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Reference Library 36,688
Rare Books and Manuscripts 162

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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) 79
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 73
Blake, William, 1757–1827 72
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 59
Fine Art Society 53
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 53
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Tate Gallery 51
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 46
Hockney, David, born 1937 46
National Trust (Great Britain) 42
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 41
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 35
National Gallery (Great Britain) 35
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 33
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 31
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 31
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 30
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
Walker Art Gallery 30

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Accessible in the Reference Library 36,688
Accessible in the Study Room 162

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 36,688

Image Available

unavailable 36,688

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 180

Classification

Books 36,688

Collective Title

Period

20th century 21,641
21st century 13,331
19th century 1,666
18th century 74
17th century 14
16th century 5

Materials & Techniques

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Work Type

exhibition catalog 997
history 577
auction catalog 326
catalog 254
criticism, interpretation, etc 187
exhibition catalogue 135
biographie 129
auction catalogue 113
biography 95
pictorial work 86
guidebook 64
art 45
illustrated work 41
interview 38
catalogues d'exposition 29
conference papers and proceeding 26
portrait 25
annotations (provenance) 24
catalogues raisonné 23
dictionarie 19
bibliographie 17
bibliography 16
booksellers' labels (provenance) 16
personal correspondence 16
publishers' advertisement 15
handbooks and manual 14
catalogs (documents) 13
exhibition, pictorial work 13
wood engraving 13
price list 12

Genre

Subject Terms

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Rare books -- Catalogs. 647
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 633
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 587
Great Britain. 506
Art, British -- Catalogs. 490
Furniture -- Catalogs. 392
Auction catalogs. 336
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 260
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 248
Art -- Catalogs. 238
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 238
England. 230
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 215
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 208
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 196
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 195
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 193
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 176
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 165
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 164
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 157
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 156
Painting -- Catalogs. 152
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 151
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 149
Maps -- Catalogs. 148
Painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 148

Subject Period

20th century 3,003
19th century 2,303
18th century 1,091
17th century 580
21st century 293
16th century 205
15th century 31
17th-18th centuries 20
15th and 16th centuries 16
11th century 8
12th century 5
14th century 4
Geschichte 4
19th-20th centuries 2
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 2
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
20th centuy 1
29th century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,661
England 3,940
London 688
London (England) 613
Scotland 475
Europe 360
United States 345
Ireland 322
Australia 191
India 172
France 163
Italy 159
Wales 159
England London 109
Middle East 66
Germany 63
Canada 61
Edinburgh 56
New York (State) 54
Devon (England) 49
Cornwall (England : County) 46
Connecticut 43
Yorkshire (England) 43
California 41
Netherlands 41
New York 40
Birmingham 39
Kent (England) 39
Thames River (England) 39
New Haven 37

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 380
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Constable, John, 1776–1837 164
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 145
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 129
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 122
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 121
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 117
Morris, William, 1834–1896 113
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 108
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 106
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 105
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 102
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 92
Hockney, David, born 1937 72
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 71
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 70
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 67
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 66
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 64
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 61
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 57
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 54
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 53
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 45
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 44
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 43
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 43
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 42

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 35,113
French 377
German 363
Italian 136
Spanish 57
Dutch 43
Japanese 39
Undetermined 30
Russian 22
Latin 16
Multiple languages 13
Welsh 9
Portuguese 8
Chinese 7
Swedish 7
Polish 6
Hebrew 4
Estonian 3
Dakota 2
Danish 2
Hungarian 2
Icelandic 2
Catalan 1
Croatian 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Greek, Modern (1453- ) 1
Korean 1
Norwegian 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Wilson, Richard

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

c1996
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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

1964
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

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

1979
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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

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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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

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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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

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, rétrospective de l'œuvre graphique, 1925-1969

1977
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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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

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

1996
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1992
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2002
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1995
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976

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