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Rare Books and Manuscripts 21,259
Prints and Drawings 7,271
Reference Library 172

Creator

Unknown artist 7,271
Christie & Manson 126
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 124
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 122
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 108
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 107
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 94
Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 91
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801 86
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 85
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 69
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 64
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 62
Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804 56
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 55
Britton, John, 1771–1857 55
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 54
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 52
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 51
Clark, Thomas A 50
Dilnot, John 50
Pine, John, 1690–1756 50
Rocque, John, -1762 50
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 49
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 48

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 28,530

Accessible in the Reference Library 172

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 22,507
Free to Use 6,023

Image Available

unavailable 21,666
available 6,864

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 4

Classification

Books 17,081
Prints 6,084
Drawings & Watercolors 1,741
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 754
Archives & Manuscripts 707
Maps & Atlas (printed) 483
Music (printed) 248
Photographs 224
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 194
Periodicals 189
Articles & Chapters 174
Postcards 131
Visual Materials 74
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 44
Posters 26
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 23
Videos 7
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4
Paintings 3
Dissertations & Theses 2
Computer Files 1
Kits 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
London Cries: A Volume of Seventy-Seven Drawings 75
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 56
[One of] Sixty-seven sheets of elevations, ground plans, and ornamentation from several Gothic structures. One loose drawing. 51
Scenes of Ancient Rome from Richard Bundy's Translation of Catrou and Rouillé's Roman History 46
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 39
Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
A Book of Sundry Prints 26
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 26
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 23
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 16
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 14
A Collection of 13 Rococo Designs for Furniture and Ornamental Work 13
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 12
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
Twelve New Views in Rome and Naples 12
Twelve Prints, Representing the Surprising Events in the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 12
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
A New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts in various Actions 9
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
Views of Bencoolen 8
Black Bess 7
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 7
"Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster", John Topham, 1795 6
The Victorious Battles of the Immortal Prince, John Duke of Marlborough 5
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park and Surroundings 4
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 4
English Etchings, A Collection of Thirty-three Original Etchings by English Artists 4

Period

19th century 15,055
18th century 4,973
20th century 4,153
21st century 892
17th century 640
18th century-19th century 340
15th century 326
16th century 235
19th century-20th century 109
17th century-18th century 68
unknown period 22
14th century 3
13th century 1
16th century-17th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,571
graphite 788
laid paper 730
watercolor 700
black ink 469
line engraving 437
etching (printing process) 394
pen 321
mezzotint 223
brown ink 219
gray wash 164
stipple engraving 117
gouache 103
hand coloring 77
lithography 68
gray ink 67
black chalk 61
brown wash 56
albumen process 46
aquatint 45
card 38
gelatin silver process 36
white chalk 31
scratching out 29
red chalk 27
letterpress printing 25
wood engraving (process) 25
white gouache 24
ceramic (material) 23
chromolithography 21

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,881
engraving 1,492
lithograph 1,346
ephemera 1,230
intaglio print 1,192
drawing 1,191
aquatint 1,152
watercolor 1,013
artists' book 894
auction catalog 780
chromolithograph 692
etching 619
map 464
woodcut 460
photograph 417
armorial bookplates (provenance) 395
photomechanical print 339
accordion fold format (binding) 337
recreation 336
advertisement 318
private press books (publishing) 315
exhibition catalog 305
drawing book 297
botanical illustration 273
memorial card 268
ink drawing 265
incunabula 263
cut-paper work 261
fragments (object portions) 250
chromoxylograph 248

Genre

architectural subject 947
landscape 522
portrait 397
genre subject 391
cityscape 186
animal art 155
marine art 140
figure study 121
religious and mythological subject 108
literary theme 78
military art 63
historical subject 60
cartographic material 54
still life 34
botanical subject 33
sporting art 32
frontispiece 5

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 852
architectural subject 798
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 605
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 457
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 443
landscape 366
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
portrait 309
Incunabula in Yale Library. 300
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 295
Drawing -- Technique. 276
Grief. 271
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 250
Women in natural history. 238
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 236
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 197
genre subject 194
Satire, English. 192
trees 191
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 184
Drawing books -- Specimens. 176
men 170
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 167
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Voyages and travels. 158

Subject Period

19th century 1,550
20th century 508
18th century 333
17th century 98
16th century 64
21st century 35
15th 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
Silurian 2
To 500 2
To 510 B.C 2
16th-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
21th century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
6th century 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,614
England 2,385
London 1,337
London (England) 528
Europe 406
United Kingdom 400
France 329
Italy 271
United States 247
Scotland 235
India 229
Edinburgh (Scotland) 191
Wales 158
Ireland 134
Edinburgh 131
Oxford (England) 96
Germany 95
Rome 87
Egypt 77
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Switzerland 75
City of Westminster 70
Spain 70
America 65
Paris (France) 65
China 63
Turkey 61
Cambridge (England) 59
Middle East 59
Oxford 58

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 110
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 88
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 85
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 55
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 40
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 38
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 34
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Jesus Christ 32
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 29
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 26
Raphael, 1483–1520 26
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 25
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 24
Shirley Smith, Richard 23
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 21
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 20
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 20
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 20
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 19
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 19
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 18
Blake, William, 1757–1827 16
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 16

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 138
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 135
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 115
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 78
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 65
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 55
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 38
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 25
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 24
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 21
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 17
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 15
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 15
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2026-01-08 - 2026-05-31) 13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 13
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 11
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 10
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 10
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 8
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 8
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 8
John Constable - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1969-04-30 - 1969-11-01) 8
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 7
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26) 7
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 6

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5,418
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 384
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 285
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 253
Yale Center for British Art 153
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 85
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles 52
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Prof. William H. Dunham Jr. 49
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 42
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman 42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 34
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 33
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 25
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection 20
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. George L. Green 20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 17
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 15
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 14
22709619810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 12
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9

Language

English 18,433
French 552
Latin 401
German 272
Italian 135
Dutch 51
Undetermined 35
Spanish 25
English, Middle (1100-1500) 10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 10
Swedish 10
Welsh 10
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 8
Multiple languages 7
Japanese 6
Efik 5
Portuguese 5
Russian 5
Danish 4
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Low German 4
Polish 3
Scots 3
Hebrew 2
Norwegian 2
Romance (Other) 2
Czech 1
Elamite 1
Germanic (Other) 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Norman Staircase, Canterbury

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Maison Dieu, Dover

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sketch of York Gate, Broadstairs

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A View of Shottesbrooke Park

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Coastline with Ships at Sea

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Entrance to Walmer Castle; sketches of doors

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A View of Lausanne from Ouchy

1828
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Interior Carving and Fireplace, Arreton Farm, Isle of Wight

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fishermen on the River Stour, Hampshire

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Part of a Building Surrounded by a Forest

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Deepdene, South West Front and North West Front Elevations

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Section of the Entrance Hall, Plan of the Entrance Hall, Deepdene

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Section of the Loggia, Deepdene; Section of the Staircase, Ceilings... [Read more]

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Deepdene, Ground Floor

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Open house London

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View of Bedgebury Park - Garden Front

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Garden Front of Bedgebury House - Elevation

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Interior of Winchester Cathedral

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Little Gleaner

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Geneva from the Ramparts

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sketch of Ships at Sea

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Danbury Village from Rifhams

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Rocky Coastline with Small Fishing Boat

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Ruins on Top of a Hill

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Two Sketches on one sheet

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Town with Bridge in the Foreground

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
David Roberts, 1796–1864

Preparatory Sketch for 'Seville Cathedral'

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Still Life with Acorns and Horse Chestnuts

between 1826 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Thomas's Terrace, Wells

1873
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Port of Ouchy; graphite study of two women with caps

1828
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Angel of Peace

between 1839 and 1866
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Mary's, Lifton, Devon

1866
Accessible in the Study Room
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Bouquet of Flowers and Grasses
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Figures in a Forest
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Row of Spectators, Seen from Behind
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Red-Blossomed Flower
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Building at Nightfall
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Group of Figures Sitting on Large Rocks Near a Waterfall
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Bunch of Grapes
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Lady in a Picture Hat

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge,... [Read more]

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?

ca. 1728
Accessible in the Study Room
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers... [Read more]

[1807?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fishing Cove near Columbo

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View of the Bridge over Uduanulla, near Rahamahal, Bihar

undated

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