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Reference Library 34,951
Rare Books and Manuscripts 158

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Sotheby's (Firm) 158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 145
Christie, Manson & Woods 137
John Murray (Firm) 91
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 76
Blake, William, 1757–1827 69
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 65
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Fine Art Society 51
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 50
Tate Gallery 49
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 42
Hockney, David, born 1937 41
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39
National Trust (Great Britain) 39
National Gallery (Great Britain) 36
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 36
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 35
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 31
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 31
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
Walker Art Gallery 29
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 28
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 28

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Accessible in the Reference Library 34,951
Accessible in the Study Room 158

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Under Certain Circumstances 34,951

Image Available

unavailable 34,951

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New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 191

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Books 34,951

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Period

20th century 20,482
21st century 12,864
19th century 1,595
18th century 70
17th century 12
16th century 4

Materials & Techniques

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Work Type

exhibition catalog 959
history 575
auction catalog 324
catalog 254
criticism, interpretation, etc 183
exhibition catalogue 138
biographie 130
auction catalogue 113
biography 94
pictorial work 85
guidebook 65
art 45
illustrated work 43
interview 36
catalogues d'exposition 27
conference papers and proceeding 27
annotations (provenance) 24
portrait 24
catalogues raisonné 23
bibliographie 18
dictionarie 18
personal correspondence 18
handbooks and manual 17
bibliography 15
booksellers' labels (provenance) 15
catalogs (documents) 15
publishers' advertisement 15
exhibition, pictorial work 13
wood engraving 13
price list 12

Genre

Subject Terms

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 612
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 585
Rare books -- Catalogs. 577
Great Britain. 503
Art, British -- Catalogs. 490
Furniture -- Catalogs. 375
Auction catalogs. 333
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 248
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 240
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 236
Art -- Catalogs. 235
England. 230
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 208
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 195
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 191
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 181
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 174
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 173
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 164
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 164
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 156
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 156
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 149
Painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 147
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 145
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 143
Painting -- Catalogs. 141

Subject Period

20th century 2,920
19th century 2,215
18th century 1,049
17th century 534
21st century 277
16th century 200
15th century 29
17th-18th centuries 16
15th and 16th centuries 11
11th century 7
12th century 5
Geschichte 5
14th century 4
To 400 2
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
19th-20th centuries 1
20th centuy 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Empire, 284-476 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,530
England 3,850
London 681
London (England) 607
Scotland 471
United States 338
Europe 328
Ireland 320
Australia 189
India 170
Wales 154
Italy 147
France 119
England London 111
Middle East 64
Canada 60
Edinburgh 56
New York (State) 56
Devon (England) 48
Connecticut 47
Cornwall (England : County) 46
Yorkshire (England) 43
New York 42
California 41
Germany 41
New Haven 41
Birmingham 39
Kent (England) 39
Thames River (England) 38
Netherlands 37

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 333
Blake, William, 1757–1827 314
Constable, John, 1776–1837 151
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 138
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 117
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 116
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 112
Morris, William, 1834–1896 111
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 107
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 103
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 96
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 94
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 90
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 80
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 71
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 69
Hockney, David, born 1937 67
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 65
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 63
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 61
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 52
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 52
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 52
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 48
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 45
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 43
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 42
Mellon, Paul, Mrs 39
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 38

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22610884020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
22616098280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22617838750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618498320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22619545340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jessica Helfand, Yale BA 1982, MFA 1989 1
22620788060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22625039730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22628427390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013 1
22631445540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631765680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941 1
22633615320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 1
22638020430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22638020450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22642870730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22643570570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 1
22653784930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22656117160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666743720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph Hyde 1
22666752560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22667650850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22672647830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22674477060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22674477070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22677870460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22681489460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the author 1
22681603200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22681603220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22691798250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699382080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 34,951

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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Wilson, Richard

Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los... [Read more]

c1996
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective... [Read more]

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, 1894-1982, and two wives, Winifred Nicholson, 1893-1981,... [Read more]

1996
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

2012
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984

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