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Reference Library 22,210
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,864

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 144
Arts Council of Great Britain 70
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 70
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 68
Blake, William, 1757–1827 64
Ward, Lock & Co 64
Tate Gallery 63
Fine Art Society 52
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 46
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 42
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 40
National Trust (Great Britain) 40
Clark, Thomas A 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
National Gallery (Great Britain) 37
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 36
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 31
Walker Art Gallery 31
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 29
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 27
Dilnot, John 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), 1930– 25
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 25
Strong, Roy C 25
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24

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Accessible in the Reference Library 22,210
Accessible in the Study Room 3,864

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 25,962

Image Available

unavailable 25,840
available 122

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 4

Classification

Books 23,400
Articles & Chapters 1,307
Periodicals 480
Music (printed) 117
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 114
Postcards 109
Archives & Manuscripts 90
Prints 87
Videos 47
Maps & Atlas (printed) 43
Photographs 40
Drawings & Watercolors 13
Computer Files 12
Visual Materials 12
Dissertations & Theses 11
Musical Sound Recordings 5
Paintings 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 25,962

19th century 333
21st century 167
18th century 91
17th century 23
16th century 10
15th century 5

Materials & Techniques

ink 2
photographic paper 2
albumen process 1
engraving (action) 1
gelatin silver process 1
graphite (mineral) 1
laid paper 1
plywood 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
watercolor (paint) 1
wove paper 1
zinc 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 470
exhibition catalog 457
ephemera 425
private press books (publishing) 313
wood engraving 278
photomechanical print 211
history 162
postcard 128
photograph 126
auction catalogue 116
sheet music 106
catalog 102
auction catalog 91
memorial card 86
chromolithograph 85
exhibition catalogue 84
accordion fold format (binding) 77
periodical 70
poem 69
advertisement 64
livres d'artiste 60
memorials (commemorative) 59
poetry 57
engraving 53
lithograph 52
photographic postcard 51
biographie 47
map 46
screen print 44
botanical illustration 43

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 506
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 313
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 252
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 217
Rare books -- Catalogs. 171
Great Britain. 163
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 150
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 136
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 133
Auction catalogs. 129
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 126
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 119
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Art, British -- Catalogs. 115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 114
Fox hunting. 113
Furniture -- Catalogs. 113
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 106
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 106
London (England) -- Description and travel. 102
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 101
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 101
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 96

Subject Period

20th century 1,502
19th century 1,305
18th century 594
17th century 389
16th century 100
15th century 19
17th-18th centuries 12
15th and 16th centuries 11
11th century 7
12th century 5
14th century 4
21st century 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
19th-20th centuries 1
29th century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,899
England 3,104
London 713
London (England) 608
Scotland 366
United States 302
Ireland 228
Europe 190
Italy 116
Australia 115
France 114
Wales 110
India 104
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
England London 59
Edinburgh 54
New York (State) 43
Germany 41
Devon (England) 39
Middle East 38
Oxford 36
Thames River (England) 36
Cambridge 34
Glasgow 34
Guildford 33
New York 33
Oxford (England) 33
California 32
Cornwall (England : County) 32
Netherlands 32

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 288
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 221
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 110
Constable, John, 1776–1837 107
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 97
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 92
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 85
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 82
Morris, William, 1834–1896 82
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 74
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 73
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 62
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 53
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 51
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 43
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 42
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 40
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 38
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 37
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 32
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 32
Hockney, David, born 1937 30
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 29
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 28
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872–1898 28

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) 17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1

Credit Line

22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
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 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
22607489790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson 1
22607597140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607654640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607664040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607685220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607686490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 25,962

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Accessible in the Study Room
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)

Ancient Chinese

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitstable in an oyster shell

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
S.A., her book

approximately 1920?
Accessible in the Study Room
Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?
Accessible in the Study Room
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers "B.B." cigarettes (Turkish)]

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Zoological Society of London

A map of the Zoological Society Gardens in Regents Park commonly called... [Read more]

[approximately 1947]
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner & Wainwright Ltd

Turnwright's Toffee De-light

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Freemasons. Chilterns Lodge, No. 4634 (Buckinghamshire, England)

Ladies' Festival : Wednesday, 6th November, 1929 : Wharncliffe Rooms,... [Read more]

1929
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
A bit of rock from Boston

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pollard, G.

Letter

1928 April 13th
Accessible in the Study Room
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and... [Read more]

[1943]
Accessible in the Study Room
Morrison, S. G.

[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for... [Read more]

1911
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of five postcards made to accompany "Out of the Trees and into the... [Read more]

1985
Accessible in the Study Room
Young, Patricia (Nurse)

Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the... [Read more]

1914-1917
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Cardno & Co. (Fraserburgh, Scotland)

[Billhead of J. Cardno & Co., grocers in Fraserburgh, Scotland, recording... [Read more]

1913
Accessible in the Study Room
The book of Jonah taken from the authorized version of King James I

1926
Accessible in the Study Room
West Sussex (England). County Council

Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory... [Read more]

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)

[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August... [Read more]

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of... [Read more]

MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

Cromwell special

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ten years of Uzbekistan

1994
Accessible in the Study Room
Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling

[between 1910 and 1925]
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930
Accessible in the Study Room
Scrapbook of St. John's Wood Art Schools

1932-1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected... [Read more]

1991
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
J.R. Taylor & Sons (Bournemouth, England)

[Billhead of J.R. Taylor & Sons, butchers in Bournemouth and... [Read more]

1913
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934

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