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Reference Library 36,476
Rare Books and Manuscripts 16,174

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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
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
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 50
Tate Gallery 50
Hockney, David, born 1937 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
National Trust (Great Britain) 40
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 40

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Accessible in the Reference Library 36,476
Accessible in the Study Room 16,174

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 52,486
Free to Use 4

Image Available

unavailable 52,490

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 215

Classification

Books 52,490

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,384
21st century 13,969
19th century 10,433
18th century 2,171
17th century 362
15th century 304
16th century 143
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,708
exhibition catalog 1,285
auction catalog 1,096
engraving 952
aquatint 941
lithograph 926
artists' book 735
history 609
chromolithograph 446
catalog 416
etching 415
woodcut 390
armorial bookplates (provenance) 329
private press books (publishing) 313
ephemera 300
incunabula 257
drawing book 249
fragments (object portions) 245
chromoxylograph 227
accordion fold format (binding) 215
photomechanical print 211
criticism, interpretation, etc 189
exhibition catalogue 180
steel engraving 175
prospectuse 164
biographie 162
auction catalogue 159
publishers' advertisement 145
map 139
publisher's advertisement 137

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,074
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 857
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 680
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 675
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Rare books -- Catalogs. 649
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 600
Great Britain. 557
Art, British -- Catalogs. 491
Furniture -- Catalogs. 428
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 380
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 324
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Incunabula in Yale Library. 293
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 282
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 258
England. 256
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 246
Art -- Catalogs. 239
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Drawing -- Technique. 239
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 219
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 217
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 215

Subject Period

20th century 3,286
19th century 3,235
18th century 1,309
17th century 652
21st century 315
16th century 260
15th century 56
17th-18th centuries 22
15th and 16th centuries 20
11th century 14
12th century 8
14th century 6
Geschichte 5
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
Elizabeth II 2
To 400 2
To 510 B.C 2
10e siècle 1
16th-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,467
England 5,563
London 1,757
London (England) 935
Scotland 613
United States 551
Europe 444
Ireland 419
France 386
Italy 326
India 264
Australia 228
Wales 227
Edinburgh (Scotland) 189
Edinburgh 170
England London 136
Germany 117
Middle East 116
Oxford (England) 112
Canada 102
Netherlands 78
New York (State) 78
Oxford 77
Bath (England) 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Spain 75
Dublin 74
Egypt 73
Switzerland 72
Devon (England) 70

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 412
Blake, William, 1757–1827 336
Constable, John, 1776–1837 172
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 170
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 166
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 160
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 143
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 136
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 125
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 121
Morris, William, 1834–1896 119
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 112
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 111
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 107
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 77
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 77
Hockney, David, born 1937 74
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 72
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 67
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 65
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 62
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 62
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 59
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 56
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 54
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 50
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 50

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) 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
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 7
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
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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 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

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
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
22709621880008651|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
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711768080008651|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
22651992110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709613400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

Language

English 48,688
French 809
German 558
Latin 313
Italian 247
Dutch 78
Spanish 69
Undetermined 44
Japanese 43
Russian 26
Welsh 18
Multiple languages 17
Portuguese 13
Swedish 13
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 8
Polish 8
Chinese 7
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
English, Middle (1100-1500) 6
Hebrew 6
Danish 4
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Low German 4
Estonian 3
Norwegian 3
Scots 3
Dakota 2
Hungarian 2
Icelandic 2
Romance (Other) 2

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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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

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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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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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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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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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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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

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

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

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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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

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

1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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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

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

[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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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

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, rétrospective de l'œuvre graphique, 1925-1969

1977
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

2012
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2006
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2002
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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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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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

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

Ben Nicholson

c1992
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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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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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs (1724-1806), rare prints

c1985

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