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Reference Library 39,460
Rare Books and Manuscripts 19,532
Prints and Drawings 2,224
Paintings and Sculpture 1

Creator

Unknown artist 2,225
Christie, Manson & Woods 214
Sotheby's (Firm) 159
Victoria and Albert Museum 153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
John Murray (Firm) 143
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 137
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 131
Christie & Manson 126
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 125
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 91
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 87
Blake, William, 1757–1827 85
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 84
Arts Council of Great Britain 72
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Tate Gallery 68
Fine Art Society 67
Ward, Lock & Co 67
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 63
Britton, John, 1771–1857 54
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Hockney, David, born 1937 51
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 51
Clark, Thomas A 50
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Pine, John, 1690–1756 48

Date

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Accessible in the Reference Library 39,460
Accessible in the Study Room 21,756
Not on view 1

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 59,899
Free to Use 1,144

Image Available

unavailable 61,043

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 264

Classification

Books 52,712
Prints 2,057
Articles & Chapters 1,624
Periodicals 971
Drawings & Watercolors 699
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 608
Archives & Manuscripts 551
Maps & Atlas (printed) 454
Videos 302
Music (printed) 245
Computer Files 151
Photographs 125
Postcards 119
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 56
Visual Materials 56
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 31
Dissertations & Theses 24
Posters 17
Musical Sound Recordings 7
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4
Paintings 4
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 1
Kits 1
Sculptures 1

Collective Title

London Cries: A Volume of Seventy-Seven Drawings 75
Scenes of Ancient Rome from Richard Bundy's Translation of Catrou and Rouillé's Roman History 46
Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
A Book of Sundry Prints 25
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 9
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 7
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 6
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park and Surroundings 4
English Etchings, A Collection of Thirty-three Original Etchings by English Artists 4
Gay's Fables 2
XXVII Pontificum Maximorum Elogia et Imagines 2
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park, and Surroundings 1
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 1
Environs of London 1
Fables by John Gay, Vol. I 1
Fables by John Gay, Vol. II 1
Fountains Abbey - Views 1
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 1
Portrait of Queen Victoria, from Her Majesty's Glorious Jubilee 1897, The Illustrated London News, Record Number of a Record Reign 1
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 1
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 1

Period

20th century 27,358
21st century 14,657
19th century 13,479
18th century 2,964
17th century 494
15th century 316
16th century 179
18th century-19th century 97
19th century-20th century 42
17th century-18th century 12
unknown period 3
14th century 2
13th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 308
graphite 198
laid paper 146
watercolor 128
etching (printing process) 105
line engraving 82
black ink 69
pen 69
brown ink 47
mezzotint 31
hand coloring 19
gouache 18
gelatin silver process 17
steel engraving 16
chromolithography 13
gray wash 13
lithography 13
brown wash 12
ceramic (material) 11
gray ink 11
albumen process 9
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
black chalk 8
ink 8
white gouache 8
watercolor (paint) 7
aquatint 6
drawings 6
stipple engraving 6

Height [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,791
exhibition catalog 1,298
engraving 1,239
lithograph 1,171
auction catalog 1,099
aquatint 1,033
artists' book 865
ephemera 762
history 612
chromolithograph 604
etching 533
catalog 425
woodcut 417
map 412
armorial bookplates (provenance) 355
watercolor 315
photograph 314
private press books (publishing) 313
accordion fold format (binding) 308
photomechanical print 292
drawing book 268
incunabula 260
recreation 255
fragments (object portions) 248
chromoxylograph 237
drawing 232
memorial card 232
sheet music 224
intaglio print 205
ink drawing 197

Genre

architectural subject 239
landscape 65
genre subject 60
portrait 56
religious and mythological subject 27
historical subject 24
cityscape 23
military art 21
botanical subject 19
animal art 18
figure study 12
literary theme 11
marine art 8
sporting art 8
cartographic material 5
frontispiece 5
still life 3

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,079
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 859
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 824
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 680
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Rare books -- Catalogs. 654
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 601
Great Britain. 577
Art, British -- Catalogs. 493
Furniture -- Catalogs. 449
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 409
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 380
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 343
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 337
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Incunabula in Yale Library. 295
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 290
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 284
Art -- Catalogs. 262
England. 260
Drawing -- Technique. 258
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 249
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 248
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 243
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 240
Grief. 235
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 235

Subject Period

20th century 3,619
19th century 3,611
18th century 1,452
17th century 688
21st century 344
16th century 271
15th century 58
17th-18th centuries 25
15th and 16th centuries 20
11th century 15
12th century 8
14th century 6
Geschichte 4
13th century 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 3
To 500 3
18th-19th centuries 2
19th-20th centuries 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Description and travel 2
Early church, ca. 30-600 2
Elizabeth II 2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 2
Silurian 2
To 400 2
To 510 B.C 2
10e siècle 1
16th century, 1
16th-17th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 8,969
England 6,123
London 1,907
London (England) 1,215
Scotland 690
United States 627
Europe 520
France 476
Ireland 469
Italy 400
India 298
Wales 283
Australia 240
Edinburgh (Scotland) 207
Edinburgh 183
Germany 160
England London 139
Middle East 125
Oxford (England) 124
Canada 113
Switzerland 111
Netherlands 106
Egypt 92
Spain 92
Kent (England) 90
Bath (England) 85
Paris (France) 84
New York (State) 83
Yorkshire (England) 83
Cambridge (England) 82

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 434
Blake, William, 1757–1827 377
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 204
Constable, John, 1776–1837 184
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 182
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 171
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 151
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 141
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 139
Morris, William, 1834–1896 136
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 135
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 124
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 123
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 119
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 93
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 84
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 82
Hockney, David, born 1937 81
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 79
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 76
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 75
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 73
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 69
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 65
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 64
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 62
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 60
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 59
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 58
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 56

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 123
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 83
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 61
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 53
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 41
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 22
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 17
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 14
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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) 10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 9
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 7
Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019) 6
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 5
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 4
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 4
“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) 4
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 2
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Fashionable Follies (The Museums at Stony Brook, 1981-11-25 - 1982-01-31) 2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 2
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,519
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 189
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 120
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles 52
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Prof. William H. Dunham Jr. 48
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman 37
Yale Center for British Art 35
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 29
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 26
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 26
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. George L. Green 20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 16
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 15
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 12
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Kenny and Susan Phillips, In Memory of Richard Kressler and Leland Sweet 9
22711752450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert 7
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6

Language

English 54,337
French 928
German 662
Latin 383
Italian 273
Dutch 99
Spanish 87
Undetermined 65
Japanese 45
Russian 29
Multiple languages 22
Welsh 19
Swedish 17
Portuguese 16
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 9
Danish 8
English, Middle (1100-1500) 8
Polish 8
Chinese 7
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
Hebrew 6
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 5
Efik 4
Low German 4
Norwegian 4
Estonian 3
Scots 3
Afrikaans 2
Dakota 2
Greek, Modern (1453- ) 2

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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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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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

How to draw horses,

[1943]
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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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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
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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

1979
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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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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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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

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

Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams

1794-1796
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

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

Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773

1773
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene

1788 August 19-1798 April 6
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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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

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

[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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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

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 R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,

1777-1781
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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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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough

1962
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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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

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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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

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Twelve new works, June, 1967

[1967]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

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

Ben Nicholson

1978

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