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Reference Library 39,460
Rare Books and Manuscripts 20,200
Prints and Drawings 2,409
Paintings and Sculpture 17

Creator

Unknown artist 2,426
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
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 119
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 116
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 91
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 86
Blake, William, 1757–1827 83
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 64
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 56
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 55
Britton, John, 1771–1857 54
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Constable, John, 1776–1837 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Hockney, David, born 1937 51
Clark, Thomas A 50
Dilnot, John 50

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 39,460
Accessible in the Study Room 22,609
Not on view 17

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 61,912

Image Available

unavailable 59,899
available 2,013

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 264

Classification

Books 52,864
Prints 2,406
Articles & Chapters 1,626
Periodicals 973
Archives & Manuscripts 737
Drawings & Watercolors 684
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 660
Maps & Atlas (printed) 458
Videos 302
Music (printed) 245
Photographs 153
Computer Files 151
Postcards 135
Visual Materials 66
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 38
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 36
Dissertations & Theses 24
Posters 22
Paintings 18
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 10
Musical Sound Recordings 7
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Ceramics 2
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1
Kits 1
Sculptures 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 16
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
English Etchings, A Collection of Thirty-three Original Etchings by English Artists 4
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 2
A New Family Herbal 1
Environs of London 1
Fountains Abbey - Views 1
History of More than 300 Animals 1
King Lear 1
Remarkable Houses; views from British Isles and the Continent 1
The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green 1
The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham 1

Period

20th century 27,518
21st century 14,703
19th century 14,031
18th century 2,830
17th century 505
15th century 320
16th century 182
19th century-20th century 87
18th century-19th century 86
unknown period 17
17th century-18th century 5
14th century 3
13th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 577
watercolor 368
graphite 278
black ink 235
pen 129
laid paper 112
brown ink 84
gouache 57
gray wash 57
etching (printing process) 52
line engraving 38
lithography 30
gray ink 27
brown wash 25
oil paint 25
card 21
scratching out 19
black chalk 18
steel engraving 16
gelatin silver process 15
albumen process 14
mezzotint 14
painting (technique) 14
woodcut (process) 13
white gouache 12
aquatint 11
ceramic (material) 11
hand coloring 11
red ink 11
white chalk 11

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,808
engraving 1,319
exhibition catalog 1,298
lithograph 1,220
ephemera 1,101
auction catalog 1,099
aquatint 1,036
artists' book 905
watercolor 676
chromolithograph 650
history 611
etching 544
drawing 500
map 433
catalog 426
woodcut 424
armorial bookplates (provenance) 357
photograph 353
accordion fold format (binding) 326
private press books (publishing) 315
photomechanical print 314
recreation 294
drawing book 268
memorial card 261
incunabula 260
advertisement 258
ink drawing 252
fragments (object portions) 248
cut-paper work 243
chromoxylograph 238

Genre

architectural subject 275
landscape 246
genre subject 82
marine art 70
animal art 65
portrait 65
cityscape 57
figure study 30
still life 23
religious and mythological subject 13
historical subject 12
cartographic material 9
sporting art 9
military art 7
literary theme 6
botanical subject 5

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,079
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 860
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 859
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 680
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 665
Rare books -- Catalogs. 654
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 601
Great Britain. 578
Art, British -- Catalogs. 493
Furniture -- Catalogs. 449
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 439
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
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 284
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 275
Grief. 264
Art -- Catalogs. 262
England. 259
Drawing -- Technique. 258
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 248
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 240
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 235

Subject Period

19th century 3,785
20th century 3,640
18th century 1,469
17th century 693
21st century 344
16th century 272
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 9,336
England 6,248
London 1,934
London (England) 1,251
Scotland 725
Europe 642
United States 629
France 483
Ireland 475
Italy 413
Wales 316
India 308
Australia 240
Edinburgh (Scotland) 209
Edinburgh 184
United Kingdom 172
Germany 164
England London 140
Oxford (England) 126
Middle East 125
Switzerland 114
Canada 113
Netherlands 107
Egypt 102
Spain 93
Kent (England) 91
Bath (England) 85
Devon (England) 85
Paris (France) 85
Yorkshire (England) 84

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 434
Blake, William, 1757–1827 377
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 205
Constable, John, 1776–1837 185
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 182
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 171
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 152
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 98
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 84
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 84
Hockney, David, born 1937 81
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 79
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 78
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 61
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) 87
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 86
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 62
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 54
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 43
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 30
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 17
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 16
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 15
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 12
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
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 12
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 9
John Constable - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1969-04-30 - 1969-11-01) 8
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 7
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 7
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 6
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 5
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 5
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 5
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 4
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 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
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 3
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,720
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 190
Yale Center for British Art 74
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 56
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Prof. William H. Dunham Jr. 47
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 41
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman 37
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 34
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 28
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 17
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 14
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 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
22711752450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
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
22709619810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22711768230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6

Language

English 54,964
French 938
German 665
Latin 387
Italian 275
Dutch 99
Spanish 87
Undetermined 65
Japanese 46
Russian 29
Multiple languages 22
Welsh 19
Swedish 17
Portuguese 16
English, Middle (1100-1500) 10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 9
Polish 9
Danish 8
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 8
Chinese 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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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Landscape Sketch with Mountains

ca. 1920
unknown artist

Morecambe Sands

undated
unknown artist

White Poodle in a Punt

in or after 1984
unknown artist

King Charles Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

A Dog, 'Property of the Earl of Chatham'

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Ringwood, a Brocklesby Foxhound

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Fino, black-and-white Spitz

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Portrait of a Spanish Dog belonging to Mr. Cosway, chasing a butterfly

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Portrait of a Woman

1740s
unknown artist

Sign for a Paviour

18th century
unknown artist

Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

mid-18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
The Weald, Sutton Valence

[approximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Weald, Sutton Valence]

[appoximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fenton, Ellen, born ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

1854-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photograph of a milkman and wagon.]

[1915]
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Port

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Carew Castle South Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Cavern on the South Sands, Tenby

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Majesty's Ship Tyber of 46 Guns off Teignmouth, Commanded by Captain Dacres

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Moonlit Coastal Scene

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Faces

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Church Interior

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Landscape with River and Cliffs

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Nocturnal View of Mountainous Landscape with River

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Island with Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Buildings and Cypress Trees

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Col. Floyd's Villa L -- (?) near Worthing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Woman in Oriental Headdress

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Landscape with Large Tree and Figure Below

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Paul's First Stone Laid June 21, 1675 by Sir Christopher Wren /... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Old House at Tournai

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Landscape with Smokestack

undated

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