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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 84
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Fine Art Society 65
Tate Gallery 65
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 54
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 51
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
National Gallery (Great Britain) 43
National Trust (Great Britain) 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 42
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 38
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 35
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 33
Walker Art Gallery 32
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 31
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 31
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 30
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Accessible in the Study Room 170

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Under Certain Circumstances 37,360

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unavailable 37,360

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2024 - 2025 193

Classification

Books 34,952
Articles & Chapters 1,380
Periodicals 751
Videos 203
Maps & Atlas (printed) 23
Dissertations & Theses 22
Computer Files 16
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Music (printed) 2
Archives & Manuscripts 1
Musical Sound Recordings 1
Paintings 1
Photographs 1
Prints 1

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20th century 22,182
21st century 13,169
19th century 1,829
18th century 85
17th century 16
16th century 4

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exhibition catalog 970
history 582
auction catalog 324
catalog 258
criticism, interpretation, etc 183
exhibition catalogue 138
biographie 131
auction catalogue 113
biography 95
pictorial work 85
guidebook 65
periodical 57
art 47
illustrated work 43
interview 36
annotations (provenance) 29
catalogues d'exposition 27
conference papers and proceeding 27
portrait 24
catalogues raisonné 23
bibliographie 18
dictionarie 18
handbooks and manual 18
personal correspondence 18
bibliography 16
booksellers' labels (provenance) 16
publishers' advertisement 16
catalogs (documents) 15
wood engraving 14
exhibition, pictorial work 13

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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 616
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 586
Rare books -- Catalogs. 577
Great Britain. 517
Art, British -- Catalogs. 492
Furniture -- Catalogs. 389
Auction catalogs. 333
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 325
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 260
Art -- Catalogs. 255
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 248
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 236
England. 233
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 195
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 193
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 186
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 183
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 174
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 164
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 164
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 161
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 156
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 156
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 149
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 147
Painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 147
Art, British. 145

Subject Period

20th century 3,035
19th century 2,283
18th century 1,100
17th century 559
21st century 291
16th century 209
15th century 30
17th-18th centuries 19
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
16th-17th centuries 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

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,861
England 4,071
London (England) 758
London 742
Scotland 513
United States 376
Ireland 352
Europe 337
Australia 199
India 173
Italy 173
Wales 167
France 131
England London 117
Middle East 67
Canada 65
New York (State) 61
Edinburgh 59
Devon (England) 53
Cornwall (England : County) 50
Germany 49
Netherlands 49
Connecticut 48
New York 47
Yorkshire (England) 46
Kent (England) 45
California 43
New Haven 42
Birmingham 41
Thames River (England) 40

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 350
Blake, William, 1757–1827 346
Constable, John, 1776–1837 159
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 141
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 125
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 124
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 123
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 121
Morris, William, 1834–1896 120
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 110
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 110
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 103
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 95
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 84
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 71
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 65
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 63
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 61
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 61
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 54
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 54
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 52
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 49
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 45
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 44
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 42

Exhibition History

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1

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
22611011110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 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
22652018150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 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

Language

English 37,360

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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear, 1812-1888

1985
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

The tragical life and death of Caius Marius, Esqre., late Her Majesty's... [Read more]

1983]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A new nonsense alphabet

1988
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear in Greece;

1971]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica

1870
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's nonsense birds

[2013]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

1955
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth

[1949]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth's A harlot's progress

[1995?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth's graphic works

1989
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth, 1697-1764

1954]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth

c1967
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

W. Hogarth and his tradition

1935
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The art of Hogarth

1975
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth, 1697-1764

1951
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

c1997
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Reading Hogarth

c1988
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth's graphic works

1970
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth;
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

1969, 1974 printing
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The drawings of William Hogarth,

1948
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Engravings by Hogarth

[1973]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

William Hogarth

c1980
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth, the complete engravings

[1968?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth's drawings

1948
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Anecdotes of William Hogarth,

[1970?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth's graphic works

1965
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The masterpieces of Reynolds, 1723-1792

1911
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... with a memoir by Henry William Beechy

1899-1901
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures,

1859
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Discourses on art

1959
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Discourses on art

1975
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

[Sir Joshua Reynolds' sitter-book]

1757-
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1903
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Reynolds

1973]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds

2000
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Discourses delivered to the students of the Royal Academy

1905
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

1929
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Commonplace book,

1753-1760
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1949
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Reynold's 'Sitter book' for 1775 (sic 1755)
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A journey to Flanders and Holland

1996
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

[1933?]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792

c1985
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Discourses on art

c1997
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Seven discourses, 1778

1971
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1852
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works

1856
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Portraits;

[1952]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Reynolds

1986

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