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Reference Library
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
33
Christie, Manson & Woods
33
Clark, Thomas A
30
Arts Council of Great Britain
23
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
23
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
Liberal Party (Great Britain)
13
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
12
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Books
7,298
Prints
234
Archives & Manuscripts
229
Articles & Chapters
221
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
213
Periodicals
180
Maps & Atlas (printed)
43
Drawings & Watercolors
33
Videos
33
Photographs
26
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
17
Postcards
15
Visual Materials
13
Music (printed)
8
Dissertations & Theses
4
Computer Files
3
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Kits
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20th century
3,858
19th century
2,283
21st century
2,093
18th century
440
17th century
65
16th century
7
15th century
4
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
5
graphite (mineral)
2
ink
2
watercolor (paint)
2
wove paper.
2
collage
1
glass
1
paper
1
Work Type
artists' book
468
ephemera
430
wood engraving
279
history
245
engraving
242
memorial card
218
aquatint
212
lithograph
192
chromolithograph
165
memorials (commemorative)
161
exhibition catalog
153
recreation
145
accordion fold format (binding)
125
botanical illustration
116
cut-paper work
105
etching
96
game
95
advertisement
84
ink drawing
84
armorial bookplates (provenance)
79
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Great Britain.
554
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
511
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
392
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
231
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
229
Grief.
220
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
210
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
141
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
137
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions.
112
Satire, English.
112
Art, British -- Catalogs.
111
Women in natural history.
104
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
101
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
99
Death.
98
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
95
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
91
Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
91
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
83
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19th century
1,396
20th century
910
18th century
487
17th century
233
21st century
81
16th century
65
15th century
25
11th century
9
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
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England
87
London (England)
62
Ireland
41
Wales
35
Scotland
26
France
20
Europe
19
United States
19
Groebritannien
14
England London
12
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
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Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
54
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
49
Morris, William, 1834–1896
32
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
26
Blake, William, 1757–1827
24
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
22
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
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
15
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
14
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
14
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
14
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805
14
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547
13
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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)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
26
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
23
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Momart
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
14
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
13
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980
Drawn from life
1977
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
5
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982
Ben Nicholson
c2001
6
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982
Ben Nicholson
2020
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
8
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
9
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Selected letters
1988
10
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth's drawings
1948
11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
12
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
13
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
2000
14
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner in the British Museum
1975
15
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Spring
1993
16
Blake, William, 1757–1827
William Blake
2014
17
Clark, Garth, 1947–
The potter's art
2004
18
Colley, Linda
Britons
1992
19
Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839–1927
Decoration & furniture of town houses;
1881
20
MacCarthy, Fiona
Anarchy & beauty
2014
21
Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery, and Museums
Gothick
1975
22
The Penguin atlas of British & Irish history
2002
23
Wills, Geoffrey
Craftsmen and cabinet-makers of classic English furniture
1974
24
Hughes, Eleanor
Brave tars and glorious commanders
2016
25
Engineering historic futures
[2007]
26
Conekin, Becky
"The autobiography of a nation"
2003
27
Perry, Gillian
The first actresses
2011
28
Cooper, Suzanne Fagence
Effie
2011
29
Whyman, Susan E., 1937–
Sociability and power in late-Stuart England
1999
30
Hilton, Boyd
A mad, bad, and dangerous people?
2006
31
Logan, Thad
The Victorian parlour
2001
32
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
33
Middleton, Bernard C., 1924–2019
Recollections
2000
34
Jones, Ben, 1947–
Ben Jones
2019
35
Strong, Roy
Types and shadows
2020
36
Schoeser, Mary
The art of wallpaper
[2022]
37
Gotlieb, Rachel
Ceramics in the Victorian era
2023
38
Colour revolution
[2023]
39
Grapevine
40
The Caribbean Cultural Center presents: Transforming the Crown
c1997
41
Paley, Morton D
Portraits of Coleridge
c1999
42
Arwas, Victor
Art nouveau
c2000
43
Pragnell, Hubert J. (Hubert John)
Industrial Britain
c2000
44
Eglin, John, 1962–
Venice transfigured
2001
45
Twentieth century British painting : Spring 2001
2001
46
Hewison, Robert, 1943–
John Ruskin
c1976
47
Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794–1868
Treasures of art in Great Britain
1854
48
British and Victorian pictures
2003
49
William Weston Gallery
The British etchers, 1860-1940
1979
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O'Donnell, Bernard, 1885–
The Old Bailey and its trials
[1950]
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