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Rare Books and Manuscripts 21,259
Reference Library 172

Creator

Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 108
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Britton, John, 1771–1857 55
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 50
Clark, Thomas A 50
Dilnot, John 50
Rocque, John, -1762 49
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 41
Bush, Tracey 39
Sackett, Colin 37
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 32
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 31
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 31
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 29
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 29
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888 29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Morris, William, 1834–1896 28
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 28
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 27
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 25
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 24

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Accessible in the Study Room 21,259
Accessible in the Reference Library 172

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 20,108
Free to Use 1,151

Image Available

unavailable 19,448
available 1,811

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 4

Classification

Books 17,081
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 754
Prints 733
Archives & Manuscripts 707
Maps & Atlas (printed) 483
Music (printed) 248
Periodicals 189
Articles & Chapters 174
Drawings & Watercolors 166
Postcards 131
Photographs 129
Visual Materials 74
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 44
Videos 7
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Paintings 3
Dissertations & Theses 2
Computer Files 1
Kits 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 11,747
20th century 4,045
18th century 2,748
21st century 892
17th century 546
15th century 326
16th century 202
14th century 3
13th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 24
ceramic (material) 23
throwing (pottery technique) 11
wood 10
wood engraving (process) 10
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
watercolor (paint) 8
albumen process 6
ink 6
paper 5
engraving (action) 4
graphite (color) 4
silk (textile) 4
graphite (mineral) 3
lithography 3
transfer printing 3
weaving 3
cardboard 2
glue 2
graphite 2
ivory (material) 2
laid paper 2
photographic paper 2
sterling silver 2
carving (processes) 1
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,881
engraving 1,492
lithograph 1,346
ephemera 1,230
aquatint 1,152
artists' book 894
auction catalog 780
chromolithograph 692
etching 619
map 464
woodcut 460
armorial bookplates (provenance) 395
accordion fold format (binding) 337
recreation 336
photograph 324
advertisement 318
private press books (publishing) 315
photomechanical print 306
exhibition catalog 305
drawing book 297
watercolor 293
botanical illustration 273
memorial card 268
ink drawing 265
incunabula 263
cut-paper work 261
fragments (object portions) 250
chromoxylograph 248
sheet music 227
memorials (commemorative) 203

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 852
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 605
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 457
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 443
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Incunabula in Yale Library. 300
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 295
Drawing -- Technique. 276
Grief. 271
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 250
Women in natural history. 238
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 236
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 197
Satire, English. 192
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 184
Drawing books -- Specimens. 176
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 167
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Voyages and travels. 158
Fox hunting. 157
Horses. 151
Death. 144
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 142
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Painting -- Technique. 130

Subject Period

19th century 1,550
20th century 508
18th century 333
17th century 98
16th century 64
21st century 35
15th century 27
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-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1
19h century 1
19th 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 4,614
England 2,022
London 1,206
London (England) 528
France 316
United States 245
Italy 227
Scotland 192
Edinburgh (Scotland) 191
India 171
Ireland 131
Europe 130
Edinburgh 128
Wales 126
Oxford (England) 96
Germany 89
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Switzerland 73
Egypt 68
Spain 68
America 65
Paris (France) 65
Cambridge (England) 59
China 59
Middle East 57
Brighton (England) 56
Oxford 55
Bath (England) 54
Glasgow (Scotland) 54
Turkey 54

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 88
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 85
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 55
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 40
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 38
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 34
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Jesus Christ 32
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 29
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 26
Raphael, 1483–1520 26
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 25
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 24
Shirley Smith, Richard 23
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 21
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 20
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 20
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 20
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 19
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 19
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 18
Blake, William, 1757–1827 16
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 16

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 138
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 118
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 115
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 78
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 64
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 54
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 38
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 24
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 23
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 19
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 15
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 15
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2026-01-08 - 2026-05-31) 13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 13
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 8
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 8
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 8
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 6
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 5
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 4
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 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

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 31
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22709619810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
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
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 8
22711752450008651|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
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
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 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

Language

English 18,433
French 552
Latin 401
German 272
Italian 135
Dutch 51
Undetermined 35
Spanish 25
English, Middle (1100-1500) 10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 10
Swedish 10
Welsh 10
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 8
Multiple languages 7
Japanese 6
Efik 5
Portuguese 5
Russian 5
Danish 4
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Low German 4
Polish 3
Scots 3
Hebrew 2
Norwegian 2
Romance (Other) 2
Czech 1
Elamite 1
Germanic (Other) 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The house that Paxton built

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]
Accessible in the Study Room
Underwood & Underwood

Sun Sculpture stereoscope

not before 1901
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful... [Read more]

1795]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]
Accessible in the Study Room
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West... [Read more]

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]
Accessible in the Study Room
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877
Accessible in the Study Room
Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869
Accessible in the Study Room
John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]
Accessible in the Study Room
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47,... [Read more]

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Glasgow looking glass

[1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International... [Read more]

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Map of North America

not before 1634
Accessible in the Study Room
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
In memory of the late John Distance

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
Madras

[1832?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Uncle Tom's cabin

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
What gives us comfort in this world of woe?

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Broughton, Thomas Duer, 1778–1835

Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Visit of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen to the City of Liverpool

1886
Accessible in the Study Room
Broughton, Samuel Daniel, 1787–1837

Letters from Portugal and Spain,

1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Basebé, Charles Jones, approximately 1818–1880

The cabinet

[1841?]
Accessible in the Study Room
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
We must be united!

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Baldwin, Thomas

Airopaidia

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm,... [Read more]

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

[1840s?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis... [Read more]

ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588
Accessible in the Study Room
Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

[approximately 1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?
Accessible in the Study Room
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714

A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after

[between 1726 and 1736]
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674

The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641

1702-1704
Accessible in the Study Room
Kane, Gregory, active 1851

Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors... [Read more]

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Lady

The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most... [Read more]

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
A panoramic view of the holy city of Benares

1827

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