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Reference Library 23,288
Rare Books and Manuscripts 4,001
Prints and Drawings 74
Paintings and Sculpture 11

Creator

Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 144
Unknown artist 85
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 82
Arts Council of Great Britain 71
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 69
Blake, William, 1757–1827 67
Ward, Lock & Co 64
Tate Gallery 63
Fine Art Society 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) 41
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
Hockney, David, born 1937 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 28
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 26
Constable, John, 1776–1837 26
Dilnot, John 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 23,288
Accessible in the Study Room 4,075
Not on view 11

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 27,261

Image Available

unavailable 27,094
available 167

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 6

Classification

Books 24,463
Articles & Chapters 1,383
Periodicals 503
Prints 141
Music (printed) 127
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 126
Postcards 111
Archives & Manuscripts 93
Videos 47
Maps & Atlas (printed) 46
Photographs 45
Posters 22
Computer Files 15
Drawings & Watercolors 14
Visual Materials 14
Dissertations & Theses 11
Paintings 11
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Sculptures 1

Collective Title

A New Family Herbal 1
History of More than 300 Animals 1
The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green 1
The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham 1

Period

20th century 27,261

19th century 354
21st century 173
18th century 100
17th century 28
16th century 14
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

oil paint 10
painting (technique) 10
wove paper 10
laid paper 9
glass 8
lithography 7
woodcut (process) 7
etching (printing process) 3
Asian paper 2
ink 2
photographic paper 2
photomechanical reproduction 2
albumen process 1
board 1
canvas 1
chromolithography 1
engraving (action) 1
gelatin silver process 1
graphite 1
graphite (mineral) 1
halftone process 1
linocut 1
mezzotint 1
photogravure 1
photomechanical processes 1
photomechanical processes: planographic 1
plywood 1
screen printing 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
stone 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

artists' book 481
exhibition catalog 471
ephemera 442
private press books (publishing) 314
wood engraving 292
photomechanical print 227
history 164
postcard 133
photograph 132
auction catalogue 116
sheet music 115
catalog 106
memorial card 93
chromolithograph 92
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 86
accordion fold format (binding) 79
periodical 71
poem 69
advertisement 65
livres d'artiste 63
memorials (commemorative) 63
poetry 57
lithograph 56
engraving 54
photographic postcard 52
biographie 50
botanical illustration 46
map 46
postage stamp 45

Genre

genre subject 26
animal art 11
architectural subject 10
portrait 4
landscape 3
sporting art 3
historical subject 2
military art 2
botanical subject 1
cartographic material 1
cityscape 1

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 515
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 320
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 253
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 230
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Rare books -- Catalogs. 183
Great Britain. 164
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 150
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 140
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 139
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 138
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 134
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Furniture -- Catalogs. 116
Art, British -- Catalogs. 115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 115
Fox hunting. 113
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 108
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 108
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 106
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 105
London (England) -- Description and travel. 102
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 102

Subject Period

20th century 1,563
19th century 1,341
18th century 618
17th century 415
16th century 107
15th century 22
15th and 16th centuries 16
17th-18th centuries 16
11th century 7
12th century 5
14th century 4
18th-19th centuries 2
19th-20th centuries 2
21st century 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
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,985
England 3,188
London 722
London (England) 611
Scotland 369
United States 310
Ireland 228
Europe 204
France 158
Italy 130
Australia 115
Wales 115
India 105
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
England London 59
Germany 58
Edinburgh 54
New York (State) 43
Middle East 40
Devon (England) 39
Netherlands 37
Oxford 36
Thames River (England) 36
Cambridge 35
Glasgow 35
Oxford (England) 35
Guildford 34
New York 33
California 32
Cornwall (England : County) 32

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 296
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 251
Constable, John, 1776–1837 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 115
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 99
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 97
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 95
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 94
Morris, William, 1834–1896 84
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 77
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 76
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 63
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 59
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 53
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 52
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 52
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 51
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 50
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 45
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 44
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 43
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 38
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Hockney, David, born 1937 35
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 35
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 33
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 33
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543 32
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) 17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 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
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
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 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

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 21
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 14
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
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, 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
22607489790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson 1

Language

English 25,962
German 284
French 283
Italian 88
Dutch 39
Spanish 32
Undetermined 31
Japanese 28
Russian 19
Welsh 17
Latin 15
Portuguese 7
Multiple languages 5
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, Modern (1453- ) 1
Hebrew 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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unknown artist

Landscape Sketch with Mountains

ca. 1920
unknown artist

Morecambe Sands

undated
unknown artist

White Poodle in a Punt

in or after 1984
unknown artist

King Charles Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Ringwood, a Brocklesby Foxhound

in or after 1984
unknown artist

A Dog, 'Property of the Earl of Chatham'

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Portrait of a Spanish Dog belonging to Mr. Cosway, chasing a butterfly

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Fino, black-and-white Spitz

in or after 1984
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Underwood & Underwood

Sun Sculpture stereoscope

not before 1901
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
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
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Globe Inn

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels
Accessible in the Study Room
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly

[191-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Stay Put this Whitsun

between 1939 and 1945
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Special Excursions to Race Meetings: Westcliff-on-Sea Coach Services

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Go by the Regular Coach Services

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

To Ipswich, Lowestoft and Yarmouth

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Bedford to Yarmouth Clacton & Southend

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Express Coach Services

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Green Line Coach Routes

ca. 1950s
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Bedford-Yarmouth Bedford-Clacton

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
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
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
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Riley, Bridget, born 1931

Bridget Riley

[1965]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Bucks of the First Head
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
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Navy & Military Tournament

[approximately 1910]
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
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gottried Honegger, Born 1917

Chefs der Sandwichinseln

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Salisbury, Frank O. (Frank Owen), 1874–1962

Album relating to frescoes by Frank Salisbury in Victoria Memorial Hall,... [Read more]

1921
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. Earl Waldegrave

1912
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Treasury'. Lord Welby

ca. 1910
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitbread and Company

The Harrow, Wateringbury

[between 1949 and 1955]
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
unknown artist

'The Little Great Premier'. George Clemneceau c.1904

ca. 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
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
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
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Vanity Fair: Literary; 'G.K.C.', Mr. Gilbert Keith Chesterton

ca. 1912
Accessible in the Study Room
Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Pollard, G.

Letter

1928 April 13th
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Poloticians - Vanity Fair - 'The general colour of the Sectretary Bird is... [Read more]

1913
Accessible in the Study Room
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp

1917
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
unknown artist

From the Sheldon Tapestry (Bodelian) Map, Late 16th Century

undated
unknown artist

Prancing Horse

undated
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
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitstable in an oyster shell

[approximately 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
S.A., her book

approximately 1920?
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
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
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
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
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

Cromwell special

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photographic postcards of actors and scenes from "The Girls of... [Read more]

[approximately 1907]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The Dandelion

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Fish from 'History of more than Three Hundred Animals'

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Illustrations used for 17th Century Chapbook

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Illustrations used for 17th Century Chapbook

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The Merry Tales of the Wise Man of Gotham

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Illustrations used for 17th Century Chapbook

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930
Accessible in the Study Room
Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling

[between 1910 and 1925]
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
unknown artist

Cheapside in the Time of Henry VIII

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Waterloo Bridge

1928
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Plan of Bridge House Estates---Fresh Wharf and Adlaide Place

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ten years of Uzbekistan

1994

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