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Reference Library
37,245
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,476
Archives
44
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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
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
79
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Ward, Lock & Co
67
Fine Art Society
65
Tate Gallery
64
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
64
Britton, John, 1771–1857
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
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53,965
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627
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2024-2025
109
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Books
48,726
Articles & Chapters
1,544
Periodicals
902
Archives & Manuscripts
735
Prints
568
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
561
Maps & Atlas (printed)
361
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
125
Drawings & Watercolors
123
Photographs
114
Visual Materials
61
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
30
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
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Musical Sound Recordings
5
Nonmusical Sound Recordings
3
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3
Kits
1
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20th century
26,007
21st century
13,932
19th century
12,156
18th century
2,231
17th century
305
16th century
57
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
18
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
6
albumen process
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
lithography
2
photographic paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
albumen process.
1
casting (process)
1
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wood engraving
1,753
exhibition catalog
1,210
engraving
1,100
lithograph
1,096
auction catalog
1,075
ephemera
1,056
aquatint
988
artists' book
886
chromolithograph
608
history
575
etching
473
catalog
412
map
360
armorial bookplates (provenance)
319
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
308
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
255
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,040
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
853
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
838
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
556
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
425
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
377
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
275
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
274
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19th century
3,572
20th century
3,487
18th century
1,378
17th century
625
21st century
319
16th century
246
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
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
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
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Great Britain
9,022
England
5,929
London
1,891
London (England)
1,216
Scotland
682
United States
612
Ireland
467
Europe
446
Italy
344
France
306
India
287
Wales
279
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
133
Oxford (England)
121
Middle East
112
Canada
109
Germany
99
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
195
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
163
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
149
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
139
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
133
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
132
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
121
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
114
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
94
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
93
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
75
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
84
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
74
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
59
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
43
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
35
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
14
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
12
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
12
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
199
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
157
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
54
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
31
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
3
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker
[1850?]
4
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
5
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too
mid-19th century
6
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
7
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
8
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
9
In memory of the late John Distance
1854
10
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
11
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
12
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
13
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
14
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
15
Open house London
[2011]
16
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
17
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
18
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
19
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
20
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
21
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
22
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
23
Valentine card
mid-19th century
24
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
25
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
26
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
27
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
28
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
29
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
30
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
31
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
32
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
33
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
34
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
35
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
36
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
37
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
38
Bill for building expenses
1760
39
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
40
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
41
Thompson, Miss, active 1889
Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton
April 1889
42
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
43
I am thine love
mid-19th century
44
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
45
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
46
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
47
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
48
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
49
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
50
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
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