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Reference Library 4,918
Rare Books and Manuscripts 4,235

Creator

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
Bush, Tracey 23
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 19
Sotheby's (Firm) 18
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 17
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 16
Dilnot, John 15
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 15
King, Ronald, 1932– 15
Sackett, Colin 15
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892 14
Labour Party (Great Britain) 14
Morpeth, Sarah 14
Victoria and Albert Museum 14
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 13
Liberal Party (Great Britain) 13
Great Britain. Parliament 12
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 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

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 4,918
Accessible in the Study Room 4,235

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 9,106

Image Available

unavailable 8,750
available 356

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 26

Classification

Books 7,445
Archives & Manuscripts 314
Prints 312
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 255
Articles & Chapters 221
Periodicals 183
Maps & Atlas (printed) 43
Drawings & Watercolors 39
Videos 39
Photographs 37
Postcards 22
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 21
Visual Materials 18
Music (printed) 8
Dissertations & Theses 4
Computer Files 3
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 2
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,952
19th century 2,523
21st century 2,162
18th century 470
17th century 75
16th century 7
15th century 4

Materials & Techniques

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

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

ephemera 626
artists' book 495
wood engraving 287
engraving 281
history 259
memorial card 246
lithograph 223
aquatint 213
memorials (commemorative) 188
chromolithograph 187
cut-paper work 178
recreation 175
botanical illustration 172
exhibition catalog 160
accordion fold format (binding) 131
advertisement 119
game 116
ink drawing 106
etching 101
watercolor 99
armorial bookplates (provenance) 81
photograph 79
biographie 71
catalog 71
photomechanical print 67
drawing book 66
memorial work 63
embossed print 62
map 52
valentine 51

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain. 574
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 537
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 417
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 265
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 261
Grief. 248
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 212
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 144
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 137
Women in natural history. 129
Death. 121
Satire, English. 119
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 115
Art, British -- Catalogs. 111
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 103
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. 101
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 97
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
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. 79
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 79
Drawing books -- Specimens. 78
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 78
Nobility -- Great Britain. 77
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. 67
Painting, British. 66
Architecture -- Great Britain. 64

Subject Period

19th century 1,524
20th century 946
18th century 506
17th century 236
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 9,106

England 89
London (England) 64
Ireland 42
Wales 35
Scotland 26
United States 21
France 20
Europe 19
England London 14
Groebritannien 14
Edinburgh 11
Edinburgh (Scotland) 10
India 8
Isle of Wight (England) 8
Italy 8
America 7
Bath (England) 7
Highlands (Scotland) 7
Liverpool (England) 7
Bristol (England) 5
Great Britain America 5
Lake District (England) 5
Dublin 4
France Great Britain 4
Glasgow 4
Great Britain France 4
Guernsey 4
Hull (England) 4
Kent (England) 4

Associated People

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 54
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 54
Morris, William, 1834–1896 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 28
Blake, William, 1757–1827 26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 26
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 21
Windsor, House of 20
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 17
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 16
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 16
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
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 11
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844–1925 11
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

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) 56
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 42
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 37
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 10
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 10
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 6
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 6
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 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
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) 3
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 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
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 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
22809646310008651|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
22861684240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22883329880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22883339610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2

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English 9,106

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Thou are all I wish

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Cook, Jno. (Shoemaker)

Bill for the repair of boots and shoes

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
The mirror of truth

Jany. 1st, 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Moon, Francis Graham, 1796–1871

The Waterloo banquet at Apsley House

[1846?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Laurie's new and entertaining game of the golden goose

[1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Townend, Thomas

Billhead of Thomas Townend, London hatter, for hats purchased by Charles... [Read more]

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
To my love

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Yours unalterably

[1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of James Page

1885
Accessible in the Study Room
By penning these misc lines, to prove a pledge of my unceasing love

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Lawrence & Co. (London, England)

Lawrence & Co.'s cheap clothing establishment

[not before 1882]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pollard, G.

Letter

1928 April 13th
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944
Accessible in the Study Room
Hadfield, James, approximately 1772–1841

Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel

1826?
Accessible in the Study Room
Collins, Patrick, -1781

Will of Patrick Collins

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me

mid-19th century
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
Dilnot, John

Moth collection

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Henderson, F. (Clothier)

[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G.... [Read more]

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
To be disposed of

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
A tribute to beautiful love!

1844
Accessible in the Study Room
C. Goodall & Son

Flower time & fruit time

[approximately 1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield

1898
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of watercolors of British birds

circa 1820-circa 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843

1843
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner & Wainwright Ltd

Turnwright's Toffee De-light

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In sorrowing remembrance of Jessie, wife of Horace Hart

1871
Accessible in the Study Room
I wait a return of thy love

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Pigot, James, 1769–1843

Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer

[between 1810 and 1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Northcote, James, 1746–1831

One hundred new fables

1817-1825
Accessible in the Study Room
The combat with the giant

September 1st, 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell

mid-19th century
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
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for building expenses

1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Day and Martin

Day & Martin

[approximately 1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gibbon, Daniel (Hosier)

Billhead of Daniel Gibbon, London hosier, for purchases by Mr. H. Gibbs, 1832

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande

circa 1600
Accessible in the Study Room
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory

Coade's Lithodipyra, or, Artificial Stone Manufactory

[approximately 1784?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollis, Walford & Co.

Family tea establishment

[after 1842]
Accessible in the Study Room
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport

approximately 1678

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