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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Adolphus, John, 1768–1845
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Angus, William, 1752–1821
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
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Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
1
Buckler, John, 1770–1851
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Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
1
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
1
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
1
Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
1
Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
1
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
1
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
1
Mudge, William, 1762–1820
1
Order of the Bath
1
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
1
Plaw, John, 1744 or 5–1820
1
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
1
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
1
Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Books
15
Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
1
Maps & Atlas (printed)
1
Periodicals
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Prints
1
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18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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17th century
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16th century
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21st century
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correspondence
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
booksellers' labels (provenance)
2
early work
2
etching
2
facsimiles (printing)
2
graphite drawing
2
aquatint
1
bookplate
1
commonplace book
1
drawing book
1
engraving
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essay
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exhibition catalog
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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handbooks and manual
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herbaria
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Artists -- Great Britain.
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Country homes -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Great Britain -- Description and travel.
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Portraits -- Great Britain.
2
Abbey, Elizabeth Anne -- Provenance.
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Abbey, Mrs. George -- Presentation inscription from Mary Kerr.
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Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811-1885.
1
Actors -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
1
Actresses -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
1
Aldenham, Lord -- Bookplate.
1
Architecture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans.
1
Art -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions.
1
Art -- Great Britain -- Periodicals.
1
Art, British.
1
Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
1
Artists -- Great Britain -- Portraits.
1
Aston, Henry Hervey, 1759-1798.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence.
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Great Britain
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Birmingham (England)
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Buxton (Derbyshire, England)
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Cambridge (England)
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Coventry (England)
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Derby (England)
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Manchester
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Matlock (England)
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Oxford (England)
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Scotland
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Stratford-upon-Avon (England)
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Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811–1885
1
Aston, Henry Hervey, 1759–1798
1
Benwell, William, 1765–1796
1
Blake, William, 1757–1827
1
Broster, John, -1816
1
Chappelow, William
1
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
1
Dore, Maria
1
Dowton, William, 1764–1851
1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
1
Garrick, David, 1717–1779
1
Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
1
Hoare, Henry Merrick, 1770–1856
1
Hoare, Sophia Thrale, 1771–1824
1
Hodgkins, Samuel
1
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
1
Keith, Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess, 1764–1857
1
Leak, Alexander, 1776–1816
1
Moore, John, 1752–1820
1
Mostyn, Cecilia Margaretta Thrale, 1777–1857
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Exhibition History
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
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Adolphus, John, 1768–1845
The British cabinet
1799-1800
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Waldron, F. G. (Francis Godolphin), 1744–1818
The biographical mirrour
1795-[1814]
3
Buckler, John, 1770–1851
[Views of English cathedrals and churches]
[1798-1814]
4
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,
1795, April 16-1816, September 10
5
Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,
1767-1917
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Mudge, William, 1762–1820
An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales ..
1799-1811
7
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
8
Album of English bookplates
approximately 1700-1950?
9
Order of the Bath
Statutes of the most honourable Order of the Bath
1725, reprinted 1812
10
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
11
Collection of engraved portraits
12
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford
circa 1790-1810
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De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
14
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain
1789-1826
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Notebook of paint recipes
1767-1840
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Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
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Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
General inventory of Colonel Aston's furniture, plate, linen, china &c. September the 1, 1796
1796-1802
18
Bibliotheca topographica Britannica
1780-90 [i.e. 1790-1800]
19
Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
Human passions delineated in above 120 figures
[1858]
20
Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
Men & manners
MCMXXVII [1927]
21
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts
22
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Vitruvius Britannicus
2007
23
Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improved road atlas of England and Wales 1731
1979
24
Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
Catalogue of the tombs in the churches of the city of London, A.D. 1666
Printed 1668, Privately reprinted 1885
25
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[1970]
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Angus, William, 1752–1821
Seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales
1982
27
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
The exact dress of the head, 1725
1970
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Plaw, John, 1744 or 5–1820
Ferme ornée;
1972