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Reference Library
37,202
Rare Books and Manuscripts
16,849
Archives
41
Creator
Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
159
Victoria and Albert Museum
153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
John Murray (Firm)
143
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
136
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
79
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Ward, Lock & Co
67
Fine Art Society
65
Tate Gallery
64
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
64
Britton, John, 1771–1857
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
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37,202
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
16,890
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New Additions
2023-2024
294
Classification
Books
48,490
Articles & Chapters
1,585
Periodicals
899
Archives & Manuscripts
562
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
514
Prints
452
Maps & Atlas (printed)
358
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
111
Drawings & Watercolors
103
Photographs
92
Visual Materials
52
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
25
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
18
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Nonmusical Sound Recordings
3
Paintings
3
Kits
1
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Period
20th century
25,885
21st century
13,848
19th century
11,757
18th century
2,179
17th century
290
16th century
54
15th century
34
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
16
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
albumen process
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
lithography
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
casting (process)
1
charcoal (material)
1
collage
1
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,739
exhibition catalog
1,196
auction catalog
1,074
lithograph
1,050
engraving
1,030
aquatint
984
artists' book
846
ephemera
730
history
570
chromolithograph
565
etching
460
catalog
408
map
339
armorial bookplates (provenance)
317
private press books (publishing)
313
photograph
277
photomechanical print
275
accordion fold format (binding)
274
drawing book
265
chromoxylograph
234
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Subject Terms
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
802
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
550
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
400
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
265
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Subject Period
20th century
3,463
19th century
3,410
18th century
1,357
17th century
620
21st century
317
16th century
246
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
2
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Associated Places
Great Britain
8,662
England
5,882
London
1,873
London (England)
1,185
Scotland
671
United States
610
Ireland
460
Europe
442
Italy
339
France
302
India
282
Wales
275
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
204
Edinburgh
182
England London
129
Oxford (England)
119
Middle East
112
Canada
108
Germany
97
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Associated People
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
194
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
161
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
138
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
132
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
131
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
113
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
93
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
88
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
76
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
74
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
71
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
57
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
40
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
17
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
12
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016)
4
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
2
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
198
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
125
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
85
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
50
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
31
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McCann, Alison
A short history of Chichester Greyfriars and Priory Park
[19??]
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Dolls in wonderland
19--]
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The superb six
197?
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Nathan, Janet, 1938–
Janet Nathan
1997
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Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
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[Fragment from the 36-line Bible, with illuminated portrait of Saint Paul]
[between 1458 and 1461]
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Lefèvre, Raoul, active 1460
Here begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye
[1473 or 1474]
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Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
[T]o the right noble, right excellent prince George duc of Clarence ..
31 Mar. 1474
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Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The Canterbury tales
1477]
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Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ..
[not after 18 November 1477]
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
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Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde or thymage of the same
1481]
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Hannapes, Nicolas de, 1225?-1291
Incipiu[n]t exe[m]pla sacre sc[ri]pture ex utroq[ue] testame[n]to secund[dum] ordin[em] l[itte]ra[rum] coll[e]c[t]a [et] p[rimo] de abstine[n]tia
anno d[omi]ni m.cccc.lxxxi [1481]
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