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Reference Library 23,502
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,916
Prints and Drawings 53

Creator

Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 144
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 83
Arts Council of Great Britain 72
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 71
Blake, William, 1757–1827 67
Tate Gallery 64
Ward, Lock & Co 64
Fine Art Society 53
Unknown artist 53
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 50
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 47
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 46
National Trust (Great Britain) 43
Clark, Thomas A 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
National Gallery (Great Britain) 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 36
Walker Art Gallery 32
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 31
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 29
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 29
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 28
Hockney, David, born 1937 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 28
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 26
Constable, John, 1776–1837 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
National Gallery of Scotland 26

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Accessible in the Reference Library 23,502
Accessible in the Study Room 3,969

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 27,346
Free to Use 11

Image Available

unavailable 27,357

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 8

Classification

Books 24,560
Articles & Chapters 1,386
Periodicals 509
Music (printed) 127
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 124
Archives & Manuscripts 108
Prints 106
Postcards 104
Videos 103
Maps & Atlas (printed) 46
Photographs 42
Posters 17
Computer Files 16
Visual Materials 14
Drawings & Watercolors 13
Dissertations & Theses 11
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1
Paintings 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 27,357

19th century 362
21st century 183
18th century 101
17th century 29
16th century 14
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 11
etching (printing process) 3
gelatin silver process 3
graphite 3
Asian paper 2
albumen process 2
ink 2
laid paper 2
lithography 2
photomechanical reproduction 2
black ink 1
brown ink 1
color photography 1
engraving (action) 1
gouache 1
graphite (mineral) 1
linocut 1
photographic paper 1
photomechanical processes 1
plywood 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
watercolor 1
watercolor (paint) 1
zinc 1

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Work Type

artists' book 471
exhibition catalog 466
ephemera 376
private press books (publishing) 312
wood engraving 291
photomechanical print 213
history 150
photograph 135
postcard 126
auction catalogue 116
sheet music 115
catalog 104
auction catalog 91
chromolithograph 86
memorial card 85
exhibition catalogue 81
accordion fold format (binding) 75
periodical 71
poem 70
livres d'artiste 62
poetry 57
memorials (commemorative) 56
advertisement 54
engraving 54
lithograph 53
photographic postcard 48
biographie 46
botanical illustration 46
postage stamp 44
map 43

Genre

genre subject 19
architectural subject 13
portrait 5
landscape 1
military art 1

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 505
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 321
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 256
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 233
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 231
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Rare books -- Catalogs. 184
Great Britain. 165
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 151
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 143
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 141
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 140
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 134
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Furniture -- Catalogs. 122
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Art, British -- Catalogs. 115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 115
Fox hunting. 113
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 111
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 108
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 107
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 105
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 105
London (England) -- Description and travel. 101
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 100

Subject Period

20th century 1,568
19th century 1,350
18th century 616
17th century 417
16th century 105
15th century 24
15th and 16th centuries 16
17th-18th centuries 16
11th century 8
12th century 5
14th century 4
18th-19th centuries 2
19th-20th centuries 2
21st century 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
16th-17th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,985
England 3,180
London 715
London (England) 585
Scotland 364
United States 312
Ireland 226
Europe 203
France 159
Italy 130
Australia 114
Wales 114
India 102
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Germany 58
Edinburgh 54
New York (State) 42
Middle East 41
Devon (England) 39
Netherlands 36
Oxford 36
Cambridge 35
Glasgow 35
Thames River (England) 35
Guildford 34
England London 33
Oxford (England) 33
Birmingham 32
California 32
Cornwall (England : County) 32

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 297
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 255
Constable, John, 1776–1837 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 115
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 100
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 99
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 96
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 94
Morris, William, 1834–1896 84
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 78
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 77
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 60
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 54
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 54
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 52
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 51
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 50
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 45
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 44
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 43
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 38
Hockney, David, born 1937 37
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 36
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 33
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 33
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543 33
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 31
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 11
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016) 2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 16
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 9
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22711731110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711731170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22781079680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 2
Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 2
|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert. 2
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606039610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606091430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606096070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606107810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606110530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606125190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606224620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606244240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606514650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22606683430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott B. Wilcox, Yale PhD 1985 1
22606930130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22607144580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607197660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607246420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 26,052
German 297
French 287
Italian 90
Dutch 39
Spanish 32
Undetermined 31
Japanese 28
Russian 19
Latin 17
Welsh 17
Portuguese 7
Multiple languages 6
Polish 5
Swedish 5
Danish 4
Norwegian 3
Icelandic 2
Afrikaans 1
Efik 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Greek, Modern (1453- ) 1
Hebrew 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective... [Read more]

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

How to draw horses,

[1943]
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Wilson, Richard

Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los... [Read more]

c1996
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough

1962
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, rétrospective de l'œuvre graphique, 1925-1969

1977
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Twelve new works, June, 1967

[1967]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, 1894-1982, and two wives, Winifred Nicholson, 1893-1981,... [Read more]

1996
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, new reliefs

[1971]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1992
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1995
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

1974
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1957
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs (1724-1806), rare prints

c1985
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable with his friends in 1806

1981

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