Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1,318
Reference Library
3
Creator
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
17
Rocque, John, -1762
8
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
6
Nimrod, 1778–1843
6
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
6
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
6
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Storer, James, 1771–1853
5
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
4
Britton, John, 1771–1857
4
C. & J. Greenwood
4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
4
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
4
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
4
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
4
Measom, George S
4
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
4
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
4
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
3
more
Creator
»
Date
Date range begin
–
Date range end
Current results range from
1508
to
2005
Unknown
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
1,318
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
[remove]
1,318
Image Available
Unavailable
1,238
Available
80
New Additions
2023-2024
8
Classification
Books
960
Maps & Atlas (printed)
116
Prints
98
Archives & Manuscripts
62
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
26
Periodicals
17
Articles & Chapters
5
Visual Materials
3
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Music (printed)
2
Creator Gender
unknown
1,318
Period
19th century
728
18th century
331
17th century
188
20th century
56
16th century
31
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
Work Type
engraving
[remove]
1,318
wood engraving
202
map
154
etching
130
armorial bookplates (provenance)
105
lithograph
98
aquatint
97
ephemera
86
stipple engraving
58
steel engraving
56
woodcut
55
advertisement
42
trade cards (advertising)
40
atlase
35
private press books (publishing)
35
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
34
mezzotint
33
blank form
30
drawing book
29
billhead
28
more
Work Type
»
Subject Terms
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
38
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
29
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
26
Drawing -- Technique.
23
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
19
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
17
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
16
Satire, English.
16
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
15
Voyages and travels.
15
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
14
Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
14
London (England) -- Description and travel.
14
Painting -- Technique.
14
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
12
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
12
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
12
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
11
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
11
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
10
more
Subject Terms
»
Subject Period
19th century
140
18th century
44
17th century
19
20th century
8
11th century
2
16th century
2
16th century,
1
16th-18th centuries
1
18th centtury
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B.C
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
304
England
132
London (England)
53
London
51
France
36
Italy
27
United States
23
America
22
Wales
21
Cambridgeshire (England)
20
Europe
17
Edinburgh
14
West Indies
14
Scotland
13
India
12
Canada
11
Edinburgh (Scotland)
11
Ireland
9
Netherlands
9
Northwest Passage
9
more
Associated Places
»
Associated People
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
7
Raphael, 1483–1520
5
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
4
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
4
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
3
Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842
3
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603
3
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601–1643
3
Strathallan, James Andrew John Lawrence Charles Drummond, Viscount, 1767–1851
3
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726
3
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
3
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
2
Bickford family
2
Buggin, Barrington
2
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845
2
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649
2
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
2
Cracknall, James
2
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
2
more
Associated People
»
Exhibition History
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
16
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
10
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
8
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
8
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
6
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
6
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
1
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helen Chillman.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
more
Credit Line
»
Language
English
1,100
French
76
Latin
50
German
34
Italian
25
Dutch
15
Spanish
3
Undetermined
3
Portuguese
1
Swedish
1
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Work Type
engraving
Remove constraint Work Type: engraving
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
Remove constraint Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances
« Previous |
1
-
100
of
1,318
|
Next »
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
2
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
3
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
4
In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875
1892
5
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
6
Nicklin & Son (Birmingham, England)
Nicklin & Son
[approximately 1817]
7
Reece & Co. (London, England)
[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society]
1838-1839
8
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)
Dison & Co., lace manufacturers
[circa 1850?]
9
Cracknall, James
Billhead of James Cracknall, clothier, London, for tailoring provided to Lord Strathallen, 1830
1830
10
Roche, Patrick (Bootmaker)
Billhead recording shoes purchased by Mr. Roberts from P. Roche, boot maker, Liverpool
1850
11
Vindin, John, 1795–1852
[Billheads of John Vindin, oil & colourman, Knightsbridge for purchases by Mr. Gibbs, 1823]
1823
12
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
13
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
14
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise
[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]
1809
15
Alexander McBean & Sons
Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness
1900
16
M. &. H. Corps
Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps
[1848]
17
Salisbury, W. T
Select meditations and reflections on death
circa 1782-1792
18
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
19
W. & T. Gregson (Firm)
W. & T. Gregson
[approximately 1820]
20
Wright, James, coach builder
Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of Sir George Musgrave in Penrith,Cumbria, from March, 1864 to January, 1865
1864-1865
21
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)
[188-?]
22
Barklie, John R.
[Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55]
1855
23
Newton, T
The mansion of bliss
1822
24
Miller & Sons (London, England)
[Billhead of Miller & Sons, candle merchants, London]
[between 1830 and 1850?]
25
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888]
1888
26
Jersey algae
1860
27
Rawstorne, John, 1761?-1832
Rawstorne, architect, Birmingham
approximately 1800
28
Pigot, James, 1769–1843
J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer
[between 1810 and 1821]
29
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855
[1855]
30
Hafod Arms Hotel (Ceredigion, Wales)
[Printed invoice and promotional handbill of Hafod Arms Hotel]
[184-?]
31
Haldane, James (Tailor)
Billhead of James Haldane, London tailor, recording services rendered to Viscount Strathallan, 1843
1843
32
Parkes, Zachariah
Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham
[between 1820 and 1840?]
33
Vouillon & Laure (Firm : London, England)
Billhead of Vouillon & Laure, clothiers, London, for purchases by Mrs. H.H. Creed
1837
34
Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)
[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New Phaeton for Miss Robinson, Hammerton Hall]
June 11th, 1828
35
The magic ring
November 1st, 1796
36
Wallis's tour of Europe
Nov. 24th, 1794
37
The British tourist
[1830s?]
38
King's Arms & Castle Hotel (Kenilworth, England)
King's Arms & Castle Hotel
[May 15th, 1891]
39
W. & J. Proud, coach builder
Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of the late Sir Musgrave Brisco in Carlisle from July 21, 1886 to December 19, 1886
1887
40
W. Stobart Junior & Co.
Billhead recording coal purchased by W. Walters from W. Stobart Junr. & Co
[1840?]
41
Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873
Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver
1821-1871
42
A first floor to let
[approximately 1850]
43
The royal pastime of cupid, or, Entertaining game of the snake
12th May 1794
44
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.
Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea warehouses
[1823]
45
Charles Skipper & East (London, England)
Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers
[between 1833 and 1877]
46
Skelton, William, 1763–1848
Skelton, copper plate printer
[approximately 1800?]
47
Barron & Co. (Firm : London, England)
[Advertisement for venetian fan blinds, brass cornice poles spring roller blinds, painted blinds and curtain brackets, London, 1818]
[1818]
48
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy
[1804]
49
The mirror of truth
Jany. 1st, 1811
50
Burkitt & Hudson
Burkitt & Hudson
[not after 1818]
51
Jones & Halton (Firm)
Jones & Halton
[approximately 1850]
52
Cracknall, James
Billhead of James Cracknall, clothier, London, for tailoring provided to Lord Strathallen, 1831-1832
1832
53
Roberts, John (Hosier)
[Billhead of John Roberts, hosier, London, recording purchases by B. Buggin]
1773
54
Walkinshaw, A.
Farr, fringe lace & worsted manufacturer
[1805?]
55
Corrall, Christopher, active 1772
Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver lacemen, London, for purchases made by Barrington Buggin Esq., May 13th, 1772
1772
56
The combat with the giant
September 1st, 1796
57
William Stevenson Owen, judge
between 1884 and 1909
58
Edwards, George, 1694–1773
Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds
approximately 1746
59
Pigot, James, 1769–1843
Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer
[between 1810 and 1821]
60
Hollis, Walford & Co.
Family tea establishment
[after 1842]
61
Darly, M. (Mary)
Hinton & Lock
[not after 1778]
62
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892
Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books
ca. 1844-1865
63
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Vere Foster's Copy books
[approximately 1897?]
64
Sedgwick, James
Billhead of James Sedgwick, Manchester clothier, for purchases by John Davenport, 1811
1811
65
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in each quarter of the world
1st Novr. 1818
66
Hill, Thomas Wright, 1763–1851
T.W. Hill's boarding school & day school, Gough St
[between 1803 and 1819]
67
Herring, William
W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water fowl, gold and silver fish, sporting and fancy dogs
approximately 1835
68
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
69
Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)
The Westminster Hotel
[189-?]
70
Wolstenholme, Joseph (Metalworker)
J. Wolstenholme's best Britannia metal
[between 1830 and 1840]
71
Gibbon, Daniel (Hosier)
Billhead of Daniel Gibbon, London hosier, for purchases by Mr. H. Gibbs, 1832
1832
72
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Della architettura militare
mid-16th century
73
A second floor to let
[1850?]
74
Queen Fire Insurance company of Liverpool and London
[approximately 1878?]
75
Letter to the Secretary of the Medico-Botanical Society (?) requesting information on lectures or literary proceedings,
[1847]
76
Dorigny, Nicolas, 1658–1746
Recueil de XC têtes tirées des sept cartons des actes des apôtres peints par Raphl. Urbin
[1722]
77
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[The travellers guide
[1686?]
78
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
One hundred new fables
1817-1825
79
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649
The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada
MCMXXXVIII [1938]
80
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
81
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
82
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
83
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
84
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
The gentleman's new pocket farrier
1828
85
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
anno 1632
86
Boazio, Baptista
The true description or draffte of that famous Ile of Wighte
1591
87
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae
MDCCCLXIV [1864]
88
Goos, Pieter, approximately 1616–1675
West-Indische paskaert
[approximately 1660]
89
[Trade catalog for Thomas Goode & Co.]
[approximately 1900?]
90
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
91
[Set of six engravings depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son]
1800
92
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
Europa tabulis aeneis 166 secundum rationes geographicas delineata
anno domini MDC [1600]
93
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
94
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1802
95
Walker's tour through England and Wales
January 2nd 1809
96
Hanscomb, Brian
The phoenix
[2005]
97
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Nature displayed in 12 prints of humorous & satirical subjects, with a variety of whimsical characers
published as the Act directs, 2 Sep. 1784
98
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la Guglia dal luogo remoto dietro la Chiesa di S. Pietro
MDLXXXVI [1586]
99
C. & J. Greenwood
Map of the county of Kent,
July 4th, 1829
100
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
« Previous
Next »
1
2
3
4
5
…
13
14