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Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
8,812
Reference Library
1,660
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
120
John Murray (Firm)
96
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
96
Christie, Manson & Woods
79
Britton, John, 1771–1857
52
Phillips, H., -1840
41
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
32
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
31
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
30
Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
26
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
24
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
23
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
22
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
22
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
22
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
21
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2007
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
8,812
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1,660
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
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10,434
Image Available
Unavailable
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10,434
New Additions
2023-2024
17
Classification
Books
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10,434
Creator Gender
unknown
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10,434
Period
19th century
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10,434
20th century
269
18th century
112
17th century
28
21st century
19
16th century
15
15th century
8
Work Type
wood engraving
1,331
lithograph
888
aquatint
807
auction catalog
631
engraving
524
chromolithograph
421
etching
241
chromoxylograph
213
armorial bookplates (provenance)
184
steel engraving
173
drawing book
167
ephemera
121
publisher's advertisement
121
catalog
118
lithotint
114
publishers' advertisement
113
soft-ground etching
109
prospectuse
105
stipple engraving
100
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
90
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Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
563
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.
300
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
235
London Institution -- Ownership.
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.
113
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
106
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
106
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance.
105
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
104
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
95
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Subject Period
19th century
879
18th century
86
20th century
41
17th century
23
16th century
17
15th century
9
15th and 16th centuries
3
To 500
3
11th century
2
12th century
2
Alfred, 871-899
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
To 400
1
[18--]
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
1,701
England
1,199
London
748
London (England)
281
Edinburgh (Scotland)
156
France
138
Scotland
115
Italy
113
United States
94
Edinburgh
87
India
76
Europe
71
Wales
68
Oxford (England)
58
Ireland
52
Glasgow (Scotland)
49
Hammersmith
47
Brighton (England)
44
Egypt
43
Lake District (England)
41
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
44
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
43
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
33
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
32
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
25
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
25
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
23
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
21
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
21
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
20
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
19
Britton, John, 1771–1857
17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
Raphael, 1483–1520
16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
15
Jesus Christ
14
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
13
Franklin, John, 1786–1847
12
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
12
Glover, John, 1767–1849
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 Jules David Prown.
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
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Language
English
9,879
French
237
German
62
Latin
40
Italian
25
No linguistic content
19
Undetermined
14
Dutch
6
Swedish
5
Russian
4
Spanish
4
Scots
3
Hebrew
2
Multiple languages
2
Danish
1
Efik
1
English, Middle (1100-1500)
1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
1
Norwegian
1
Polish
1
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Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
3
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
4
De Houtsneden van Mansion's Ovide moralise, Bruges 1484
1922
5
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
The boke of Saint Albans,
1881
6
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans
1975
7
Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century
Der Fasciculus medicinae des Johannes de Ketham, Alemannus
1923
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
The noble & joyous boke entytled Le Morte Darthur
1934
9
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535
A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of a publique weale, & of the new yle, called Utopia
MCMXXIX [1929]
10
Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
A booke in Englysh metre,
1910
11
Sachs, Hans, 1494–1576
The book of trades (Ständebuch)
[1973]
12
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world
1978
13
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
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Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
The gardeners labyrinth
1982
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
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