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Rare Books and Manuscripts 11,747
Prints and Drawings 3,309
Reference Library 1,895
Paintings and Sculpture 53

Creator

Unknown artist 3,362
John Murray (Firm) 130
Christie & Manson 126
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 121
Christie, James, 1773–1831 120
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 120
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 104
Christie, Manson & Woods 79
Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 70
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 64
Britton, John, 1771–1857 56
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 53
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 51
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 50
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 41
Constable, John, 1776–1837 40
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 39
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 39
Phillips, H., -1840 38
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 30
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 30
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888 29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833 27
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 26
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 25
Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847 23

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 15,055
Accessible in the Reference Library 1,895
Not on view 50
On view 4

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 13,974
Free to Use 2,991

Image Available

unavailable 13,425
available 3,540

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 2

Classification

Books 10,988
Prints 2,547
Drawings & Watercolors 1,241
Archives & Manuscripts 496
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 452
Articles & Chapters 232
Maps & Atlas (printed) 188
Photographs 148
Periodicals 129
Music (printed) 116
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 89
Visual Materials 52
Paintings 43
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 9
Postcards 7
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 6
Videos 5
Ceramics 4
Painted Objects 4
Sculptures 3
Computer Files 2
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 2

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
[One of] Sixty-seven sheets of elevations, ground plans, and ornamentation from several Gothic structures. One loose drawing. 51
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 38
Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 23
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 12
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 9
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 7
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
The Rivers of England (River Scenery) 4
Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne 3
The Ports of England 3
Whitaker's 'Loidis and Elmete' 3
"The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster", Brayley and Britton, 1836 2
A Selection of Facsimiles of Watercolour Drawings by British Artists, 1826-1836 2
Cooke's Rivers of Devon 2
Frank B. Simson, Sport in Eastern Bengal 2
Marine Views 2
Scotland Delineated 2
Scott's Poetical Works 2
The Bijou 2
The Portfolio, An Artistic Periodical 2
"A Brief Account of Westminster Abbey ", WJ Loftie, 1894. 1

Period

19th century 16,965

20th century 355
18th century 165
17th century 35
21st century 23
16th century 18
15th century 8

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,132
graphite 524
watercolor 471
black ink 294
line engraving 157
etching (printing process) 137
pen 131
brown ink 115
laid paper 75
gray wash 69
lithography 58
oil paint 49
hand coloring 47
gouache 44
albumen process 43
painting (technique) 42
black chalk 29
brown wash 28
card 26
scratching out 25
aquatint 22
letterpress printing 22
mezzotint 22
chromolithography 20
paper 19
white gouache 19
wood engraving (process) 18
stipple engraving 17
canvas 15
white chalk 15

Height [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,473
lithograph 1,283
aquatint 984
engraving 799
drawing 764
ephemera 688
watercolor 646
auction catalog 632
chromolithograph 597
intaglio print 395
etching 333
recreation 256
photograph 251
advertisement 232
chromoxylograph 230
armorial bookplates (provenance) 223
drawing book 197
steel engraving 194
botanical illustration 180
ink drawing 180
map 178
panorama 176
memorial card 171
game 149
publisher's advertisement 144
cut-paper work 139
soft-ground etching 135
memorials (commemorative) 134
publishers' advertisement 131
accordion fold format (binding) 128

Genre

architectural subject 570
landscape 383
genre subject 144
portrait 103
marine art 98
animal art 92
figure study 76
cityscape 66
cartographic material 40
religious and mythological subject 32
sporting art 21
historical subject 19
literary theme 19
botanical subject 11
military art 11
still life 10

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 564
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 558
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 485
architectural subject 476
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 442
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 363
landscape 285
London Institution -- Ownership. 235
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 235
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 230
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 193
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 180
Drawing -- Technique. 178
Grief. 175
Satire, English. 168
Drawing books -- Specimens. 165
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Voyages and travels. 133
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 131
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 129
trees 125
boats 124
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 117
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 117
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 114
genre subject 109
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. 108
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 106
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 104
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 100

Subject Period

19th century 1,447
18th century 122
20th century 85
17th century 24
16th century 21
15th century 9
15th and 16th centuries 3
To 500 3
11th century 2
12th century 2
Alfred, 871-899 2
Silurian 2
13th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
6th century 1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1
To 400 1
[18--] 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 2,762
England 1,647
London 887
London (England) 423
Europe 280
United Kingdom 258
France 206
India 185
Scotland 182
Italy 179
Edinburgh (Scotland) 174
Wales 138
United States 113
Edinburgh 98
Ireland 78
Egypt 73
Switzerland 71
Oxford (England) 63
Paris (France) 60
Germany 54
Brighton (England) 52
Glasgow (Scotland) 52
Spain 52
Hammersmith 51
Kent (England) 50
Lake District (England) 49
Turkey 49
Yorkshire (England) 49
Middle East 46
China 45

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 69
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 51
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 48
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 44
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 36
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 36
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 34
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 29
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 28
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 26
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 23
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 21
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 21
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 20
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 20
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 20
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 19
Raphael, 1483–1520 18
Britton, John, 1771–1857 17
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 17
Jesus Christ 16
Morland, George, 1763–1804 16
Silenus (Mythological character) 13
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824 12
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 12
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 12
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 12
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682 12

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 120
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 105
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 69
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 36
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 19
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
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 12
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 11
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 10
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 9
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
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 8
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 7
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 7
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 6
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 4
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 3
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 3
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2,594
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 192
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 100
Yale Center for British Art 71
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 65
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 48
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 34
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. George L. Green 20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 14
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 11
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Kenny and Susan Phillips, In Memory of Richard Kressler and Leland Sweet 9
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 9
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson 6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5

Language

English 12,810
French 300
German 108
Latin 41
Italian 33
Undetermined 23
Spanish 14
Swedish 9
Dutch 8
Russian 5
Efik 4
Multiple languages 3
Scots 3
Danish 2
English, Middle (1100-1500) 2
Hebrew 2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Japanese 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Portuguese 1
Welsh 1

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On view
unknown artist

Study of Birds

ca. 1840
unknown artist

Schloss Rosenau, Coburg

1841 to 1844
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
On view
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1810 or 1811

Lee Priory, Kent

1785
unknown artist

Landscape with Trees, Building in left middle distance

early 19th century
unknown artist

Ely Cathedral

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Trentham Park

ca. 1801
unknown artist

A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde... [Read more]

ca. 1804
unknown artist

Seapiece with Boats: Evening

ca. 1815
unknown artist

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

ca. 1834
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake and Two Figures Riding

ca. 1820
unknown artist

Yacht Racing on the Solent

ca. 1827
unknown artist

Street with Church and Figures

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

Building with Trees

1825 to 1827
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake

1828 to 1829
unknown artist

?Petit Andeleys on the Seine

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with Figures by a Lake

1825 to 1830
unknown artist

Man on a White Horse

early 19th century
unknown artist

Avenue with Figures

ca. 1807
unknown artist

The Old Parish Church and Village, Hampton-on-Thames, Middlesex, 18th... [Read more]

late 18th century
unknown artist

Aeneas and the Sibyl

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Sunny Landscape with Trees and Monument on a Hill

ca. 1830
unknown artist

Tantallon Castle (?), a study

ca. 1830
unknown artist

Upright Landscape

ca. 1830
unknown artist

Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

ca. 1840
unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with Figures and Cattle

1806 to 1807
unknown artist

Landscape with Trees on a Slope

early 19th century
unknown artist

Crickhowell, Breconshire

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Two Hares: On a Hillside

ca. 1805
unknown artist

A Setter: Facing Left, with a Partridge Hiding among Burdocks on the... [Read more]

ca. 1805
On view
unknown artist

Teyoninhokarawen (Major John Norton)

ca. 1805
unknown artist

Sunset on the Beach at Sark

ca. 1850
unknown artist

Bologna

ca. 1826
unknown artist

French harbor scene

ca. 1825
unknown artist

Stonehenge at Sunset

1836
unknown artist

Greyhound: Facing Left, with a Dead Hare at His Feet

ca. 1805
unknown artist

Springer: A Spaniel Bounding Over a Log to Spring a Snipe on the Left

ca. 1805
unknown artist

A Country House in a River Landscape, Previously Identified as Oatlands

ca. 1805
unknown artist

Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal

ca. 1840
Attributed to H. J. Aveling, active 1839–1842

First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on... [Read more]

exhibited 1839
unknown artist

A Man Called Thomas Bewick (?)

ca. 1820
unknown artist

The Crucifixion

between 1830 and 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The house that Paxton built

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818

Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Carew Castle South Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Landscape with Pond

undated

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