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Reference Library
34,771
Rare Books and Manuscripts
14,033
Creator
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)
102
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
79
Blake, William, 1757–1827
78
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
63
Ward, Lock & Co
63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
60
Britton, John, 1771–1857
53
Arts Council of Great Britain
51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc
51
Fine Art Society
51
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
48
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34,771
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48,496
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148
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2023-2024
205
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20th century
23,344
21st century
13,377
19th century
9,940
18th century
1,862
17th century
220
16th century
46
15th century
34
Work Type
wood engraving
1,669
exhibition catalog
1,179
auction catalog
1,074
aquatint
909
lithograph
848
engraving
807
artists' book
742
history
563
chromolithograph
433
catalog
396
etching
372
ephemera
368
private press books (publishing)
314
armorial bookplates (provenance)
294
drawing book
246
chromoxylograph
224
accordion fold format (binding)
219
photomechanical print
209
criticism, interpretation, etc
183
steel engraving
172
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,036
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
851
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
678
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
595
Rare books -- Catalogs.
582
Great Britain.
533
Art, British -- Catalogs.
489
Furniture -- Catalogs.
415
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
328
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
242
Art -- Catalogs.
238
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20th century
3,193
19th century
3,121
18th century
1,239
17th century
589
21st century
298
16th century
234
15th century
46
17th-18th centuries
18
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
To 400
2
To 500
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Great Britain
7,356
England
5,451
London
1,757
London (England)
922
Scotland
596
United States
532
Ireland
413
Europe
406
Italy
275
India
255
France
246
Australia
222
Wales
221
Edinburgh (Scotland)
188
Edinburgh
169
England London
124
Oxford (England)
109
Middle East
106
Canada
96
New York (State)
79
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Associated People
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
351
Blake, William, 1757–1827
320
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
165
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
160
Constable, John, 1776–1837
153
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
135
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
123
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
122
Morris, William, 1834–1896
118
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
114
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
106
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
95
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
88
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
76
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
75
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
71
Hockney, David, born 1937
68
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
64
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
110
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
61
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
45
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
41
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
24
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
24
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)
11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
11
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
9
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
8
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
3
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
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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.
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
81
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
67
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
52
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
27
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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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
"Artists who died young"
1938]
21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma"
1858
22
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma," or, The richest commoner in England
[1888]
23
"Atmosphere and light"
2006
24
"Baxter" colour prints
1909
25
Gibson, Katharine Mary Beatrice
"Best belov'd of kings"
c1997
26
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
"Birds Nest" Hunt and his followers
1986
27
Strindberg, Madeleine
"Blades"
[1989?]
28
"Bordered with lace"
1950
29
Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845–1916
"Bric à brac";
1888
30
Edelstein, T. J
"But who shall paint the griefs of those oppress'd?"
1982
31
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
"Centaur," or, The "turn out"
1878
32
Marillier, H. C. (Henry Currie), 1865–1951
"Christie's" 1766 to 1925,
1926
33
"Coming home to Falmouth"
1985
34
Leech, John, 1817–1864
"Coming home"
[1851]
35
"Damn the war!"
[2008]
36
Rothenberg, Jacob
"Descensus ad terram"
1967
37
Dixon, Yvonne Romney
"Designs from fancy"
1998
38
Goddard, Richard (Richard Neal Basire)
"Drawing on copper"
[November, 2016]
39
"English 19th century watercolours and drawings"
1975
40
Victoria and Albert Museum
"Englishmen in Italy"
[1968]
41
"Every corner was a picture"
c1999
42
"For king or parliament?"
1978
43
"Girl with the gardenias" and other recent sculpture by Jacob Epstein
1944
44
Spector, Sheila A., 1946–
"Glorious incomprehensible"
c2001
45
Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery, and Museums
"Gothick"
[1975]
46
Détis, Elisabeth
"Guess at the rest"
2010
47
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Hawbuck Grange," or, The sporting adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
[1888?]
48
Johnston, Carol Ann
"Heavenly perspective"
c1992
49
Hunt, Colin A
"Here it is" knowlege of London
1958
50
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
"History is an art"
[2023]
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