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Reference Library
36,359
Rare Books and Manuscripts
16,185
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
Victoria and Albert Museum
144
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
131
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
John Murray (Firm)
103
Blake, William, 1757–1827
81
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
80
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
73
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
69
Ward, Lock & Co
63
Britton, John, 1771–1857
53
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Arts Council of Great Britain
52
Fine Art Society
52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc
51
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52,382
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3
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267
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20th century
24,389
21st century
13,840
19th century
10,441
18th century
2,171
17th century
362
15th century
304
16th century
143
13th century
1
14th century
1
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wood engraving
1,709
exhibition catalog
1,240
auction catalog
1,096
engraving
951
aquatint
941
lithograph
924
artists' book
733
history
577
chromolithograph
447
etching
415
catalog
404
woodcut
390
armorial bookplates (provenance)
329
private press books (publishing)
313
ephemera
299
incunabula
257
drawing book
249
fragments (object portions)
245
chromoxylograph
227
accordion fold format (binding)
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,074
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
855
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
748
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
680
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
674
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Rare books -- Catalogs.
649
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
600
Great Britain.
540
Art, British -- Catalogs.
490
Furniture -- Catalogs.
428
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.
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
320
Incunabula in Yale Library.
293
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
282
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
257
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20th century
3,254
19th century
3,215
18th century
1,304
17th century
649
21st century
310
16th century
258
15th century
57
17th-18th centuries
22
15th and 16th centuries
20
11th century
13
12th century
8
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
13th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
Civil War, 49-45 B.C
3
To 500
3
19th-20th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Early church, ca. 30-600
2
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Great Britain
7,437
England
5,539
London
1,757
London (England)
931
Scotland
612
United States
553
Europe
448
Ireland
417
France
387
Italy
328
India
264
Australia
227
Wales
227
Edinburgh (Scotland)
189
Edinburgh
170
England London
126
Germany
116
Middle East
115
Oxford (England)
112
Canada
101
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
399
Blake, William, 1757–1827
331
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
172
Constable, John, 1776–1837
167
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
166
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
154
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
128
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
126
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
124
Morris, William, 1834–1896
120
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
119
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
112
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
112
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
104
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
75
Hockney, David, born 1937
73
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
71
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
67
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
67
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
120
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
69
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
41
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
26
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
25
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
12
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
8
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
3
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
2
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
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
158
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
122
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
89
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
56
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
49
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
41
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
37
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
25
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English
48,565
French
804
German
558
Latin
313
Italian
252
Dutch
76
Spanish
73
Undetermined
44
Japanese
43
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37
Russian
26
Welsh
18
Multiple languages
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Swedish
14
Portuguese
13
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
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Chinese
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German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
"'Sir,' said Dr. Johnson ..."
1911
2
Chalmers, Patrick R. (Patrick Reginald), 1872–1942
"A dozen dogs or so"
1928
3
Barry, James, 1741–1806
"A genius of first rank, lost to the world"
2014
4
Hamber, Anthony
"A higher branch of the art"
c1996
5
"A house in the country"
[1971]
6
"A house in the country"
[1971]
7
Gerdts, William H
"A man of genius"
c1979
8
Kinross, Felicity
"A most excellent brick mansion"
1986
9
"A note of summer"
1974
10
Lane Fine Art (Firm)
"A Perfect likenesse"
1987
11
Covent Garden Gallery
"A place in the country"
1979]
12
Freed, Eugenie R., 1935–
"A portion of his life"
c1994
13
Merwe, Pieter van der
"A refuge for all"
c1994
14
Buchowska, Dominika
"A sense of form"
2015
15
Barker, Elizabeth E
"A very great and uncommon genius in a peculiar way"
2003
16
Cove, Sarah
"All that glitters ..."
17
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
18
"Among the whores and thieves"
1997
19
Kaimowitz, Jeffrey H
"An excellent inventive and prudentiall witt"
1992
20
Rudney, Joelle Durbin
"Apocalypse et peinture de catastrophe en angleterre au XIXème siecle"
1984
21
"Artists who died young"
1938]
22
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma"
1858
23
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma," or, The richest commoner in England
[1888]
24
"Atmosphere and light"
2006
25
"Baxter" colour prints
1909
26
Gibson, Katharine Mary Beatrice
"Best belov'd of kings"
c1997
27
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
"Birds Nest" Hunt and his followers
1986
28
Strindberg, Madeleine
"Blades"
[1989?]
29
"Bordered with lace"
1950
30
Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845–1916
"Bric à brac";
1888
31
Edelstein, T. J
"But who shall paint the griefs of those oppress'd?"
1982
32
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
"Centaur," or, The "turn out"
1878
33
Marillier, H. C. (Henry Currie), 1865–1951
"Christie's" 1766 to 1925,
1926
34
"Coming home to Falmouth"
1985
35
Leech, John, 1817–1864
"Coming home"
[1851]
36
"Damn the war!"
[2008]
37
Rothenberg, Jacob
"Descensus ad terram"
1967
38
Dixon, Yvonne Romney
"Designs from fancy"
1998
39
Goddard, Richard (Richard Neal Basire)
"Drawing on copper"
[November, 2016]
40
"English 19th century watercolours and drawings"
1975
41
Victoria and Albert Museum
"Englishmen in Italy"
[1968]
42
"Every corner was a picture"
c1999
43
"For king or parliament?"
1978
44
"Girl with the gardenias" and other recent sculpture by Jacob Epstein
1944
45
Spector, Sheila A., 1946–
"Glorious incomprehensible"
c2001
46
Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery, and Museums
"Gothick"
[1975]
47
Détis, Elisabeth
"Guess at the rest"
2010
48
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Hawbuck Grange," or, The sporting adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
[1888?]
49
Johnston, Carol Ann
"Heavenly perspective"
c1992
50
Hunt, Colin A
"Here it is" knowlege of London
1958
51
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
"History is an art"
[2023]
52
Forbes, W. B
"Hounds, Gentlemen, please!"
1910
53
London Association for the Blind
"I am blind."
[approximately 1930]
54
"I feel included"
c2008
55
"I write you out of the real Arabian Nights"
1984
56
Gatti, Andrea
"Il gentile Platone d'Europa"
c2000
57
Lyon, W. E. (William Edgar)
"In my opinion--" ;
1928
58
Caudle, James J.
"In the midst of the jovial crowd"
2013
59
Vogler, Thomas A.
"In vain the Eloquent tongue"
60
"India remembered"
1976
61
Lane, Charles
"It was a nice looking horse"
1987
62
Egerton, Judy
"JMWT PP"
63
Kent Argus (Ramsgate, England)
"Kent Argus" office specimen types
[approximately 1896]
64
Rudd, Andrew
"Knight errant of the distressed"
[2022]
65
"Leather in life"
1968
66
Binkowski, Kraig
"Light and wood
2016
67
Wood, Pamela J
"Made at Nottm"
1980
68
"Masters of the sea"
1984
69
Cunard White Star, ltd
"Mauretania"
[1938]
70
Gamon, Patricia Bradshaw
"Millais' luck"
c1991
71
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
"Modern painters"
1888
72
Aronson, Mark N
"Moth or butterfly?"
[2021]
73
Binkowski, Kraig
"Move to the light"
74
"My highest pleasures"
2007
75
Chadwick, Helen
"My personal museum"
c2004
76
Battisson, Clair
"Natural born quillers"
77
Wihl, Gary, 1953–
"Neither a palace nor of crystal" ;
78
"O'er land and sea"
1977
79
Mason, Emma
"Oh, Mr Tavener, I wish I had the original!"
[2010]
80
Gilbert & George
"Oh, the grand old Duke of York"
c1996
81
"Organizing a foxhunting country"
1976
82
Liberty & Co.
"Orientals" Swimming Club's annual dinner held at the St. Stephen's Restaurant, Bridge Street, Westminster 7th March 1887
[1887]
83
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874
"Original views of London as it is
1926
84
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
"Our fathers have told us"
1884
85
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
"Our street."
1848
86
"Painter, gardener, scholar"
[2019]
87
"Painting from nature"
1968
88
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Plain or ringlets?"
1860
89
"Printing and the mind of man"
1999
90
Snead, Stella
"Rediscovery"
[1999]
91
"Simplest country gentlefolks"
1994
92
"Sind Briten hier?"
1981
93
"Small pictures for small rooms" No. II
1966
94
"Squanderous and lavish profusion"
c1995
95
Ross, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1842?-1897
"Stage whispers" and "shouts without"
[1882]
96
May, Suzanne E
"Sublime and infernal reveries"
97
University of Pennsylvania. Libraries
"Surely no person was ever so happy as I am"
2007
98
Wood, Anthony à, 1632–1695
"Survey of the antiquities of the city of Oxford"
1889-99
99
"Tate in the North"
1985?
100
Dunn, Nathan, 1782–1844
"Ten thousand Chinese things."
1844
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