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Reference Library 35,119
Rare Books and Manuscripts 13,894

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Christie, Manson & Woods 214
Sotheby's (Firm) 158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 145
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 131
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
John Murray (Firm) 103
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 81
Blake, William, 1757–1827 78
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 66
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 60
Britton, John, 1771–1857 53
Fine Art Society 52
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Tate Gallery 50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 46
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 45
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 44
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
National Trust (Great Britain) 41
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39

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Accessible in the Reference Library 35,119
Accessible in the Study Room 13,894

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 48,850
Free to Use 3

Image Available

unavailable 48,853

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 185

Classification

Books 48,853

Collective Title

Period

20th century 23,459
21st century 13,528
19th century 9,885
18th century 1,852
17th century 220
16th century 45
15th century 34

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,656
exhibition catalog 1,221
auction catalog 1,075
aquatint 910
lithograph 849
engraving 800
artists' book 722
history 595
chromolithograph 424
catalog 406
etching 370
private press books (publishing) 312
ephemera 297
armorial bookplates (provenance) 294
drawing book 246
chromoxylograph 224
photomechanical print 205
accordion fold format (binding) 203
criticism, interpretation, etc 185
exhibition catalogue 174
steel engraving 172
auction catalogue 156
biographie 153
prospectuse 152
publishers' advertisement 144
publisher's advertisement 137
woodcut 129
soft-ground etching 124
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 120
guidebook 119

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,037
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 854
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 663
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 659
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 595
Rare books -- Catalogs. 585
Great Britain. 555
Art, British -- Catalogs. 489
Furniture -- Catalogs. 419
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 343
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 323
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 274
England. 248
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 247
Art -- Catalogs. 240
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Drawing -- Technique. 234
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 217
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 213
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 207
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 206
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 196

Subject Period

20th century 3,242
19th century 3,126
18th century 1,249
17th century 592
21st century 308
16th century 235
15th century 46
17th-18th centuries 18
11th century 14
15th and 16th centuries 13
12th century 6
14th century 6
Geschichte 4
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
To 400 2
To 500 2
10e siècle 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19h century 1
19th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,374
England 5,466
London 1,748
London (England) 919
Scotland 598
United States 527
Ireland 415
Europe 405
Italy 271
India 257
France 246
Australia 223
Wales 221
Edinburgh (Scotland) 187
Edinburgh 169
England London 131
Middle East 108
Oxford (England) 108
Canada 97
Oxford 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Bath (England) 75
New York (State) 75
Dublin 74
Egypt 70
Kent (England) 70
Lake District (England) 70
Devon (England) 69
Germany 69
Spain 67

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 358
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 164
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 160
Constable, John, 1776–1837 154
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 137
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 123
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 122
Morris, William, 1834–1896 117
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 114
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 108
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 93
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 92
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 75
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 75
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 71
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 63
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 57
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 53
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 46

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 110
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 60
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 41
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 26
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 24
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 23
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 9
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 9
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
“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) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 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
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 4
22809659210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22781117950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960435500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960448240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 3

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Wilson, Richard

Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los... [Read more]

c1996
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective... [Read more]

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and... [Read more]

1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and... [Read more]

[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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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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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

1974
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984

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