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

1. 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

2. 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

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. American book prices current.

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

5. 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

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. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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. 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

21. 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

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. 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

28. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

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

29. 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

30. 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

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. The Gilder's manual : a complete practical guide to gilding in all its branches : designed for all trades in which gilding is used, including silvering : together with picture framing, picture repairing, and much other useful information, valuable receipts, etc.

Date:: 1990
Physical Description:: 135 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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

Date:: [1866]
Physical Description:: 192 pages
Collection:: Reference Library

40. 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

41. 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

42. Catalogue of a collection of oriental porcelain and pottery [microform] : lent for exhibition by A.W. Franks.

Date:: 1878
Physical Description:: 246 pages : illustrations
Collection:: Reference Library

43. Scroll ornaments of the early Victorian period : 71 engravings / by F. Knight.

Creator:: Knight, F. (Frederick)
Date:: 1978
Physical Description:: 47 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Oake.

44. Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society.

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

45. Collectors' marks / arranged and edited by Milton I.D. Einstein and Max A. Goldstein.

Creator:: Fagan, Louis, 1845–1903
Date:: 2007
Physical Description:: 1 v. (various pagings). : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

46. Catalogue of the second special exhibition of national portraits [microform] : commencing with the reign of William and Mary and ending with the year MDCCC, on loan to the South Kensington Museum, May 1, 1867.

Date:: [1867]
Physical Description:: 208 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

47. A text-book of paper-making / C.F. Cross and E.J. Bevan.

Creator:: Cross, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1855–1935
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: vii, 244 p., [3] leaves of plates (2 fold.) : ill. (some fold.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

48. Catalogue of one hundred and twenty original drawings by the late Benjamin West, Esq. ... ; which will be sold by auction by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby on Saturday, 1st of June, 1839.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: [9] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

49. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, containing biographies of artists and of others connected with the history of art.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 261 p. 21cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

50. Artizans' dwellings for the city of Dublin, with suggestions for their construction.

Creator:: Geoghegan, Charles
Date:: [18--]
Physical Description:: 16 p. 17 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

51. 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

52. Catalogue of the reserved portion of the valuable collection of original drawings by early masters the property of the late Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... ; also a magnificent drawing by Rubens of The daughter of Herodias presenting the head of John the Baptist to Herod which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby and Son, ... on Wednesday, 11th of May, 1836.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: [9] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

53. How I spent my twentieth year : being a short record of a tour round the world, 1886-87 / by the marchioness of Stafford ; with illustrations.

Creator:: Sutherland, Millicent, Duchess of, 1867–1955
Date:: 1889
Physical Description:: viii, 289 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

54. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary illustrating furniture.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

55. 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

56. 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

57. The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Creator:: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Date:: 1850-1858
Physical Description:: 67, 64, 68, 66, 65, 67, 63, 64, 63 p. ; 25 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

58. Practical paper-making; a manual for paper-makers and owners and managers of paper mills, to which are appended useful tables, calculations, data, etc. By George Clapperton ... With illustrations reproduced from microphotographs.

Creator:: Clapperton, George
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: xii, 208 p. VIII pl. (incl. front.) 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

59. The history of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry : with a description of the churches, and other public buildings with numerous illustrations ...

Date:: 1979
Physical Description:: 48 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (1 fold.) ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

60. The Banqueting House with the Whitehall and Holbein gates [graphic] / Inigo Jones.

Creator:: Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Date:: 1967
Physical Description:: 1 art reproduction ; 37 x 61 cm., on sheet 48 x 68 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

61. The Oarsman's and Angler's map of the River Thames from its source to London Bridge [cartographic material] / compiled by E.G. Ravenstein.

Creator:: Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834–1913
Date:: 1991
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 265 x 17 cm, folded in envelope 24 x 17 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

62. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.

Creator:: Omar Khayyam
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: 127 pages, 8 unumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lois Sevenni and Enrique Foster Gittes.

63. A correct catalogue of the works of Mr. West.

Collection:: Reference Library

64. Etchings & dry points : Venice, second series.

Creator:: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
Date:: [1883]
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

65. Vitruvius Britannicus : the classic of eighteenth-century British architecture / Colen Campbell.

Creator:: Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:: 2007
Physical Description:: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

66. The modeller : a guide to the principles and practice of sculptur for the use of students and amateurs / by George Halse.

Creator:: Halse, George
Date:: [1880]
Physical Description:: 86 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

67. 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

68. Catalogue of a special loan collection of English furniture and figured silks, manufactured in the 17th and 18th centuries [microform] : Bethnal Green Branch Museum / with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen.

Date:: 1975
Physical Description:: 2 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

69. Catalogue of the special exhibition of portrait miniatures [microform] : on loan at the South Kensington Museum June, 1865.

Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 340 pages
Collection:: Reference Library

70. The golden primer / Prof. Meiklejohn ; [illustrated by] Walter Crane.

Creator:: Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1830–1902
Date:: c2010
Physical Description:: 1 vol. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

71. Catalogue of the special loan exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese ornamental art [microform] : South Kensington Museum, 1881. Edited by J.C. Robinson.

Date:: [1881]
Physical Description:: 211, [1] pages ; 4
Collection:: Reference Library

72. Thomas Bewick.

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

73. The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculpture / translated from the Italian by C.R. Ashbee.

Creator:: Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500–1571
Date:: 2010
Physical Description:: xiv, 164 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

74. Catalogue of the special exhibition of ancient musical instruments [microform].

Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 48 pages
Collection:: Reference Library

75. A five-years cruise round the world (1867 to 1871) by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G [microform] : a guide to the works of art and science collected by His Royal Highness and lent for exhibition in the South Kensington Museum, February, 1872.

Date:: [1872?]
Physical Description:: 66 pages : map
Collection:: Reference Library

76. Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Creator:: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Physical Description:: 14 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

77. Catalogue of the loan exhibition of ancient and modern jewellery and personal ornaments [microform].

Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 111 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

78. Catalogue of pictures and drawings 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 [West's Gallery].

Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

79. Catalogue of the loan exhibition of fans [microform].

Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: 54 pages
Collection:: Reference Library

80. A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world : Whereunto is ioined, the commoditie of sundrie sciences, the benefit that paper bringeth, with many rare matters rehearsed in the same : with a description & commendation of a paper mill, now and of late set vp (neere the towne of Darthford) by an high Germayn called M. Spilman, Ieweller to the Qu. most excellent Maiestie / written by Thomas Chruchyard Gent.

A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world : Whereunto is ioined, the commoditie of sundrie sciences, the benefit that paper bringeth, with many rare matters rehearsed in the same : with a description & commendation of a paper mill, now and of late set vp (neere the towne of Darthford) by an high Germayn called M. Spilman, Ieweller to the Qu. most excellent Maiestie / written by Thomas Chruchyard Gent.

Creator:: Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
Date:: 1978
Physical Description:: [36] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

81. A list of works illustrating sculpture in the National Art Library.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 154 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

82. 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

83. 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

84. Appendix to the classified list of photographs of works of decorative art in the South Kensington Museum and other collections.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1891
Physical Description:: 49 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

85. Catalogue of a collection of continental porcelain [microform] : lent and described by Sir A. Wollaston Franks.

Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: 109 pages : illustrations
Collection:: Reference Library

86. Don Pottery pattern book, 1807.

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

87. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, on coins and medals.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1889
Physical Description:: 88 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

88. A short introduction in the binding of books / Dirk de Bray ; followed by a note on the gilding of the edges by Ambrosius Vermerck ; with an introd. and a paraphrase by K. van der Horst and C. de Wolf ; translated by H. S. Lake.

A short introduction in the binding of books / Dirk de Bray ; followed by a note on the gilding of the edges by Ambrosius Vermerck ; with an introd. and a paraphrase by K. van der Horst and C. de Wolf ; translated by H. S. Lake.

Creator:: Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
Date:: 1977
Physical Description:: 87 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

89. La conflagrazione Vesuviana del 26 Aprile del 1872 : riferita all' Accadema di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche / dal socio ordinario Luigi Palmieri.

Creator:: Palmieri, Luigi, 1807–1896
Date:: [2005]
Physical Description:: 64, [5] p. of plates : fold. ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

90. The Architectural magazine.

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

91. 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

92. A list of works on heraldry, or containing heraldic illustrations, in the National Art Library.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1884
Physical Description:: 75 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

93. Classic textile designs : fifty plates, in gold, silver and colors comprising upwards of 1,000 various styles of ancient, medieval and modern designs of textile fabrics with explanatory descriptions and a general introduction / M. Dupont-Auberville ; foreword by Jennifer Harris.

Classic textile designs : fifty plates, in gold, silver and colors comprising upwards of 1,000 various styles of ancient, medieval and modern designs of textile fabrics with explanatory descriptions and a general introduction / M. Dupont-Auberville ; foreword by Jennifer Harris.

Creator:: Dupont-Auberville, A
Date:: 1989
Physical Description:: [iv], 13 pages and [50] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Oake.

94. Is Fingal's Cave artificial? / by F. Cope Whitehouse.

Creator:: Whitehouse, Frederic Cope, 1842–1911
Date:: [2022]
Physical Description:: 12 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

95. A guide to modelling in clay and wax for terra cotta, bronze and silver chasing and embossing, carving in marble and alabaster, moulding and casting in plaster of Paris or sculptural art made easy for beginners / by Morton Edwards.

Creator:: Edwards, Morton, 1834–1917
Date:: 1879
Physical Description:: vi, 63 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

96. Catalogue of works of the Late John Constable, R.A. comprising upwards of seventy pictures, drawings and sketches in oil, and a large number of drawings in penci and chalk, from the collection of Eustace Constable, Esq., grandson of the painter ; A collection of water-colour drawings (sold by order of the executors) ; and Sixteen drawings by W. Bennett : which will be sold by auction by / Christie, Manson & Woods.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1896]
Physical Description:: 15 leaves ; 28 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

97. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library illustrating seals.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 46 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

98. An account of Saint Alban's Abbey and the churches of St. Michael, St. Peter, and St. Stephen : with historical illustrations relating to the town and neighborhood.

Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 54 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

99. Catalogue of the loan exhibition of lithographs, South Kensington Museum, 1898-99 [microform].

Creator:: South Kensington Museum
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: 264 pages : illustrations
Collection:: Reference Library

100. Armour and miscellaneous objects of art known as the Meyrick collection.

Date:: [1869]
Physical Description:: x, 209 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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

2. 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.

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

4. American book prices current.

5. 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.

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

7. 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 ...

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. 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 ...

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. 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.

14. 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 ...

15. 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.

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...

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

28. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

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

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

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. The Gilder's manual : a complete practical guide to gilding in all its branches : designed for all trades in which gilding is used, including silvering : together with picture framing, picture repairing, and much other useful information, valuable receipts, etc.

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

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

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

42. Catalogue of a collection of oriental porcelain and pottery [microform] : lent for exhibition by A.W. Franks.

43. Scroll ornaments of the early Victorian period : 71 engravings / by F. Knight.

44. Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society.

45. Collectors' marks / arranged and edited by Milton I.D. Einstein and Max A. Goldstein.

46. Catalogue of the second special exhibition of national portraits [microform] : commencing with the reign of William and Mary and ending with the year MDCCC, on loan to the South Kensington Museum, May 1, 1867.

47. A text-book of paper-making / C.F. Cross and E.J. Bevan.

48. Catalogue of one hundred and twenty original drawings by the late Benjamin West, Esq. ... ; which will be sold by auction by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby on Saturday, 1st of June, 1839.

49. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, containing biographies of artists and of others connected with the history of art.

50. Artizans' dwellings for the city of Dublin, with suggestions for their construction.

51. 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.

53. How I spent my twentieth year : being a short record of a tour round the world, 1886-87 / by the marchioness of Stafford ; with illustrations.

54. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary illustrating furniture.

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

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

57. The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts.

58. Practical paper-making; a manual for paper-makers and owners and managers of paper mills, to which are appended useful tables, calculations, data, etc. By George Clapperton ... With illustrations reproduced from microphotographs.

59. The history of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry : with a description of the churches, and other public buildings with numerous illustrations ...

60. The Banqueting House with the Whitehall and Holbein gates [graphic] / Inigo Jones.

61. The Oarsman's and Angler's map of the River Thames from its source to London Bridge [cartographic material] / compiled by E.G. Ravenstein.

62. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.

63. A correct catalogue of the works of Mr. West.

64. Etchings & dry points : Venice, second series.

65. Vitruvius Britannicus : the classic of eighteenth-century British architecture / Colen Campbell.

66. The modeller : a guide to the principles and practice of sculptur for the use of students and amateurs / by George Halse.

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

68. Catalogue of a special loan collection of English furniture and figured silks, manufactured in the 17th and 18th centuries [microform] : Bethnal Green Branch Museum / with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen.

69. Catalogue of the special exhibition of portrait miniatures [microform] : on loan at the South Kensington Museum June, 1865.

70. The golden primer / Prof. Meiklejohn ; [illustrated by] Walter Crane.

71. Catalogue of the special loan exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese ornamental art [microform] : South Kensington Museum, 1881. Edited by J.C. Robinson.

72. Thomas Bewick.

73. The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculpture / translated from the Italian by C.R. Ashbee.

74. Catalogue of the special exhibition of ancient musical instruments [microform].

75. A five-years cruise round the world (1867 to 1871) by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G [microform] : a guide to the works of art and science collected by His Royal Highness and lent for exhibition in the South Kensington Museum, February, 1872.

76. Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts.

77. Catalogue of the loan exhibition of ancient and modern jewellery and personal ornaments [microform].

78. Catalogue of pictures and drawings 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 [West's Gallery].