleanings from his diary, unpublished manuscripts and from other sources / by William Cotton ; edited by John Burnet ...

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: xviii, 276 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsims. (part fold.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures, chiefly of the Venetian school ... also, The Rev. W. Mason's observations on Sir Joshua's method of coloring, and some unpublished letters of Dr. Johnson, Malone, and others. With an appendix, containing a tanscript of Sir Joshua Reynolds' account book, showing what pictures he painted and the prices paid for them. Edited by William Cotton ...

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: xii, 107, [1] p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

26. Les fleuves de France = : The rivers of France / Turner.

Creator:: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:: c1990
Collection:: Reference Library

27. Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Physical Description:: 302 p. : 100, 5 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: c1991
Physical Description:: 209 p. : 54, 12 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1926
Physical Description:: [8], 70 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. Illustrations of Milton's Comus : eight drawings by William Blake reproduced by William Griggs.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: 8 col. pl.; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. The practical carver and gilder's guide, and picture frame maker's companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c : interior and exterior gilding : silvering plate glass : the restoration of oil paintings, cleaning old engravings, &c. : with chapters on mitreing-up mouldings, mount cutting, mounting engravings, maps, photographs, etc. : French polishing, varnishing, and staining : and a number of useful receipts / by a practical hand.

Creator:: Savory, Charles H
Date:: [187-?]
Physical Description:: xiv, 201, [7] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of Arts, 1880, amplified and enl., by Robert W. Edis, with 29 full-page illustrations and numerous sketches.

Creator:: Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839–1927
Date:: 1881
Physical Description:: xvi, 292 p. front., illus., 28 pl. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire--archives des écrits de ce temps.

Physical Description:: 21 v. ill., plates (part col.) ports. 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. History of sculpture, from the earliest ages to the present time. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke ... tr. by F.E. Bunnett...

Creator:: Lübke, Wilhelm, 1826–1893
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 2 v. illus. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

35. The history of Long Melford.

Creator:: Parker, William, Sir, 1826–1891
Date:: 1873
Physical Description:: x, 379 p. 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

36. A history of ancient sculpture, by Lucy M. Mitchell. With numerous illustrations, including six plates in phototype.

Creator:: Mitchell, Lucy Myers Wright, 1845–1888
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: xxxi, 766 p. illus., 6 pl. 28 cm. and atlas of XX pl. 38 x 35 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

37. The strand magazine.

Date:: 1891-1946
Physical Description:: 111 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 20-25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

38. Exhibition of works by the Old Masters : and by deceased masters of the British School, including a collection of drawings and models by Alfred Stevens.

Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: 55 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

39. Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society.

Date:: 1894-
Physical Description:: no. : ill., plates ; 24-28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

40. Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology.

Creator:: Geological Survey of Great Britain
Physical Description:: v. ill. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

41. Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques; par le comte Théodore de Renesse.

Creator:: Renesse, Théodore de, comte, 1854–1927
Date:: 1894-1903
Physical Description:: 7 v. xxxix pl. (coats of arms) 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

42. The Architectural magazine.

Date:: c1972
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

43. Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence : to which is added the valuable library of a gentleman ...

Creator:: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: [36] p.
Collection:: Reference Library

44. Catalogue of the works of Sir Henry Raeburn,... exhibiting in the Royal academy national galleries, Edinburgh. October and November 1876.

Creator:: Royal Scottish Aacademy
Date:: 1876
Physical Description:: 56 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

45. Don Pottery pattern book, 1807.

Date:: 1983
Physical Description:: [12], 13, [72] p. : ill., port. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

46. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal academy of London : offering to sell to the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist...

Creator:: West, Raphael Lamar, 1769–1850
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: 9 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

47. A catalogue of nine pictures, of the first class : the genuine property of Mr. Raphael West : this collection ... will be highly appreciated, being the last relic of the valuable gallery of Benjamin West, esq. ... : also, a small but valuable collection of paintings, the property of a gentleman of considerable taste ... also an excellent built chariot : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. George Robins ... Covent Garden, on Saturday, the 16th day of July, 1831 ...

Creator:: West, Raphael Lamar, 1769–1850
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

48. Catalogue of copper plates & engravings, the property of the family of Benjamin West ...; some beautiful proofs from the works of J. M. W. Turner which will be sold by auction by Mssrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 10th day of November, 1873.

Creator:: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 9 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

49. Thomas Bewick.

Creator:: Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Physical Description:: [23] p.: ill.; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

50. Catalogue of the first part of the superb collection of prints and drawings formed by the late Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... and selected with infinite taste and judgement during a period of fifty years ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on Friday, June the 9th, 1820, and successive days ...

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1820]
Physical Description:: 34 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

51. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating gems.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 27 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

52. A catalogue of the valuable collection of prints, drawings & pictures of the late distinguished artist, Thomas Rowlandson, Esq.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Physical Description:: 35 p.: 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

53. The genealogical magazine : a journal of family history, heraldry, and pedigrees.

Date:: 1898-1904
Physical Description:: 8 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

54. The Library.

Physical Description:: v. : ill., plates, ports., facsims, tables ; 22-26 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

55. A Catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy : including a description of the great pictures, Christ rejected, and Death on the pale horse: now exhibiting at no. 14 Newman Street.

Creator:: West's Gallery (London, England)
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

56. The Eglinton tournament.

Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

57. ... Loch Lomond : with twelve illustrations ...

Creator:: Thomas Nelson & Sons
Date:: [1869?]
Physical Description:: 24 p. : ill. ; 11 x 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

58. Illustrated interviews : Mr. Val C. Prinsep, RA / by Framley Steelcroft.

Creator:: Steelcroft, Framley
Collection:: Reference Library

59. A new orchard and garden / William Lawson. Knots for gardens / John Marriott. A treatise of fruit-trees together with the spiritual use of an orchard / Ralph Austen.

Creator:: Lawson, William, active 1618
Date:: 1982
Physical Description:: 241 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

60. Memorirs of Benjamin West, late president of the Royal Academy of painting, sculpture, and architecture in London / by Wm. Carey

Creator:: Carey, William, 1759–1839
Collection:: Reference Library

61. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating glass.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 47 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

62. A catalogue raisonné of the unequalled collection of historical pictures, and other admired compositions, the works of the revered and highly-gifted painter, the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy, : comprising one hundred and eighty epic, classic, familiar, and landscape compositions, among which are many sublime efforts of his vast & comprehensive mind; which will be sold by auction by Mr. George Robins in the splendid gallery, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, at twelve o'clock, on Friday, Saturday, & Monday, May 22d, 23d, & 25th, 1829, in lots.

Creator:: Robins, George Henry, 1777–1847
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 53, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

63. The Home counties magazine.

Physical Description:: 14 v. ill., plates, ports., maps, plans. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

64. Exhibition of Mr. William Simpson's water-colour drawings of India, Thibet, and Cashmere : descriptive catalogue.

Creator:: Day & Son
Date:: 1864?]
Physical Description:: 82 p. : map.
Collection:: Reference Library

65. The present system of obtaining materials in use by artist painters, as compared with that of the old masters / by W. Holman Hunt.

Creator:: Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
Date:: 1880
Physical Description:: [16] loose sheets ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

66. A Description of the paintings at Rivalx Bank Top.

Date:: [198-?]
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

67. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington museum illustrating architecture of the Renaissance and later periods to the close of the 18th century.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: 65 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

68. The exact dress of the head, 1725.

Creator:: Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
Date:: 1970
Physical Description:: 9 p., 30 plates. illus., facsim. 14 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

69. Catalogue of the last part of the superb collection of drawings, prints and books of prints formed by the late Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... and selected with infinite taste and judgement during a period of fifty years ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on Saturday, July 1st, 1820, and successive days ...

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1820]
Physical Description:: 42 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

70. The Magazine of art.

Physical Description:: 28 v. ill., plates (partly col.) ports. 27-31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

71. Die englischen caricaturisten des 18. jahrhunderts in der sammlung graf Harrach.

Creator:: Dernjač, Joseph
Date:: [1895]
Physical Description:: pp. 46.
Collection:: Reference Library

72. Some early recollections of Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., P.R.A. / by Frances H. Low.

Creator:: Low, Frances H
Collection:: Reference Library

73. A catalogue of the truly capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures which were selected from various distinguished cabinets ... by Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on Saturday, June 23rd, 1820, and following day ...

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1820]
Physical Description:: 21 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

74. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary, South Kensington Museum on anatomy, human and comparative.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 24 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

75. [Exhibition catalogues of the Royal Society of British Artists]

Creator:: Royal Society of British Artists
Date:: 1890-
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 17-30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

76. Up and down the River Dart : a descriptive sketch of the district between Dartmouth & Totnes as seen from the River / by Robert Cranford.

Creator:: Cranford, Robert
Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

77. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, drawings & sketches by Benjamin West, P.R.A. ... : also collections of pictures & drawings, the property of a gentleman : and pictures by old masters, from numerous private collections and different sources.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: 19 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

78. John Heywood's Illustrated guide to Bristol.

Creator:: Heywood, John
Date:: [1897]
Physical Description:: 32 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

79. The Field.

Date:: 1853-
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

80. A list of works on painting in the National Art Library.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: 157 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

81. The ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England.

Date:: 1848-1855
Physical Description:: 7 pt. in 3 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

82. The tourist's guide to Wells and the neighborhood : with descriptions of Glastonbury Abbey, Wookey Hole, Cheddar Cliffs, &c. &c.

Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 65 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

83. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating gold and silversmiths' work and jewellery.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 91 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

84. Illustrated Americana of the revolution; a paper read by James F. Hunnewell to the American Antiquarian Society at the annual meeting in Worcester, Oct. 21, 1891 ...

Creator:: Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910
Date:: 1892?]
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., p. 41-51. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

85. Chap-books of the eighteenth century, with facsimiles, notes, and introduction by John Ashton.

Creator:: Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Date:: 1882
Physical Description:: xvi, 486 p. incl. front., facsims. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

86. Scottish poetry of the eighteenth century / Edited by George Eyre-Todd.

Creator:: Eyre-Todd, George, 1862–1937
Date:: 1890?
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

87. A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape (1785) / Alexander Cozens ; a cura di Paola Lavezzari.

Creator:: Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Date:: 1981
Physical Description:: ccxvii, 33 p., 50 p., 43 p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

88. The life and work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones / by Julia Cartwright ...

Creator:: Cartwright, Julia, 1851–1924
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: 32 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

89. Angelica Kauffmann : a biography / by Frances A. Gerard.

Creator:: Gerard, Frances A
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: xxvii, 466 p. [3] leaves of plates : ports. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

90. A primer of sculpture / by E. Roscoe Mullins.

Creator:: Mullins, E. Roscoe
Date:: 1889
Physical Description:: viii, [9]-108 p. : front, ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

91. Vicissitudes of families, and other essays. By Sir Bernard Burke.

Creator:: Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: vi, 437 p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

92. Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy : the artist.

Collection:: Reference Library

93. A catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. : including a description of the great pictures, Christ rejected, and Death on the pale horse : now exhibiting at No. 14, Newman Street.

Creator:: West's Gallery (London, England)
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

94. Autobiography and journals, edited, with an introd., by Malcolm Elwin.

Creator:: Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Date:: [1950]
Physical Description:: xxxiii, 675 p. illus., ports. 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

95. Art sales. A history of sales of pictures and other works of art. With notices of the collections sold, names of owners, titles of pictures, prices and purchasers, arranged under the artists of the different schools in order of date. Including the purchases and prices of pictures for the National Gallery. Illustrated with autotypes from small sketches of great pictures & water-colour drawings sold, portraits of eminent collectors and views of their residences, objects of ornamental art, &c., &c. By George Redford ...

Creator:: Redford, George
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 34 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

96. The cathedral church of Exeter, a brief description of its fabric and a brief history of the Episcopal See.

Creator:: Addleshaw, Percy, 1866–1916
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: x, 112 p. illus. 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

97. The history of Streatham. Being an account of the ancient parish of Estreham, with the history of the manors of Tooting Bec, Leigham and Balham, and a short sketch of the county of Surrey. By Frederick Arnold ...

Creator:: Arnold, Frederick
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: x, 222 p. front., illus., plates. 28.5 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

98. The rehearsal. First acted 7 Dec. 1671. Published (?July) 1672 / with illustrations from previous plays, etc. Edited by Edward Arber.

Creator:: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628–1687
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: 136 p. 16 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

99. A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century, containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1858-72.

Creator:: Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816–1889
Date:: 1965
Physical Description:: 3 v. (3140 p.) 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

100. The master painters of Britain / edited by Gleeson White.

Date:: 1897-98
Physical Description:: 4 v. : plates ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Practical carver & gilders' guide and picture frame makers' companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c ... / by a practical hand.

2. American book prices current.

3. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist) / edited by Thomas Landseer.

4. Recollections of A.W.N. Pugin and his father, Augustus Pugin : with notices of their works / by Benjamin Ferrey ; with an appendix by E. Sheridan Purcell.

5. The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the story of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright ; with over four hundred illustrations.

6. Loan collection of pictures by George Stubbs ... and engravings from his works.

7. Catalogue of the first special exhibition of national portraits ending with the reign of King James the Second, on loan to the South Kensington museum. April, 1866.

8. Lectures on art delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 / by John Ruskin.

9. The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby" / by William Bemrose ... ; with a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse ; illustrated with two etchings by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, and other plates and woodcuts.

10. The life of Sir David Wilkie; with his journals, tours, and critical remarks on works of art; and a selection from his correspondence. By Allan Cunningham ...

11. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

12. A hand-book to Hampton Court : with illustrations and a complete catalogue of the pictures / by Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.) ...

13. A new treatise on flower painting, or, Every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste: also complete directions for producing the various tints. By George Brookshaw ...

14. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

15. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

16. The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy / by his son, John Guille Millais ; with 319 illustrations, including nine photogravures.

17. Memoirs and recollections of the late Abraham Raimbach, esq., engraver ... Including a Memoir of Sir David Wilkie, R.A.: ed. by M.T.S. Raimbach ...

18. The Carlyles' Chelsea home : being some account of no. 5, Cheyne Row / by Reginald Blunt.

19. St. Pancras; being antiquarian, topographical, and biographical memoranda, relating to the extensive metropolitan parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex; with some account of the parish from its foundation. By Samuel Palmer...

21. Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica / by Edward Lear.

22. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... with a memoir by Henry William Beechy.

23. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... to which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice. By Henry William Beechey.

24. Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works : gleanings from his diary, unpublished manuscripts and from other sources / by William Cotton ; edited by John Burnet ...

26. Les fleuves de France = : The rivers of France / Turner.

27. Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.

28. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

29. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

30. Illustrations of Milton's Comus : eight drawings by William Blake reproduced by William Griggs.

32. Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of Arts, 1880, amplified and enl., by Robert W. Edis, with 29 full-page illustrations and numerous sketches.

33. Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire--archives des écrits de ce temps.

34. History of sculpture, from the earliest ages to the present time. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke ... tr. by F.E. Bunnett...

35. The history of Long Melford.

36. A history of ancient sculpture, by Lucy M. Mitchell. With numerous illustrations, including six plates in phototype.

37. The strand magazine.

38. Exhibition of works by the Old Masters : and by deceased masters of the British School, including a collection of drawings and models by Alfred Stevens.

39. Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society.

40. Summary of progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology.

41. Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques; par le comte Théodore de Renesse.

42. The Architectural magazine.

43. Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence : to which is added the valuable library of a gentleman ...

44. Catalogue of the works of Sir Henry Raeburn,... exhibiting in the Royal academy national galleries, Edinburgh. October and November 1876.

45. Don Pottery pattern book, 1807.

46. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal academy of London : offering to sell to the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist...

48. Catalogue of copper plates & engravings, the property of the family of Benjamin West ...; some beautiful proofs from the works of J. M. W. Turner which will be sold by auction by Mssrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 10th day of November, 1873.

49. Thomas Bewick.

51. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating gems.

52. A catalogue of the valuable collection of prints, drawings & pictures of the late distinguished artist, Thomas Rowlandson, Esq.

53. The genealogical magazine : a journal of family history, heraldry, and pedigrees.

54. The Library.

55. A Catalogue of pictures painted by the late Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy : including a description of the great pictures, Christ rejected, and Death on the pale horse: now exhibiting at no. 14 Newman Street.

56. The Eglinton tournament.

57. ... Loch Lomond : with twelve illustrations ...

58. Illustrated interviews : Mr. Val C. Prinsep, RA / by Framley Steelcroft.

59. A new orchard and garden / William Lawson. Knots for gardens / John Marriott. A treatise of fruit-trees together with the spiritual use of an orchard / Ralph Austen.

60. Memorirs of Benjamin West, late president of the Royal Academy of painting, sculpture, and architecture in London / by Wm. Carey

61. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, illustrating glass.

63. The Home counties magazine.

64. Exhibition of Mr. William Simpson's water-colour drawings of India, Thibet, and Cashmere : descriptive catalogue.

65. The present system of obtaining materials in use by artist painters, as compared with that of the old masters / by W. Holman Hunt.

66. A Description of the paintings at Rivalx Bank Top.

67. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington museum illustrating architecture of the Renaissance and later periods to the close of the 18th century.

68. The exact dress of the head, 1725.

70. The Magazine of art.

71. Die englischen caricaturisten des 18. jahrhunderts in der sammlung graf Harrach.

72. Some early recollections of Sir John Everett Millais, Bart., P.R.A. / by Frances H. Low.

73. A catalogue of the truly capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures which were selected from various distinguished cabinets ... by Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on Saturday, June 23rd, 1820, and following day ...

74. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary, South Kensington Museum on anatomy, human and comparative.

75. [Exhibition catalogues of the Royal Society of British Artists]

76. Up and down the River Dart : a descriptive sketch of the district between Dartmouth & Totnes as seen from the River / by Robert Cranford.

77. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, drawings & sketches by Benjamin West, P.R.A. ... : also collections of pictures & drawings, the property of a gentleman : and pictures by old masters, from numerous private collections and different sources.

78. John Heywood's Illustrated guide to Bristol.

79. The Field.

80. A list of works on painting in the National Art Library.