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Reference Library 21,641
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,075

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 137
Blake, William, 1757–1827 65
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 63
Ward, Lock & Co 61
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Tate Gallery 49
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 46
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 45
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 45
Fine Art Society 42
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 39
National Trust (Great Britain) 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
National Gallery (Great Britain) 30
Walker Art Gallery 30
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 27
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Ashmolean Museum 25
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
Hockney, David, born 1937 25
National Gallery of Scotland 25
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24
Manchester City Art Gallery 24
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 24
Strong, Roy C 24

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Accessible in the Reference Library 21,641
Accessible in the Study Room 3,075

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 24,609

Image Available

unavailable 24,558
available 51

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 5

Classification

Books 24,609

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,609

19th century 270
21st century 116
18th century 84
17th century 23
16th century 13
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

exhibition catalog 452
artists' book 379
private press books (publishing) 314
wood engraving 280
ephemera 181
photomechanical print 149
history 145
auction catalogue 116
catalog 101
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 80
poem 66
accordion fold format (binding) 63
livres d'artiste 53
poetry 50
engraving 48
biographie 45
advertisement 41
etching 38
fiction 37
screen print 35
guidebook 33
memorial card 32
pictorial work 31
memorial work 30
dust jacket 29
dust jackets (binding) 29
biography 28
bookmark 28
botanical illustration 28

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 390
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 321
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 231
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 209
Rare books -- Catalogs. 184
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 164
Great Britain. 158
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 151
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 135
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 133
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 131
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 123
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 115
Art, British -- Catalogs. 112
Fox hunting. 111
Furniture -- Catalogs. 110
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 106
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 100
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 99
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 99
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 91
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 90
Art -- Exhibitions. 87

Subject Period

20th century 1,335
19th century 1,282
18th century 569
17th century 396
16th century 99
15th century 23
15th and 16th centuries 16
17th-18th centuries 14
11th century 8
12th century 5
14th century 4
19th-20th centuries 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
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
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Empire, 284-476 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,444
England 2,947
London 641
London (England) 432
Scotland 318
United States 273
Ireland 195
Europe 193
France 140
Italy 110
Australia 107
Wales 104
India 95
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Edinburgh 49
Germany 46
Middle East 38
New York (State) 37
Devon (England) 35
Oxford 34
Thames River (England) 33
Cambridge 32
California 31
England London 31
Birmingham 30
Cornwall (England : County) 30
Glasgow 29
Oxford (England) 29
Dublin 28
Netherlands 28

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 265
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 238
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 113
Constable, John, 1776–1837 111
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 95
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 92
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 80
Morris, William, 1834–1896 79
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 74
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 71
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 69
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 57
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 52
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 50
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 49
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 47
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 44
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 43
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 42
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 41
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 40
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 35
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 35
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 32
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 31
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543 31
Hockney, David, born 1937 30
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 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) 15
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
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1

Credit Line

22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
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
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
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
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
22607686500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608025680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 1
22608105100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608108990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608114850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nigel Hamway 1
22608123860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608141520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 23,508
German 263
French 250
Italian 82
Dutch 33
Japanese 27
Spanish 24
Undetermined 20
Russian 17
Welsh 16
Latin 13
Polish 5
Swedish 5
Multiple languages 4
Portuguese 4
Icelandic 2
Norwegian 2
Danish 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Hebrew 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
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
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
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
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
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
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
London

[approximately 1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard White Star, ltd

Menu

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival pleasure gardens

1951
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
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
The book of Jonah taken from the authorized version of King James I

1926
Accessible in the Study Room
Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)

Stevens Art Gallery

early 20th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Lydiat, Anne

Without

[1999]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]

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

Father's garden

1989
Accessible in the Study Room
Empire Exhibition (1938 : Glasgow, Scotland)

Souvenir of the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938

[1938]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kindergarten and transition class

[approximately 1900]
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
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
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

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

1979
Accessible in the Reference Library
Wilson, Richard

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

c1996
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
Accessible in the Reference Library
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
Accessible in the Reference Library
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

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

1977
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1992
Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

1974
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1957
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs (1724-1806), rare prints

c1985
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

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

1996
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1995
Accessible in the Reference Library
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Constable, John, 1776–1837

The letters of John Constable, to C.R. Leslie, 1826-1837,

1931
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable with his friends in 1806

1981
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Constable, John, 1776–1837

An important Dedham landscape by John Constable ...

1990
Accessible in the Reference Library
Constable, John, 1776–1837

Catalogue of the Constable collection,

1973
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Constable, John, 1776–1837

John Constable, 1776-1837

c1989

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