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Reference Library 4,918
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,879

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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 33
Christie, Manson & Woods 33
Clark, Thomas A 30
Arts Council of Great Britain 24
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 24
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 21
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 19
Sotheby's (Firm) 18
Bush, Tracey 17
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 17
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 16
King, Ronald, 1932– 15
Sackett, Colin 15
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892 14
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 14
Labour Party (Great Britain) 14
Morpeth, Sarah 14
Victoria and Albert Museum 14
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 13
Liberal Party (Great Britain) 13
Dilnot, John 12
Great Britain. Parliament 12
Cradock-Watson, Jane 11
Kemplen, Tony 11
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886 11
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 10
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835 10
Graves, Algernon 10
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 10
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 10

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Accessible in the Reference Library 4,918
Accessible in the Study Room 3,879

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 8,750

Image Available

unavailable 8,750

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 26

Classification

Books 7,374
Prints 234
Archives & Manuscripts 228
Articles & Chapters 220
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 215
Periodicals 182
Maps & Atlas (printed) 43
Videos 39
Drawings & Watercolors 33
Photographs 26
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 17
Postcards 15
Visual Materials 13
Music (printed) 8
Dissertations & Theses 4
Computer Files 3
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 2
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,898
19th century 2,288
21st century 2,133
18th century 440
17th century 65
16th century 7
15th century 4

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 7
graphite (mineral) 2
ink 2
watercolor (paint) 2
collage 1
glass 1
paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 468
ephemera 430
wood engraving 279
history 259
engraving 242
memorial card 218
aquatint 212
lithograph 193
chromolithograph 165
memorials (commemorative) 161
exhibition catalog 160
recreation 145
accordion fold format (binding) 124
botanical illustration 116
cut-paper work 105
etching 96
game 95
advertisement 84
ink drawing 83
armorial bookplates (provenance) 79
biographie 71
catalog 70
watercolor 68
drawing book 66
photograph 65
memorial work 62
photomechanical print 59
auction catalog 50
embossed print 49
periodical 47

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain. 572
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 511
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 391
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 231
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 230
Grief. 220
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 210
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 144
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 137
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 115
Satire, English. 112
Art, British -- Catalogs. 111
Women in natural history. 104
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. 101
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 100
Death. 98
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 95
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography. 93
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 92
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 83
Art, British. 82
Painting, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 82
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 79
Drawing books -- Specimens. 78
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 78
Nobility -- Great Britain. 77
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. 67
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. 66
Painting, British. 66
Architecture -- Great Britain. 63

Subject Period

19th century 1,408
20th century 938
18th century 495
17th century 234
21st century 86
16th century 65
15th century 27
11th century 10
12th century 3
14th century 3
17th-18th centuries 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
Elizabeth II 2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 2
13th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
17th-18th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
20th centuy 1
21th century 1
Geschichte 1
Great Britain 1
To 449 1
To 500 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 8,750

England 89
London (England) 63
Ireland 41
Wales 35
Scotland 26
France 20
Europe 19
United States 19
England London 14
Groebritannien 14
Edinburgh 11
Edinburgh (Scotland) 10
Isle of Wight (England) 8
America 7
Bath (England) 7
Highlands (Scotland) 7
India 7
Italy 7
Liverpool (England) 6
Bristol (England) 5
Great Britain America 5
Lake District (England) 5
Dublin 4
France Great Britain 4
Great Britain France 4
Guernsey 4
Kent (England) 4
Oxford (England) 4
Birmingham (England) 3

Associated People

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 54
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 49
Morris, William, 1834–1896 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 27
Blake, William, 1757–1827 26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 26
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 21
Windsor, House of 20
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 18
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 16
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 16
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 15
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603 15
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 15
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 15
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 15
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 14
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896 14
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805 14
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547 12
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961 11
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 11
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 11
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 11
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649 11
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 11
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 11
Stuart, House of 11
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 10
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 10

Exhibition History

Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 41
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 35
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 25
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 10
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 6
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 6
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 5
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 5
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 4
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 4
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 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
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22960409440008651|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
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960488460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22968184970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651991410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22652041220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22709625270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22711748970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738155060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738165310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22770983700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773871040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773886380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809631000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22826422130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22883329880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22883339610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22960435500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22968156160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2

Language

English 8,750

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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams

1794-1796
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene

1788 August 19-1798 April 6
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

English landscape

[1845]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery

1833
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Industry and idleness

[between 1771 and 1785]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth's drawings

1948
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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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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Selected letters

1988
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds

2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

2014
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Spring

1993
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner in the British Museum

1975
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The Turner Prize 2002

[2001]
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Chris Beetles summer show 2004

2004
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Walker Art Gallery

John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 9

1974]
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Oman, Charles, 1860–1946

England before the Norman conquest

1924
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Innes, Arthur D. (Arthur Donald), 1863–1938

England under the Tudors

1929
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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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Museum and special collections in the United Kingdom

c1993
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Model theater

early 20th century?
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Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956

Frank Brangwyn archive,

ca. 1900-1920
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Stained glass masters

c2000
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Hönes, Hans Christian.

Fleeting encounters

[2022]
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Letters to Richard Redgrave,

ca. 1840-ca. 1880
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Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898

Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price,

1852-1862
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Chris Beetles summer show 2001

2001
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British art show 5

c2000
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The Turner Prize 2003

c2003
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Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833–1898

Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais... [Read more]

1886-1896
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Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ken Campbell archive,

1975-2003
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Hogan, Eileen, 1946–

Poetry Box archive,

ca. 2001-2003
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton,

1855-1875
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The Turner Prize 1999

c1999
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The Turner Prize 2000

[2001]
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Robertson, Charles Grant, Sir, 1869–1948

England under the Hanoverians

1928
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Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,

1767-1917
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The Turner Prize 07

c2007
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Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874

Matthew Shepperson archive,

1810-1869
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The Turner Prize 1995

c1995
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Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914

Hubert von Herkomer archive,

1862-1943
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Shirley Smith, Richard.

Roger W. Moss collection of manuscript, original art and printed... [Read more]

1961-2011
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Haywood, Helen, 1908–1995

Helen Haywood archive,

ca. 1960-ca. 1970
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Miles & Edwards (London)

Miles & Edwards and Charles Hindley & Sons correspondence,

1832-1875
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton,

1850-1864,
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A History of England

c1983

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