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Reference Library
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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
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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–
48
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)
38
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
36
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
31
Walker Art Gallery
31
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd
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Under Certain Circumstances
26,006
Free to Use
44
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25,887
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163
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2023-2024
19
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Books
23,365
Articles & Chapters
1,348
Periodicals
473
Archives & Manuscripts
157
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
120
Music (printed)
118
Postcards
112
Prints
93
Videos
47
Maps & Atlas (printed)
45
Photographs
40
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346
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94
17th century
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10
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ink
2
photographic paper
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1
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graphite (mineral)
1
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1
plywood
1
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1
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1
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1
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artists' book
473
ephemera
454
exhibition catalog
447
private press books (publishing)
313
wood engraving
282
photomechanical print
215
photograph
140
postcard
134
history
122
auction catalogue
116
sheet music
107
catalog
95
auction catalog
91
memorial card
90
chromolithograph
88
accordion fold format (binding)
77
exhibition catalogue
74
advertisement
71
poem
71
periodical
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
509
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
314
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
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs.
150
Great Britain.
148
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
137
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions.
133
Auction catalogs.
129
Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
127
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs.
116
Art, British -- Catalogs.
115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs.
114
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20th century
1,505
19th century
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18th century
591
17th century
389
16th century
98
15th century
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12
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11
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6
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5
14th century
4
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2
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2
Elizabeth II
2
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Justinian I, 527-565
2
10e siècle
1
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1
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1
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Great Britain
3,937
England
3,099
London
719
London (England)
590
Scotland
367
United States
310
Ireland
227
Europe
193
Italy
116
Australia
115
France
113
Wales
109
India
104
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Edinburgh
56
New York (State)
43
Germany
41
Middle East
38
Devon (England)
36
Thames River (England)
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
287
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
221
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
110
Constable, John, 1776–1837
106
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
104
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
93
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–
63
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
53
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
51
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
49
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
43
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
43
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
40
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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)
3
“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
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
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, Gift of Jules David Prown.
145
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
111
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
109
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
16
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William S. Reese, Yale BA 1977, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
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First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
2
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
3
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
4
St. John Ambulance Association
The triangular bandage
[circa 1915?]
5
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp
1917
6
J. Grossmith & Son
Phul-nana perfume
[ca. 1926?]
7
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
8
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
9
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
10
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
11
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
12
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
13
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]
[approximately 1970?]
14
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
15
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
16
Hassall, John, 1868–1948
Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916
1916
17
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps
1917-1918
18
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915
[1919]
19
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
20
C. Goodall & Son
Goodall's Royal Bezique register
[approximately 1900]
21
J. Beagles & Co. Ltd.
Queen Victoria Memorial
1911
22
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Carte du jour
1955
23
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride
[approximately 1905]
24
Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
25
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Britain at home to the world
1951
26
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
27
Till the boys come home
1914 or 1915
28
Morrison, S. G.
[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Bird, 1911 : with advertisement for Lipton's Tea]
1911
29
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Father's garden
1989
30
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
31
Riley, Bridget, born 1931
Bridget Riley
[1965]
32
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
33
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
34
The Grand Vista
1951
35
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford
1905
36
[Postcard with birthday wishes]
[approximately 1910]
37
Dilnot, John
[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected drawings."]
1991
38
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)
[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August 13, 1955]
1955
39
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland
[1930?]
40
J. Cardno & Co. (Fraserburgh, Scotland)
[Billhead of J. Cardno & Co., grocers in Fraserburgh, Scotland, recording purchases by Mr. Cheyne, 1913
1913
41
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)
M'Lagan & Cumming
[1908?]
42
[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]
[1903]
43
Menu, airmen's mess
1942
44
Scrapbook of St. John's Wood Art Schools
1932-1939
45
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows
1924-1925
46
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946
Dorset
[1936]
47
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]
[approximately 1950?]
48
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950
B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint Joan with Julia Arthur
[1923]
49
[Songs for piano]
[190-?]
50
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival pleasure gardens
1951
51
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
Cromwell special
[approximately 1905]
52
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Luncheon
1951
53
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904
£5 reward
approximately 1904
54
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
55
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
56
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
57
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
58
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
59
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
60
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
61
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
62
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
63
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
64
John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
65
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
66
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
67
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
68
Stencilled friezes
[ca. 1900?]
69
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Golden Lion Hotel
[192-?]
70
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
71
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]
[approximately 1930?]
72
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
73
Phillips, Nicholas
Four details from a suit of armour
[1979]
74
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes
[1935]
75
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
76
Alfred Savage Ltd.
Oxford University
[between 1961 and 1963]
77
Cunard White Star, ltd
Menu
[1935]
78
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
79
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
80
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly
[191-?]
81
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
82
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)
Stevens Art Gallery
early 20th century
83
Main Vista South
1951
84
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
85
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
86
J. Lyons & Company
Menu
1934
87
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)
[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee]
[1943]
88
In loving memory of Betsy Ann
[1924]
89
[Christmas card from KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry)]
[approximately 1939]
90
West Sussex (England). County Council
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst
1916
91
Treloar & Sons
Advertisement for Treloar's Inlaid Linoleum
[1902?]
92
First lessons in knitting for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
93
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927
Westminster Abbey fund
1920
94
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
95
S.A., her book
approximately 1920?
96
Simpson's-in-the-Strand
Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern
1960
97
Alexander McBean & Sons
Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness
1900
98
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
99
An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
100
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
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