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Rare Books and Manuscripts 19,532
Reference Library 174

Creator

Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 104
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Britton, John, 1771–1857 52
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 50
Clark, Thomas A 50
Dilnot, John 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 41
Sackett, Colin 37
Rocque, John, -1762 36
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 35
Bush, Tracey 32
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 32
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 29
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 29
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
King, Ronald, 1932– 28
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 27
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 27
Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 25
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 24
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 24
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 23
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 22

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Accessible in the Study Room 19,532
Accessible in the Reference Library 174

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 19,525
Free to Use 7

Image Available

unavailable 19,532

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 77

Classification

Books 16,179
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 608
Archives & Manuscripts 551
Prints 522
Maps & Atlas (printed) 428
Music (printed) 243
Periodicals 179
Articles & Chapters 170
Postcards 119
Drawings & Watercolors 117
Photographs 94
Visual Materials 56
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 31
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Videos 6
Paintings 3
Dissertations & Theses 2
Computer Files 1
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 10,634
20th century 3,916
18th century 2,452
21st century 864
17th century 467
15th century 316
16th century 171
14th century 2
13th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 30
ceramic (material) 11
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
watercolor (paint) 7
drawings 6
ink 6
watercolors 6
paper 5
engraving (action) 4
graphite (color) 4
silk (textile) 4
albumen process 3
lithography 3
weaving 3
graphite 2
graphite (mineral) 2
ivory (material) 2
laid paper 2
sterling silver 2
transfer printing 2
vellum (parchment) 2
carving (processes) 1
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
chromolithography 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
die cutting 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,790
engraving 1,239
lithograph 1,170
aquatint 1,033
artists' book 858
auction catalog 774
ephemera 761
chromolithograph 603
etching 533
woodcut 417
map 401
armorial bookplates (provenance) 350
private press books (publishing) 313
accordion fold format (binding) 308
exhibition catalog 306
photomechanical print 287
photograph 283
drawing book 268
incunabula 260
recreation 255
fragments (object portions) 248
chromoxylograph 237
memorial card 232
sheet music 224
ink drawing 197
watercolor 194
steel engraving 189
advertisement 172
memorials (commemorative) 171
prospectuse 171

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 820
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 669
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 662
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 601
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 442
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 388
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Incunabula in Yale Library. 295
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Drawing -- Technique. 249
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 249
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 248
Grief. 235
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 197
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 186
Satire, English. 176
Women in natural history. 174
Drawing books -- Specimens. 168
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 166
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 161
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Fox hunting. 157
Horses. 149
Voyages and travels. 148
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 142
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 124
Painting -- Technique. 121

Subject Period

19th century 1,228
20th century 482
18th century 290
17th century 83
16th century 58
21st century 35
15th century 26
11th century 7
15th and 16th centuries 4
12th century 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 2
14th century 2
17th-18th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
Silurian 2
To 500 2
To 510 B.C 2
16th century, 1
16th-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1
19h century 1
21th century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
6th century 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,993
England 1,900
London 1,151
London (England) 446
France 298
United States 238
Italy 210
Edinburgh (Scotland) 186
Scotland 173
Edinburgh 124
Europe 123
India 116
Ireland 116
Wales 109
Oxford (England) 90
Germany 85
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Switzerland 71
Spain 63
Paris (France) 62
Egypt 59
Cambridge (England) 57
America 56
Middle East 54
Bath (England) 53
Brighton (England) 53
Glasgow (Scotland) 53
Oxford 53
Liverpool (England) 50
Netherlands 50

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 86
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 67
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 41
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 35
Jesus Christ 32
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 31
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 29
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 25
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 24
Shirley Smith, Richard 24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 23
Raphael, 1483–1520 22
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 18
Blake, William, 1757–1827 17
Britton, John, 1771–1857 17
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, 17
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 15
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 15
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 14
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 14
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 14
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 13
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 13

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 123
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 81
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 61
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 53
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 41
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 22
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 17
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 14
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 9
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 7
Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019) 6
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 5
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 4
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 4
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016) 4
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 2
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 26
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22711752450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22711768230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22653478920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709621880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22711768080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22960476610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4

Language

English 16,871
French 522
Latin 364
German 263
Italian 129
Dutch 50
Undetermined 34
Spanish 23
Swedish 10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 9
Welsh 9
English, Middle (1100-1500) 8
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
Multiple languages 6
Japanese 5
Portuguese 5
Russian 5
Danish 4
Efik 4
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Low German 4
Scots 3
Hebrew 2
Norwegian 2
Polish 2
Romance (Other) 2
Czech 1
Elamite 1
Germanic (Other) 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams

1794-1796
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773

1773
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene

1788 August 19-1798 April 6
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and... [Read more]

[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,

1777-1781
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and... [Read more]

1819
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with... [Read more]

ca. [1798?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour

[between 1862 and 1868]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

English landscape

[1845]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable with his friends in 1806

1981
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery

1833
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth,

[between 1837 and 1848]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Prints published by W. Hogarth

1762
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Industry and idleness

[between 1771 and 1785]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James... [Read more]

[1837?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

1824
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1849?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized

[183-?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth restored

1812
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Original and genuine works

1820-1822
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

1838
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

MDCCLII. [1753]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1833]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

[between 1860 and 1870?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake

1965
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear archive,

ca. 1840-1985
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrated excursions in Italy

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

1856]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.

1852
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Indian Journal

1953
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots

1978
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[1863]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[between 1868 and 1871]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

[1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Lear in Sicily

1938
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in the seven Ionian islands

December 1st, 1863
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Nonsensus

1988
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.

1851
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Teapots and quails

1953
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen

1973
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's journals

1952
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

The book of nonsense

[approximately 1916?]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica

1870
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"

[approximately 1908?]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Joshua Reynolds archive,

1749-1816
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, October 16,... [Read more]

M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the... [Read more]

MDCCLXXII [1772]

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