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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Archives
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Reference Library
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Yale Center for British Art. Institutional Archives
6
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Prown, Jules David
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Bush, Tracey
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
2
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
2
Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
2
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
2
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
2
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
2
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
2
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
2
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
2
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10
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595
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1
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594
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2023-2024
29
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19th century
377
20th century
143
18th century
88
21st century
47
17th century
10
15th century
4
16th century
4
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felt (textile)
1
lithography
1
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ink drawing
105
watercolor
98
diarie
85
correspondence
78
graphite drawing
50
ephemera
49
photograph
37
commonplace book
31
botanical illustration
28
travel literature
28
blank form
26
engraving
26
sketchbook
25
account book
23
notebook
23
diagram
19
billhead
18
drawings (visual works)
17
recreation
17
albums (books)
16
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Yale Center for British Art.
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Art, British.
28
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
26
English poetry -- 19th century.
20
Grand tours (Education)
17
Italy -- Description and travel.
17
Painters -- Great Britain.
17
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
15
France -- Description and travel.
15
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
15
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
13
Women in natural history.
13
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
12
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
12
Pressed flower pictures.
12
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
12
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
10
Artists -- Great Britain.
10
Belgium -- Description and travel.
10
Cemeteries -- England -- London.
10
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90
18th century
33
20th century
31
16th century
1
17th century
1
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Great Britain
235
England
29
France
26
Italy
26
Switzerland
17
Europe
16
Belgium
12
London (England)
12
Germany
11
India
11
United States
10
Rome (Italy)
8
London
6
Scotland
6
Yorkshire (England)
6
Egypt
5
Austria
4
Lake District (England)
4
Liverpool (England)
4
Paris (France)
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
9
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
6
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
4
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
4
Prown, Jules David
4
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
2
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Bossi, Silvestro
2
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
6
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
27
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
4
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
4
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale BA 1952
1
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy Linda Benedict-Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cathy Courtney
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
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English
563
French
6
Italian
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Latin
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Danish
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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Japanese
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A. & M. Bradley (Firm : Manchester)
[Bill of A. & M. Bradley Dresses, Manchester, for purchases by Mrs. Davenport]
1821
2
A. & S. Henry & Co
A. & S. Henry & Co. letter to I. Edmondson & Co., requesting samples of woolen goods
1846 February 6
3
Adams, Evelyn, fl. 1888–1925
Evelyn Adams diary
1888 May 24-1925 June 30
4
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
Letter from Albert, Prince Consort, to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1860 April 13
5
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
Letter from Albert, Prince Consort, to an unidentified recipient
1840 April 5
6
Albert, Neale M
Neale Albert archive,
ca. 2000-ca. 2020
7
Anderson, J., fl. ca. 1840
Notebook of recipes for the manufacture of china
circa 1840
8
Angear, Ethel Beatrice, 1877–1949
Ethel Beatrice Angear archive
1891-1923 (bulk 1914-1918)
9
Artists' and Amateurs' Conversazione (London, England)
Entrance book
1829 Nov. 4-1832 Oct. 17
10
Aspland, Wm. (Shoemaker)
Bill for the purchase of shoes and shoe and boot repair
1826-1827
11
Bainbridge family
Bainbridge deer park management archive,
1760-1821
12
Barlow, William Wycliffe, 1854–1913
Hunting diary commenced October 4th, 1884
1884, Oct. 4-1887, March 30
13
Barnes, E. Bartlett
Paul Mellon correspondence with E. Bartlett Barnes,
1991-2001
14
Batt, John Thomas, 1746–1831
Valuation of pictures at the Grainge
1786-1787
15
Beague, Charles Heard, -1827
Essays towards the expression of some forms belonging to ground, according to a plan view
not before 1811
16
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
Edgeworthstown archive,
1796-1815
17
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
18
Benedict-Jones, Linda
Linda Benedict-Jones archive,
1972-1992 (bulk 1981-1982)
19
Berrington, John, -1743
An account of what workmen hath bin imployed about the building at Greate Bathampton since February the 4, 1694/5
1694-1721
20
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, 1818–1880
Album of letters to David Roberts
circa 1813-circa 1864
21
Binstead, Frederick W
The sunbeam
1882 February 24-April 20
22
Bleeck, Emma Kate, 1847 or 1848–1943
Emma Kate Bleeck juvenile stories
1861-1863
23
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
24
Bonnell, Mandy
Ant slug moth beetle millipede spider
2006
25
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
26
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
John Boydell account book
1752
27
Boyn, John
An account, Lady Logie at Linhouse to John Boyn, shoemaker in Tarbuckie
1774, February 16-1778, February 19
28
Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956
Frank Brangwyn archive,
ca. 1900-1920
29
Brewer, Mary, 1796 or 1797–
Photography
ca. 1853-1857
30
Britton, John, 1771–1857
John Britton archive,
1839-1851
31
Broadhead, Sarah, 1810 or 1811–1909
Sarah Broadhead diary
1834, July 3-1835, May 3
32
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
James Bruce archive,
ca. 1750-ca.1850
33
Bruce, Robert, 1782–
Robert Bruce letter concerning the wax sculpture of his mother, Rose Bruce
1807
34
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
35
Burgess, George
Varnish maker's recipe book
approximately 1871-1874
36
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
37
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price,
1852-1862
38
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Edward Burne-Jones letters to John Ruskin,
1862-ca. 1889
39
Bush, Tracey
Printed upon the ice, on the river Thames
1996?
40
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997?
41
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
42
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833–1898
Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton,
1886-1896
43
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
44
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Ken Campbell archive,
1975-2003
45
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
46
Cather, Margaret, 1839–1886
Nursery rhymes copied and illustrated by Margaret Cather for her cousin, Margaret Helen Tyler
1853
47
Chaulay, Sebastian
Manoeuvres nouvelles
mid-18th century
48
Cheatle, Arthur Henry, 1866–1929
Diary of a tour in Egypt
1903
49
Chetham's Hospital (Manchester, England)
Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester
1797? December 4
50
Chinnery, George, 1774–1852
Notebook
1814-1821
51
Christie, John, 1945–
John Christie archive,
1975-1995
52
Churm, Eileen Elizabeth, 1911–2008
Clothing Department diary
1956-1967
53
Clayton family
Clayton family papers,
1814-1871
54
Clayton, William, Sir, 1762–1834
Account book
1784 January 1-December 31
55
Clément, R
Notebook of accounting exercises
1797
56
Clifford, Edward, 1844–1907
Edward Clifford scrapbooks
circa 1870-circa 1925
57
Clutterbuck, Robert, 1772–1831
Collection of letters to Robert Clutterbuck concerning his History and antiquities of the county of Hertford,
1808-1827
58
Cockburn, James Pattison, 1779–1847
Album
1823-1825
59
Comyn, William Nugent, 1768 or 1789–1833
An inventory of my furniture, plate, linen, china
1822 July 8
60
Connell, John
Billhead of John Connell, cheesemonger, Edinburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Cadell, 1829
1829
61
Consett, Montagu William Warcop Peter, 1871–
Log of H.M.S. "Sultan"
1886 August 16-1889 June 30
62
Cooper, Anne, 1763?-1804
Journal of a tour down the Wye, MDCCLXXXVI
1786 May 29-June 1
63
Cooper, Catherine
Diaries of travels in Europe
1829-1831
64
Cooper, George, active 1784–1811
Bill for the repair of picture frames
Nov. 7, 1810
65
Cooper, Thomas Sidney, 1803–1902
Correspondence, 1851-1897
66
Coppin, Edward
Sketch of a tour through Holland, Oct. 1816
1816 October 22-27
67
Coppinger, Robert Edward Murray, 1827 or 1828–
Songs, sonnets and short poems written for and dedicated to Allen Field
1867
68
Courtney, Cathy
Cathy Courtney collection of artists' books ephemera,
ca. 1977-2003
69
Crompton-Stansfield, Elizabeth Alexandra, 1866–1936
Elizabeth Alexandra Crompton-Stansfield diary
1884-1885 and 1896-1897
70
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Observations on architecture in England ..
1807-1830
71
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
Diary, sketchbook, and translation of Virgil's Aeneid
ca. 1813-ca.1863
72
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
73
Deacon, E
Odds & ends
1836
74
Dickins, Captain
Bill for repairs to, and purchases of, shoes and boots from J. Cook, with mention of the Wellington Boot
1816
75
Downman, Thomas Charles Francis, 1776–1843
Principles of fortification
1789-1790
76
Drew, Audrey
Audrey Drew diaries
1941-1945
77
Duff, Archibald, 1777–1858
Naval commonplace book
approximately 1806-1807
78
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
79
Eames, John, -1744
Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam
1765, Nov. 20
80
East India Company. Army. Bengal Army
Commission appointing Edward Pennington as Lieutenant Colonel in the cavalry, United East India Company, Bengal
1799 July 4
81
East India Company. Army
Commission appointing John Crossdill as Captain of Artillery in the Army of the East India Company
1801
82
East India Company. Army
Commission appointing John Crosdill as Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the East India Company
1813
83
Eaton, Sarah Anne
Knitting instructions
[1846?]
84
Edgar, Smith, 1865–1928
Te deum laudamus
1888
85
Edward Petty & William Wood, (Grocers)
[Billheads of Edward Petty and William Wood, grocers, of London, for purchases made by Colonel Alexander Campbell, 1822]
1822
86
Egarr, John, b. 1796
John Egarr scrapbook
circa 1825-1860
87
Elkington & Co. (London, England)
Elkington & Co.
1876
88
Elles Heath (Stockport, England)
Bill for school supplies for All Saints School, due to Elles Heath, school stationer, bookseller, & printer
September, 1897
89
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
An illustrated history of the county of Somerset
1862
90
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660–1685 : Charles II)
His Majesties commission concerning the reparation of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul in London
1663
91
Evers, Samuel
Inventory of the trunk of Samuel Evers
1780
92
Eyre, Henry, approximately 1818–1894
Album of autographs of members of the Royal Academy
1853
93
F. M. & Co
Fabric sample book
ca. 1860
94
F., Frances H
Rhymes ancient and modern!
1900
95
Falconetto, Gio. Batta
Treatise on artillery
1688
96
Farrar, Thomas Lister, 1836–
Plane trigonometry,
1850-1851
97
Faulkner, Edrica, 1822–1890
Riddles, charades, and puzzles
1840s
98
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Family records collected by William Dorset Fellowes
circa 1842-circa1845
99
Ferrières, Henri de, active 1377
Le livre du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio
circa 1420
100
Fielding-Ould, Fielding
Fielding Fielding-Ould diary
1899 January 1-1914
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