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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
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595
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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)
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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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19th century
90
18th century
33
20th century
31
16th century
1
17th century
1
Associated Places
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
4
Latin
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German
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Danish
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
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Japanese
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Pontifical (fragment)
between 1400 and 1450
2
Liber equorum and De la generatione deli oselli de rapina
between 1400 and 1450
3
Ferrières, Henri de, active 1377
Le livre du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio
circa 1420
4
Twiti, William, d. 1328
The craft of venery
circa 1450
5
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Selections from Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura
second half of the 15th century
6
Helm, Franz, approximately 1500–1567
Buch von den probierten Künsten
1570
7
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient
circa 1590?
8
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Translation of a report by Álvaro de Bazan, marquês de Santa Cruz, on the defense of Spain and the West Indies from Sir Francis Drake
circa 1597
9
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660–1685 : Charles II)
His Majesties commission concerning the reparation of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul in London
1663
10
Luttrell, Edward
An epitome of painting
1683
11
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633–1695
Contract appointing Richard Beaumont as gamekeeper to the Marquis of Halifax
1686 November 15
12
A particular account of the grants of each session of Parliament
1688-1715
13
Falconetto, Gio. Batta
Treatise on artillery
1688
14
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The first booke of drawing & limning
circa 1700?
15
Smellie, William
Notebook on weaving
1693-ca. 1767
16
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
17
Great Britain. Admiralty
Commission appointing Joseph Taylor as Second Lieutenant to the Gloucester
1694 April 27
18
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
19
Album of English bookplates
approximately 1700-1950?
20
Mathew, William, -1752
A docquet of fees, to be taken by the Secretary of Antigua for the time being ..
1703-1735
21
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
22
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660–1727
The establishment of the yearly charge of our dyett, with incidents for housekeeping
1714-1716
23
Woodman, William, ca. 1654–1731?
Masons' report concerning the roof-line balustrade of St. Paul's Cathedral
1719 January 26
24
Williams, Thomas, active 1705–1724
A terrier of a farm at Cublington in Com. Bucks, belonging to the late Mr. Joseph Neale, and in the tenure & occupation of Henry Stone
1732
25
Labelye, Charles, 1705–1781?
Westminster bridge
ca. 1740?
26
Sommerton, John
Mathematical exercises
1741-1742
27
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Traité d'architecture civile
1743
28
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
29
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR
1750-1778
30
Chaulay, Sebastian
Manoeuvres nouvelles
mid-18th century
31
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
James Bruce archive,
ca. 1750-ca.1850
32
Gosling & Bennet (London, England)
Gosling & Bennet account book
1751 September 28-1756 March 24
33
Remedies for ailments in horses
late 18th century
34
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
John Boydell account book
1752
35
Indenture placing William Roberts into the service of John Higgins, staymaker
1752 February 4
36
Journal in France
circa 1753
37
Webb, Philip Carteret, 1700–1770
A description of the library of the Escorial
circa 1754
38
Montecuccoli, Raimondo, Prince, 1609–1680
Compendio dell'arte militare del p[r]en[ci]pe Raimondo Montecuccoli tenente gen[er]ale dell'armi dell' augustiss:mo Imp:re Leopoldo
1754?
39
Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676–1751
Art of surveying
1757?
40
Martin, Phil., active 18th century
[Receipt for drawing and engrossing lycence for Mr Skynnor and Lady]
1757
41
Marriage contract of Eleanor Ley and John Bennett
1758 April 27
42
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
43
Wren, Stephen
Catalogue of the prints in Mr Rapins Hist. of England, and Mr Tindals Continuation : with the ornaments &c. explained
1759
44
Geometry exercise book
circa 1780
45
Taylor, Henry, 1825–1888
Collection of designs for Worcester porcelain,
ca. 1770-ca. 1880
46
Bainbridge family
Bainbridge deer park management archive,
1760-1821
47
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
48
Eames, John, -1744
Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam
1765, Nov. 20
49
Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,
1767-1917
50
Notebook of paint recipes
1767-1840
51
Surveyors' account book, Parish of Healaugh
1768-1837
52
Account of pictures, chiefly original portraits, extant about AD 1769
1769
53
Sandby, Thomas, 1723–1798
Thomas Sandby letter to Sir William Chambers
1769 September
54
Treatise on perspective
circa 1770
55
[Muster order for the enrollment into the Gloucestershire militia]
August 30, 1770
56
Supple, Richard, 1716–1797
Diary
1771-1785
57
St. Leger, Anthony, 1731–1786
Anthony St. Leger account book
1772-1835 (bulk 1772)
58
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
59
Hagger, Joseph
Quaker Book of Discipline
1773
60
Boyn, John
An account, Lady Logie at Linhouse to John Boyn, shoemaker in Tarbuckie
1774, February 16-1778, February 19
61
Album of patriotic poems, ballads and addresses
late 18th century
62
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
63
Bond of Indemnity ...
1776
64
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
65
Forbes, Miss
Grand tour diary of Miss Forbes
1780-1781
66
Evers, Samuel
Inventory of the trunk of Samuel Evers
1780
67
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Manuscript notebook
1781
68
Pocklington, Joseph, 1736–1817
Glossary of place-names in and around London
1781
69
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
An excursion to Cheltenham, Birmingham, & Oxford, &c. &c. &c.
1782
70
Clayton, William, Sir, 1762–1834
Account book
1784 January 1-December 31
71
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
A journey from Ecton, through London, to Bath, and from there, back again, through Cirencester, and Banbury, to Daventry, and Northampton
1785
72
Sa-li-ho-tra
Feresnámé
circa 1785
73
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Exhibition of Mr. Wright's Pictures at Robin's Rooms, Great Piazza, Covent Garden
1785
74
Batt, John Thomas, 1746–1831
Valuation of pictures at the Grainge
1786-1787
75
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
James Wales archive,
1786-1797
76
Cooper, Anne, 1763?-1804
Journal of a tour down the Wye, MDCCLXXXVI
1786 May 29-June 1
77
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
78
Downman, Thomas Charles Francis, 1776–1843
Principles of fortification
1789-1790
79
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright of Derby letter to Daniel Daulby
1789 July 15
80
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain
1789-1826
81
Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758–1838
Views in the island of Capri, 1789
1789-1793
82
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford
circa 1790-1810
83
Grey, Booth, 1740–1802
Botanical collages from the circle of Booth Grey
1790s
84
Pugin family archive,
ca. 1790-1870
85
Todd, Henry John, 1763–1845
A brief account of the cathedrals in England and Wales
1792
86
Articles agreed upon for manning and fitting out on a cruise for five months, the Cutter Hope
1793
87
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
88
Bill of expenses incurred by John Lawford for the funeral of William Bodimeade
1794
89
Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Diary in Turkey and Greece
1794-1796
90
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,
1795, April 16-1816, September 10
91
Simpson, Miss
Sketchbook of drawings and designs by Miss Simpson at Mrs Linton's Boarding-school, Foregate Street, Worcester
circa 1795
92
Molloy, Anthony James Pye
Captain Molloy's remarks on board the Caesar
1795
93
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
Edgeworthstown archive,
1796-1815
94
Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
General inventory of Colonel Aston's furniture, plate, linen, china &c. September the 1, 1796
1796-1802
95
Clément, R
Notebook of accounting exercises
1797
96
Chetham's Hospital (Manchester, England)
Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester
1797? December 4
97
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
Calligraphy exercise book
1797
98
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
99
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl
ca. [1798?]
100
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of modern geography
1798
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