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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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17,082
Reference Library
162
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
106
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
55
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Dilnot, John
41
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
35
Sackett, Colin
35
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
32
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
31
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
30
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
27
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162
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Under Certain Circumstances
16,333
Free to Use
749
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16,184
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898
New Additions
2024-2025
18
Classification
Books
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Period
19th century
9,362
20th century
3,095
18th century
2,262
21st century
701
17th century
386
15th century
309
16th century
154
13th century
1
14th century
1
Work Type
wood engraving
1,784
engraving
1,070
aquatint
1,036
lithograph
1,007
auction catalog
779
artists' book
755
chromolithograph
481
etching
464
ephemera
439
woodcut
422
armorial bookplates (provenance)
362
private press books (publishing)
315
exhibition catalog
297
drawing book
277
incunabula
260
fragments (object portions)
247
chromoxylograph
236
accordion fold format (binding)
233
photomechanical print
217
advertisement
189
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
698
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
604
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
443
London Institution -- Ownership.
348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
343
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
335
Incunabula in Yale Library.
298
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Drawing -- Technique.
258
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
248
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
178
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
177
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
167
Drawing books -- Specimens.
166
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher.
160
Satire, English.
159
Voyages and travels.
154
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Subject Period
19th century
1,078
20th century
332
18th century
243
17th century
78
16th century
58
15th century
27
21st 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
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th-18th centuries
1
17th cenury
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,142
England
1,734
London
1,121
London (England)
360
France
230
United States
205
Italy
176
Edinburgh (Scotland)
174
Scotland
147
India
137
Edinburgh
116
Ireland
105
Oxford (England)
91
Europe
86
Wales
77
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Germany
56
Spain
55
Egypt
54
Glasgow (Scotland)
53
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
65
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
36
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
31
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
30
Jesus Christ
29
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
27
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
27
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
26
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Raphael, 1483–1520
22
Shirley Smith, Richard
21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
19
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
18
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
Britton, John, 1771–1857
16
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
16
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
15
Blake, William, 1757–1827
14
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
135
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
92
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
61
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
52
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
39
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
30
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
21
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
18
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
18
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
14
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
6
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
122
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
93
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
89
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
74
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
52
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth and Horace Tower in memory of Cynthia Gay Wright
15
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Language
English
14,709
French
455
Latin
312
German
216
Italian
117
Dutch
35
Spanish
13
Undetermined
13
Welsh
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
9
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
7
English, Middle (1100-1500)
6
Multiple languages
6
Swedish
6
Portuguese
5
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
4
Japanese
4
Low German
4
Russian
4
Scots
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Chalmers, Patrick R. (Patrick Reginald), 1872–1942
"A dozen dogs or so"
1928
2
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
3
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma"
1858
4
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma," or, The richest commoner in England
[1888]
5
"Baxter" colour prints
1909
6
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
"Centaur," or, The "turn out"
1878
7
Leech, John, 1817–1864
"Coming home"
[1851]
8
Atkinson, George Francklin
"Curry & rice," on forty plates, or, The ingredients of social life at "our station" in India
[1859]
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Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Hawbuck Grange," or, The sporting adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
[1888?]
10
Forbes, W. B
"Hounds, Gentlemen, please!"
1910
11
London Association for the Blind
"I am blind."
[approximately 1930]
12
Lyon, W. E. (William Edgar)
"In my opinion--" ;
1928
13
Kent Argus (Ramsgate, England)
"Kent Argus" office specimen types
[approximately 1896]
14
Cunard White Star, ltd
"Mauretania"
[1938]
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
"Modern painters"
1888
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