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Reference Library 389
Rare Books and Manuscripts 108

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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 12
Boswell, James, 1740–1795 4
Storff, Paul Auguste de 4
Alexander, David (David S.) 3
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 3
Namier, L. B. (Lewis Bernstein), 1888–1960 3
Pepys, Samuel, 1633–1703 3
Porter, Roy, 1946–2002 3
Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), 1930– 2
Bindman, David 2
Black, Jeremy, 1955– 2
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773 2
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685 2
Donald, Diana 2
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706 2
Harris, Eileen 2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 2
Hoock, Holger 2
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874 2
Langford, Paul 2
Mason, William, 1725–1797 2
Myrone, Martin 2
Phillips, Thomas, -1693 2
Polygraphic Society (London, England) 2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843 2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 2
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond 2
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875 2
Styles, John 2
Tobin, Beth Fowkes 2

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 389
Accessible in the Study Room 108

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 495

Image Available

unavailable 495

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 3

Classification

Books 449
Archives & Manuscripts 13
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 12
Articles & Chapters 9
Periodicals 4
Prints 4
Videos 2
Maps & Atlas (printed) 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 215
21st century 170
18th century 59
19th century 45
17th century 13

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

history 29
ink drawing 16
map 14
watercolor 12
engraving 10
exhibition catalog 9
wood engraving 9
aquatint 8
biographie 6
biography 6
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 5
mezzotint 5
armorial bookplates (provenance) 4
criticism, interpretation, etc 4
drawing book 4
catalog 3
cut-paper work 3
ephemera 3
etching 3
nautical chart 3
pattern book 3
steel engraving 3
wash drawing 3
advertisement 2
annotations (provenance) 2
caricature 2
correspondence 2
handbooks and manual 2
lithograph 2
periodical 2

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 40
Great Britain. 36
Watercolor painting -- 18th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 23
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 23
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 21
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603–1714. 17
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 17
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. 16
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. 15
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. 15
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. 12
Watercolor painting -- 18th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 12
Art, British -- 18th century. 11
Fortification -- Great Britain. 11
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century. 11
Great Britain -- Defenses. 11
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Sources. 11
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 -- Correspondence. 11
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 11
Watercolor painting, British -- Exhibitions. 11
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727–1760. 10
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760–1789. 10
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 10
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. 10
Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760–1820 -- Sources. 9
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century. 9
Landscape painting -- 18th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 9
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. 8
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Sources. 8
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727–1760 -- Sources. 8

Subject Period

18th century 495

17th century 1
19th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 495

England 10
Guernsey 4
Isle of Wight (England) 4
United States 4
Ireland 3
London (England) 3
Europe 2
France 2
Great Britain America 2
Groebritannien 2
Hull (England) 2
Scotland 2
Aristrocracy Great Britain 1
Bath (England) 1
Canada 1
Chester 1
Chester (England) 1
Connecticut Farmington 1
Cowes (England) 1
Dorchester (Dorset, England) 1
Dunkerque (France) 1
Edinburgh (Scotland) 1
England London 1
Europe Great Britain 1
France Great Britain 1
Great Britain Europe 1
Great Britain France 1
Great Britain Italy 1
Great Britain Italy Venice 1

Associated People

Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 15
Blake, William, 1757–1827 9
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 6
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 6
Boswell, James, 1740–1795 4
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788 4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 4
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 4
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805 4
Pepys, Samuel, 1633–1703 4
Boydell, John, 1720–1804 3
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 3
Garrick, David, 1717–1779 3
Hunter, William, 1718–1783 3
Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895–1979 3
Stuart, House of 3
Adam, James, 1732–1794 2
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665–1714 2
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 2
Brown, Lancelot, 1716–1783 2
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797 2
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773 2
Constable, John, 1776–1837 2
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721–1795 2
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706 2
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683–1760 2
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 2
Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743–1822 2
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696–1743 2
James, Prince of Wales, 1688–1766 2

Exhibition History

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1

Credit Line

22606801030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612478060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618319950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22621907450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971 1
22622588400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22634529810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22635805510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22647822970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross 1
22649662510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22652385720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22653164480008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22653465210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22659855650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22663591650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22663594340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22663616030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22663616490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22665760420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22666719850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666776240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22674254410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22674287040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22676266290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22681603200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22681603220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22682900100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22688513970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22690060950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693932980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693933000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 495

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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

1824
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Anecdotes of William Hogarth,

[1970?]
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821

Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,

1795, April 16-1816, September 10
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Grey, Booth, 1740–1802

Botanical collages from the circle of Booth Grey

1790s
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Burton, John Hill, 1809–1881

A history of the reign of Queen Anne

1880
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Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876–1962

England under the Stuarts

1928
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Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875

History of England from the peace of Utrecht to the peace of Versailles,... [Read more]

1851-54 [v.1, 1853]
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The English masters

[2006]
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Phillips, Thomas, -1693

Nautical chart of Grand Havre, Guernsey

ca. 1680
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Sloan, Kim

The teaching of non-professional artists in eighteenth-century... [Read more]

1986
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Original eyes

c1991
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863

The Virginians

1858-1859
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Perry, Gillian

Spectacular flirtations

c2007
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De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

Plan for the Citadel at Hull

[1681?]
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Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent

The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the... [Read more]

1820
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Exhibition of twenty landscape drawings by Early English artists

1974
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Reade, Aleyn Lyell, 1876–

Johnsonian gleanings

1922-
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Bill of expenses incurred by John Lawford for the funeral of William... [Read more]

1794
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Letterwriting in Renaissance England

c2004
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Hanson, Brian, 1953–

Architects and the "building world" from Chambers to Ruskin

2003
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Cross readings

1826
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Life and landscape in Britain, 1670-1870

1981
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Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690–1770

The florist, or, An extensive and curious collection of flowers, for the... [Read more]

[1759]
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Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874

Memoirs of the Court of England, from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George... [Read more]

1901
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McHale, Katherine Jean, aut

Ingenious Italians

[2024]
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Jacques, David, 1948–

Gardens of court and country

[2017]
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Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing... [Read more]

1789
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Illustrations of Shakspeare

[1787]
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Broglio, Ron, 1966–

Technologies of the picturesque

c2008
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Namier, L. B. (Lewis Bernstein), 1888–1960

The structure of politics at the accession of George III

1929
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Strobel, Heidi A., 1968–

The art of Mary Linwood

2024
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Porter, Roy, 1946–2002

English society in the eighteenth century

1982
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[Carriage and harness manufacturer's pattern book]

[179-?]
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Funnell, Peter David

Richard Payne Knight, 1751-1824

1985
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Spreading canvas

2016
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Langford, Paul

A polite and commercial people

1989
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Wahrman, Dror

The making of the modern self

c2004
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Murray, Grace A.

Personalities of the eighteenth century

1927
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Cornforth, John, 1937–

Early Georgian interiors

c2004
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Mrs. Delany's flowers

2009
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Barringer, T. J

The English pastoral in art and music

2007
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797

Letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann ...

1833
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Midgley, Clare, 1955–

Feminism and empire

2007
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Darley, Gillian

John Evelyn

c2006
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Klonk, Charlotte

Science and the perception of nature

c1996
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The Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence

1937-1983
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Russell, Ronald

Guide to British topographical prints

c1979
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Hemming, Charles

British painters of the coast and sea

1988
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Martin, Simon

Poets in the landscape

c2007
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Sheldon, Esther K.

Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley

1967

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