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Reference Library 23,503
Rare Books and Manuscripts 4,045
Prints and Drawings 73
Paintings and Sculpture 11

Creator

Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 144
Unknown artist 84
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
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 50
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 48
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
Dilnot, John 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 23,503
Accessible in the Study Room 4,118
Not on view 11

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 27,518

Image Available

unavailable 27,347
available 171

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 8

Classification

Books 24,612
Articles & Chapters 1,387
Periodicals 509
Prints 140
Music (printed) 127
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 127
Archives & Manuscripts 125
Postcards 118
Videos 103
Photographs 47
Maps & Atlas (printed) 46
Posters 22
Computer Files 16
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 27,518

19th century 366
21st century 183
18th century 102
17th century 29
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
photogravure 1
photomechanical processes 1
photomechanical processes: planographic 1
plywood 1
screen printing 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
stone 1
watercolor 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

artists' book 484
exhibition catalog 467
ephemera 451
private press books (publishing) 314
wood engraving 295
photomechanical print 227
history 151
photograph 146
postcard 142
auction catalogue 116
sheet music 115
catalog 104
memorial card 93
chromolithograph 92
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 82
accordion fold format (binding) 79
periodical 72
poem 71
advertisement 65
livres d'artiste 63
memorials (commemorative) 63
photographic postcard 57
poetry 57
engraving 56
lithograph 56
postage stamp 48
botanical illustration 47
biographie 46
map 46

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. 518
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. 226
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 1,588
19th century 1,353
18th century 615
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 4,040
England 3,197
London 724
London (England) 591
Scotland 368
United States 312
Ireland 226
Europe 205
France 159
Italy 130
Australia 114
Wales 114
India 105
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Germany 59
Edinburgh 54
New York (State) 42
Middle East 41
Devon (England) 39
Netherlands 36
Oxford 36
Thames River (England) 36
Glasgow 35
Oxford (England) 35
Cambridge 34
England London 34
Guildford 34
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 97
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 95
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
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 52
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 51
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) 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
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 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 26,179
German 297
French 288
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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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

A Dog, 'Property of the Earl of Chatham'

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Ringwood, a Brocklesby Foxhound

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Fino, black-and-white Spitz

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

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

in or after 1984
Accessible in the Study Room
The Weald, Sutton Valence

[approximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Weald, Sutton Valence]

[appoximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photograph of a milkman and wagon.]

[1915]
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
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
Pollard, G.

Letter

1928 April 13th
Accessible in the Study Room
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England

circa 1879-circa 1921
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Globe Inn

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

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

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Bucks of the First Head
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920
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
Turner & Wainwright Ltd

Turnwright's Toffee De-light

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
White, Gwen, 1901–1986

A book token

[approximately 1936]
Accessible in the Study Room
Australia pavilion

[1924 or 1925]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
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
Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels
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
Elite Gardens, Japan-British Exhibition, London

[1910?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

King Edward VII

1908
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The Dandelion

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 History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

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

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
London

[approximately 1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

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

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. Earl Waldegrave

1912
Accessible in the Study Room
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

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

ca. 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]
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
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905
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
unknown artist

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

1913
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander McBean & Sons

Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander... [Read more]

1900
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

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

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Pinoli's Restaurant

[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London]

[192-?]
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
W. & D. Downey

Her Majesty the Queen / W. & D. Downey, photographers

1902
Accessible in the Study Room
Elliston & Cavell, Ltd

Billheads of Elliston & Cavell, clothiers, Oxford, for clothing purchased by Mrs.... [Read more]

1909-1911
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
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

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

1909
Accessible in the Study Room
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp

1917
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]

[1903]
Accessible in the Study Room
after unknown artist

Storey's Gate, Westminster

1910
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitbread and Company

The Harrow, Wateringbury

[between 1949 and 1955]
Accessible in the Study Room
A bit of rock from Boston

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?
Accessible in the Study Room
Gottried Honegger, Born 1917

Chefs der Sandwichinseln

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927

Westminster Abbey fund

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

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

ca. 1910
unknown artist

Prancing Horse

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
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

Go by the Regular Coach Services

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Express Coach Services

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Bedford-Yarmouth Bedford-Clacton

after 1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

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

Luncheon

1951

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