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Reference Library 34,947
Rare Books and Manuscripts 13,893

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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 130
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
John Murray (Firm) 103
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 79
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
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Fine Art Society 51
Tate Gallery 49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 45
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39
National Trust (Great Britain) 39

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Accessible in the Reference Library 34,947
Accessible in the Study Room 13,893

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 48,677
Free to Use 4

Image Available

unavailable 48,681

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 189

Classification

Books 48,681

Collective Title

Period

20th century 23,320
21st century 13,507
19th century 9,880
18th century 1,852
17th century 220
16th century 45
15th century 34

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,656
exhibition catalog 1,229
auction catalog 1,073
aquatint 909
lithograph 848
engraving 800
artists' book 723
history 599
chromolithograph 424
catalog 410
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 184
exhibition catalogue 178
steel engraving 172
auction catalogue 156
biographie 154
prospectuse 153
publishers' advertisement 144
publisher's advertisement 137
woodcut 129
soft-ground etching 124
guidebook 121
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 120

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,036
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 853
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. 582
Great Britain. 554
Art, British -- Catalogs. 490
Furniture -- Catalogs. 415
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 323
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 273
England. 251
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 243
Art -- Catalogs. 238
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 238
Drawing -- Technique. 233
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 215
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 209
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 206
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 204
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 194

Subject Period

20th century 3,218
19th century 3,118
18th century 1,247
17th century 592
21st century 302
16th century 237
15th century 45
17th-18th centuries 18
11th century 14
15th and 16th centuries 13
12th century 6
14th century 6
Geschichte 5
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 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
19th-20th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,328
England 5,460
London 1,748
London (England) 919
Scotland 598
United States 530
Ireland 415
Europe 404
Italy 274
India 256
France 246
Australia 223
Wales 221
Edinburgh (Scotland) 187
Edinburgh 169
England London 134
Oxford (England) 108
Middle East 107
Canada 98
New York (State) 77
Oxford 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Bath (England) 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 363
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 163
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 161
Constable, John, 1776–1837 158
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 142
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 123
Morris, William, 1834–1896 117
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 107
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 95
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 92
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 77
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 76
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 71
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 65
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 57
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 56
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 52
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48

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) 7
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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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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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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Wilson, Richard

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

c1996
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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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

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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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

1980
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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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

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

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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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

[2003]
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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

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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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, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

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

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, 1894-1982, and two wives, Winifred Nicholson, 1893-1981,... [Read more]

1996
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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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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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2019
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour

[between 1862 and 1868]

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