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Rare Books and Manuscripts
8,816
Reference Library
38
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
117
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
92
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Britton, John, 1771–1857
51
Phillips, H., -1840
38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
32
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
30
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
26
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
24
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
23
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
21
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
21
Morris, William, 1834–1896
20
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
19
Combe, William, 1742–1823
18
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872
18
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8,816
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
38
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
8,813
Free to Use
3
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New Additions
2023-2024
15
Classification
Books
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Creator Gender
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Period
19th century
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20th century
53
18th century
47
17th century
15
16th century
10
15th century
8
Work Type
wood engraving
1,331
lithograph
889
aquatint
808
auction catalog
630
engraving
524
chromolithograph
421
etching
241
chromoxylograph
214
armorial bookplates (provenance)
184
steel engraving
173
drawing book
167
ephemera
121
publisher's advertisement
121
catalog
115
lithotint
114
publishers' advertisement
110
soft-ground etching
109
prospectuse
105
stipple engraving
100
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
88
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Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
562
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
558
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
483
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
363
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
298
London Institution -- Ownership.
234
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
234
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
229
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher.
160
Drawing -- Technique.
151
Drawing books -- Specimens.
148
Satire, English.
132
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
131
Voyages and travels.
126
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
108
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
106
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
106
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance.
105
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
104
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
94
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Subject Period
19th century
852
18th century
72
20th century
38
17th century
18
16th century
16
15th century
9
11th century
2
12th century
2
15th and 16th centuries
2
Alfred, 871-899
2
To 500
2
13th century
1
18h century
1
19h century
1
6th century
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B. C
1
To 332 B.C
1
[18--]
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
1,535
England
1,045
London
702
London (England)
204
Edinburgh (Scotland)
151
France
128
Italy
93
United States
90
Scotland
89
Edinburgh
85
India
75
Europe
56
Oxford (England)
54
Hammersmith
48
Glasgow (Scotland)
47
Wales
47
Ireland
45
Brighton (England)
43
Egypt
41
Middle East
40
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
41
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
23
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
21
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
21
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
20
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
20
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
19
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
18
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
Britton, John, 1771–1857
16
Raphael, 1483–1520
16
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
15
Jesus Christ
13
Franklin, John, 1786–1847
12
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
12
Glover, John, 1767–1849
12
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
12
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
12
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
106
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
58
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
23
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
12
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
10
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
8
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
6
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
5
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
3
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009)
2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
150
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
89
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth and Horace Tower in memory of Cynthia Gay Wright
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Coleman O. Parsons, Yale PhD 1931
12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Ph.D. 1978.
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
3
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Language
English
8,324
French
224
German
50
Latin
37
Italian
22
Dutch
6
Swedish
5
Undetermined
5
Russian
4
Spanish
4
Scots
3
Multiple languages
2
Danish
1
Efik
1
English, Middle (1100-1500)
1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
1
Hebrew
1
Norwegian
1
Polish
1
Portuguese
1
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
5
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
6
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
9
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense ..
1856]
10
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.
1851
11
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica
1870
12
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense
[1846]
13
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrated excursions in Italy
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[between 1868 and 1871]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[1863]
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