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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 13
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Girouard, Mark, 1931– 8
Harris, John, 1931–2022 8
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 8
Colvin, Howard Montagu 7
Cork, Richard 7
Lister, Raymond 7
Strong, Roy C 7
Waterhouse, Ellis Kirkham, 1905– 7
Wood, Christopher, 1941–2009 7
British Council 6
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Robinson, John Martin 6
Ayres, James 5
Button, Virginia 5
Crook, J. Mordaunt (Joseph Mordaunt), 1937– 5
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 5
Fine Art Society 5

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Accessible in the Reference Library 4,614
Accessible in the Study Room 41

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Under Certain Circumstances 4,614

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unavailable 4,614

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2025 - 2026 7

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Books 4,614

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20th century 2,688
21st century 1,794
19th century 178
18th century 7
17th century 1

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history 251
exhibition catalog 134
biographie 64
catalog 48
biography 41
criticism, interpretation, etc 34
auction catalog 29
pictorial work 24
exhibition catalogue 20
illustrated work 12
art 7
bibliographie 7
portrait 7
source 6
personal correspondence 5
auction catalogue 4
bibliography 4
diarie 4
interview 4
anecdote 3
annotations (provenance) 3
aufsatzsammlung 3
booksellers' labels (provenance) 3
directorie 3
dust jacket 3
guidebook 3
map 3
wood engraving 3
ausstellung 2
caricatures and cartoon 2

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Great Britain. 506
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 132
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 132
Art, British -- Catalogs. 110
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 99
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 98
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. 95
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 82
Painting, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 82
Art, British. 78
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography. 78
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Great Britain. 59
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain. 58
Painting, British. 57
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 57
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 48
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 46
Great Britain -- Biography -- Portraits. 44
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 44
Auction catalogs. 40
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. 39
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain. 39
Architecture -- Great Britain. 38
Painters -- Great Britain. 38
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 37
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Great Britain. 36
Artists -- Great Britain. 34
Nobility -- Great Britain. 34
Great Britain -- Biography. 33
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 33

Subject Period

20th century 747
19th century 718
18th century 381
17th century 205
21st century 65
16th century 53
15th century 14
11th century 6
17th-18th centuries 4
14th century 3
12th century 2
13th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
17th-18th century 1
19th-20th centuries 1
20th centuy 1
Geschichte 1
Great Britain 1
To 449 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,614

England 65
Ireland 21
London (England) 15
Scotland 14
France 13
Groebritannien 13
United States 12
England London 11
Europe 9
Wales 5
Italy 4
France Great Britain 3
France Paris 3
Grande-Bretagne 3
Great Britain France 3
Great Britain Germany 3
Great Britain Italy 3
Italy Great Britain 3
Bath (England) 2
Denmark 2
England Leeds 2
Europe Great Britain 2
Germany 2
Germany Great Britain 2
Great Britain America 2
Great Britain Europe 2
Great Britain Foreign countries 2
Gro€britannien 2
Mexico 2

Associated People

Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 23
Blake, William, 1757–1827 22
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 18
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 16
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 14
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603 14
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 13
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 13
Windsor, House of 13
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547 12
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 11
Stuart, House of 11
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 10
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 9
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961 8
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 8
Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815–1879 8
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896 8
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 8
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 8
Tudor, House of 8
Adam, James, 1732–1794 7
Carrington, Dora de Houghton, 1893–1932 7
Constable, John, 1776–1837 7
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543 7
John, Augustus, 1878–1961 7
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 7
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805 7

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22617838750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22631765680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941 1
22653784930008651|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
22681603200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22681603220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22706775400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22706775410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22722767380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22728855490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22736296530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744250910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744250930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22755077640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross 1
22757372370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22757472090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22757472100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22762413270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds 1
22775157770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22781049660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22797645190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22797645200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22804626890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22836773810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22836773830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22845113380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 4,533
German 31
French 22
Spanish 6
Italian 4
Japanese 3
Polish 2
Russian 2
Undetermined 2
Dutch 1
Hungarian 1
Norwegian 1
Portuguese 1

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Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828–1891

Good Queen Anne

1886
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Ashton, John, 1834–1911

Social life in the reign of Queen Anne

1882
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Dictionary of national biography

1903
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British Racehorse

The British Racehorse
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[Checklist of exhibitions
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Weiss Gallery (London, England)

A noble visage

[2001?]
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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)

Good English prints 1700-1900 including sporting subjects, portraits,... [Read more]

[1978]
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Fairley, John, 1940–

The Royal Navy in action

2022
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Hilton, Timothy, 1941–

John Ruskin

[1985]-[2000]
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Contemporary art and the home

2002
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The illustrators

c2000
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Lloyd, Stephen, 1961–

The intimate portrait

2008
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The Queen's House

[1992?]
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Mourey, Gabriel, 1865–1943

La peinture anglaise du XVIIIe siecle

1928
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Anthony, John, 1928–

Joseph Paxton,

1973
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Hadfield, Miles

British gardeners

1980
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Dennett, T. B. (Terry B.)

Our studio was the world

[2025]
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An important collection of British historical medals

2003
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Chan, Victor

Leader of my angels

c1982
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Burke, Ashworth P. (Ashworth Peter), 1864–1919

Family records,

1897
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Porter, Roy, 1946–2002

Enlightenment

2000
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Kirby, Gary, 1941–

A consideration of the early English aesthetic

c1972
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Kooistra, Lorraine Janzen, 1953–

The artist as critic

1995
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Inchbald, Mrs., 1753–1821

The diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald

2007
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Richard Green (Gallery : London, England)

A flair for fashion

[2017]
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Gilbert, Christopher

The fashionable fire place, 1660-1840

1985
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Kennard, Peter

Peter Kennard

2019
Accessible in the Reference Library
Lloyd, Christopher, 1945–

The Queen's pictures

c1991
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Arnstein, Walter L

Britain yesterday and today

©1988
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British art - defining the 90s

c1995
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Buckle, Eileen

In the country

c1979
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Baird, Rosemary

Mistress of the house

2003
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Rodin

c2004
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Catalogue, the P.E.N. Club

[1945]
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Georgian Britain

1978?]
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City of Hamilton Art Gallery (Hamilton, Vic.)

Paul Sandby

2004
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Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931–

The forgotten collector

c1984
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The word returned

c1996
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Englische Malerei des 17.-19. Jahrhunderts :b Galerie Art & Antiques, Dr. Christa... [Read more]

[1976?]
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Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of, 1930–

Photographs by Snowdon

c2000
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Sinclair, William Macdonald, 1850–1917

The chapels royal,

1912
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De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972

Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum

1953
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Harris, Eileen

The genius of Robert Adam

c2001
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Upcott, William, 1779–1845

A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English... [Read more]

1978
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Posh

2003
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Hart, Imogen

Arts and crafts objects

2010
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Whitworth Art Gallery

'Upon a painted ocean'

[1982]
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Lemmen, Hans van

Coade stone

2006
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Crouch, David

The birth of nobility

2005
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Frater, Nikki

Rex Whistler

2024

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