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Reference Library 4,186
Rare Books and Manuscripts 1,947
Prints and Drawings 126
Paintings and Sculpture 3

Creator

Unknown artist 129
Christie & Manson 123
Christie, James, 1773–1831 114
Christie, Manson & Woods 72
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 65
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 64
Victoria and Albert Museum 42
Phillips, H., -1840 40
National Gallery (Great Britain) 33
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 33
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 26
Tate Gallery 26
Edward Foster (Firm) 17
Public Catalogue Foundation 17
British Institution 16
Mowl, Tim 15
Walker Art Gallery 14
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 13
Phillips, Mr. 13
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 13
Coxe, Peter, -1844 11
Foster and Son (London, England) 11
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 10
Blake, William, 1757–1827 10
Courtauld Institute of Art 10
Fitzwilliam Museum 10
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England) 10
Dulwich Picture Gallery 9
Manchester City Art Gallery 9
Marsh, Jan, 1942– 9

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 4,186
Accessible in the Study Room 2,073
Not on view 3

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 6,223

Image Available

unavailable 6,052
available 171

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 6

Classification

Books 5,585
Articles & Chapters 146
Drawings & Watercolors 106
Periodicals 85
Prints 60
Maps & Atlas (printed) 39
Archives & Manuscripts 38
Postcards 28
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 28
Videos 18
Computer Files 16
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 8
Music (printed) 8
Photographs 8
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 4
Paintings 3
Dissertations & Theses 2
Musical Sound Recordings 1
Posters 1
Visual Materials 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 64
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 2
Environs of London 1
The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green 1

Period

20th century 3,189
19th century 1,464
21st century 1,256
18th century 274
17th century 29
18th century-19th century 7
16th century 4
unknown period 4
15th century 3
19th century-20th century 2
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 96
watercolor 90
black ink 80
graphite 34
laid paper 17
brown ink 13
pen 13
gray wash 9
black chalk 6
gouache 5
brown wash 4
etching (printing process) 4
canvas 3
gray ink 3
line engraving 3
oil paint 3
painting (technique) 3
white chalk 3
woodcut (process) 3
aquatint 2
card 2
scraping 2
stipple engraving 2
albumen process 1
blue wash 1
cardboard 1
collage 1
green pigment 1
gum arabic 1
ink 1

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Work Type

auction catalog 688
private press books (publishing) 190
wood engraving 150
ephemera 140
engraving 132
catalog 126
exhibition catalog 117
watercolor 111
drawing 108
history 94
lithograph 81
aquatint 55
etching 48
photomechanical print 45
advertisement 41
poem 37
map 36
auction catalogue 35
biographie 33
prospectuse 31
biography 30
postcard 30
armorial bookplates (provenance) 29
drawing book 28
chromolithograph 27
publisher's advertisement 27
photograph 26
annotations (provenance) 23
criticism, interpretation, etc 21
fiction 19

Genre

landscape 77
architectural subject 44
marine art 17
cityscape 13
genre subject 10
historical subject 5
cartographic material 1

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 656
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 636
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 538
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 424
London Institution -- Ownership. 326
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 321
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 281
England. 269
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 172
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 145
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 137
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Artists -- England -- Biography. 114
Painters -- England -- Biography. 100
Architecture, Domestic -- England. 99
Painting -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 91
Prints, European -- Catalogs. 87
England -- Description and travel. 83
landscape 78
Art -- Private collections. 76
Prints, British -- Catalogs. 69
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 65
Art -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 62
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. 62
Agar, James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis, Earl of Normanton, 1818–1896 -- Bookplate. 61
boats 60
England -- Social life and customs. 57
Pre-Raphaelitism -- England. 48
architectural subject 44
sails 44

Subject Period

19th century 473
20th century 336
18th century 307
17th century 171
16th century 93
21st century 24
15th century 10
17th-18th centuries 6
11th century 4
14th century 3
18th-19th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Geschichte 2
Silurian 2
17th cenury 1
18th centtury 1
18th-20th centuries 1
England 1
London 1
Quaternary 1
Siglo XVI 1

Associated Places

England 6,223

London 1,912
United Kingdom 117
Europe 95
Great Britain 93
Wales 71
Liverpool 39
Oxford 39
Birmingham 38
Yorkshire 31
Oxfordshire 30
Devon 29
Manchester 29
Kent 28
Norfolk 28
Cambridge 26
Leeds 19
Saint Ives (Cornwall) 18
Bristol 17
Derbyshire 16
Hampshire 14
Scotland 14
Cornwall 13
London (England) 13
Greater London 12
Surrey 12
Warwickshire 12
Buckinghamshire 11
Cornwall (County) 11
Cumbria 11

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 46
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 36
Morris, William, 1834–1896 35
Blake, William, 1757–1827 34
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 33
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 24
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 21
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 20
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 18
Constable, John, 1776–1837 16
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 16
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 15
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 13
Teniers, David, 1610–1690 12
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 12
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 11
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 11
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685 11
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 11
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837 11
Titian, approximately 1488–1576 11
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726 11
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795 11
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 10
Both, Jan, 1618?-1652 10
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652 10
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682 10
Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869–1944 10
Morland, George, 1763–1804 10

Exhibition History

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 5
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 3
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 3
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Antiques & Fine Art Fair 2002 (BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 2002-03-13 - 2002-03-19) 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
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 1
Paintings on Loan to The Trustees' Room Belmont Park from the English Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Belmont Park, 1968 - 1968) 1
The Age of William III and Mary II (Folger Shakespeare Library, 1989-02-13 - 1989-04-06) 1
The Age of William III and Mary II (The Grolier Club, 1988-12-13 - 1989-01-29) 1
The Noble Horse (II) (The Bunkamaura Museum of Art, 2000-09-02 - 2000-10-22) 1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 1
William Hogarth - A Selection of Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1971-02-12 - 1971-05-30) 1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 120
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22709601630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711724970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711725370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711725670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738131370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 2
22770966170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22781089790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22818957730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22818971350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
221217314610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
221222120760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
221222120770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
221223954860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg 1

Language

English 5,951
French 28
German 26
Latin 9
Russian 7
Italian 5
Japanese 5
Spanish 5
Undetermined 4
Swedish 2
Dutch 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 1

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Morecambe Sands

undated
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

mid-18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Landscape with Smokestack

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Croydon Church

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Paul's First Stone Laid June 21, 1675 by Sir Christopher Wren /... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Battersea

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

South View of St. Neot's Bridge, Built About 1589 Out of the Ruins of the Priory

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Brighton Town and Church

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Battersea Bridge

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Knaresborough Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sunrise

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867

Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington

after 1852
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Rochester Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

[1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Westminster Hall

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Part of the Front of the Vestibule

1843
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Part of Westminster

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Cox’s Cave, Cheddar

ca. 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Frith & Co., 1859–1971

Hell Bay, Bryher, Scilly

1890
Accessible in the Study Room
A Merry Christmas

[approximately 1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Gateway to the Flower Garden at Farnley

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wellington Statue Hyde Park Corner

[between 1845 and 1857]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Green Line Coach Routes

ca. 1950s
Accessible in the Study Room
Letter to the Secretary of the Medico-Botanical Society (?)... [Read more]

[1847]
Accessible in the Study Room
London & County Banking Company

A couple of hundred just to go with

1900
Accessible in the Study Room
Morton, Edward

Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
[Panorama of popular printed images]

[circa 1680]
Accessible in the Study Room
Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne

[approximately 1890]
Accessible in the Study Room
Queen Hotel (Chester, England)

Queen Hotel

[188-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Princess Elizabeth's Cottage, Windsor, Volume XVII, H, page 475 (from The... [Read more]
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
S.A., her book

approximately 1920?
Accessible in the Study Room
[Print of 2 gentlemen in a field with two dogs]

[186-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]
Accessible in the Study Room
Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)

The Westminster Hotel

[189-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)

Clarke S. Mallett

[188-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Open house London

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Vauxhall on a Gala Night
Accessible in the Study Room
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication... [Read more]

circa 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Walter, John

A tour in North Wales

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Royal Observatory, Greenwich

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Boston Church and Grand Sluice, Lincolnshire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Geo. Wostenholm & Sons's

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's celebrated I+XL razors

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Grand South Walk in Vauxhall Gardens with the Triumphal Arches, Mr. Handels... [Read more]

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