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Rare Books and Manuscripts 11,749
Reference Library 39

Creator

Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 117
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 100
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Britton, John, 1771–1857 55
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 50
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 39
Phillips, H., -1840 38
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 30
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888 29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 25
Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 24
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 22
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 22
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 21
Combe, William, 1742–1823 21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 21
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823 20
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 19
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892 18
British Institution 17
Edward Foster (Firm) 17
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 17
Meigh, Charles 17
Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842 17
Phillips, Mr. 17

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Accessible in the Study Room 11,749
Accessible in the Reference Library 39

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 11,007
Free to Use 742

Image Available

unavailable 10,593
available 1,156

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 2

Classification

Books 9,369
Prints 521
Archives & Manuscripts 496
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 452
Maps & Atlas (printed) 183
Drawings & Watercolors 118
Music (printed) 116
Periodicals 96
Photographs 87
Visual Materials 52
Articles & Chapters 38
Postcards 7
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 6
Videos 5
Paintings 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 11,749

20th century 104
18th century 89
17th century 18
16th century 13
15th century 8
21st century 2

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 19
ceramic (material) 12
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
wood 7
wood engraving (process) 7
albumen process 5
ink 4
silk (textile) 4
watercolor (paint) 4
engraving (action) 3
graphite (color) 3
lithography 3
transfer printing 3
weaving 3
graphite 2
graphite (mineral) 2
ivory (material) 2
sterling silver 2
carving (processes) 1
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
felt (textile) 1
linen (material) 1
photogravure (process) 1
salted paper processes 1
silversmithing 1
steel (alloy) 1
vellum (parchment) 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,473
lithograph 1,282
aquatint 985
engraving 799
ephemera 688
auction catalog 631
chromolithograph 596
etching 334
recreation 256
advertisement 232
chromoxylograph 230
armorial bookplates (provenance) 223
drawing book 197
watercolor 196
steel engraving 194
photograph 189
botanical illustration 180
ink drawing 180
map 176
panorama 176
memorial card 171
game 149
publisher's advertisement 144
cut-paper work 139
soft-ground etching 135
memorials (commemorative) 134
accordion fold format (binding) 128
publishers' advertisement 128
lithotint 122
catalog 121

Genre

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 563
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 558
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 485
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 442
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 363
London Institution -- Ownership. 235
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 234
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 230
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 193
Drawing -- Technique. 178
Grief. 175
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 173
Satire, English. 168
Drawing books -- Specimens. 165
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Voyages and travels. 133
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 131
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 124
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 117
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 115
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 112
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. 108
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 106
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 104
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. 98
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 97
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 95
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. 93
Murray, John -- Publisher. 89
Painting -- Technique. 88

Subject Period

19th century 1,417
18th century 103
20th century 81
16th century 19
17th century 18
15th century 9
11th century 2
12th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
Alfred, 871-899 2
Silurian 2
To 500 2
13th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
6th century 1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1
[18--] 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 2,571
England 1,238
London 768
London (England) 322
France 189
Edinburgh (Scotland) 169
India 140
Italy 137
Scotland 123
United States 108
Edinburgh 95
Europe 84
Wales 82
Ireland 65
Switzerland 62
Egypt 61
Oxford (England) 57
Paris (France) 54
Brighton (England) 51
Hammersmith 50
Germany 49
Glasgow (Scotland) 49
Spain 48
Turkey 45
Middle East 44
China 43
Lake District (England) 43
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 40
Russia 39
Liverpool (England) 38

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 69
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 38
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 36
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 24
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 23
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 22
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 20
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 20
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 19
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 19
Raphael, 1483–1520 18
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 17
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 16
Jesus Christ 15
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 13
Morland, George, 1763–1804 13
Silenus (Mythological character) 13
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 12
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 12
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682 12
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685 12
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841 12
Both, Jan, 1618?-1652 11

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) 97
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 69
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 36
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 17
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
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
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 11
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 10
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 6
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 5
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 4
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
Art in Focus: Relics of Old London (Yale Center for British Art, May 11, 2016-August 14, 2016) 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
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 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

Credit Line

22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
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
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22960476610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711751790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22738147590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 3
22809659210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960435500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22968184970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22644321410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22651991410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22652018150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2

Language

English 11,023
French 286
German 95
Latin 37
Italian 30
Spanish 14
Undetermined 14
Swedish 9
Dutch 8
Russian 5
Efik 4
Multiple languages 3
Scots 3
Danish 2
English, Middle (1100-1500) 2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Hebrew 1
Japanese 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Portuguese 1
Welsh 1

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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

The stones of Venice

1851-1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Uncle Tom's cabin

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
Madras

[1832?]
Accessible in the Study Room
What gives us comfort in this world of woe?

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Rio, Antonio del

Description of the ruins of an ancient city

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

[between 1833 and 1877]
Accessible in the Study Room
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Miss Linwood's Gallery of pictures in worsted

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]
Accessible in the Study Room
Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views
Accessible in the Study Room
Barber, J. T

A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London

[1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge,... [Read more]

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers... [Read more]

[1807?]
Accessible in the Study Room
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]
Accessible in the Study Room
Switzerland in miniature

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Somalvico & Co

Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope

[between 1842 and 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
May mutual loves count us blest

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's new railway game, or, Tour through England and Wales

[approximately 1844]
Accessible in the Study Room
Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857

To Godfrey Wentworth Junr. Esqre. this series of sketches of the interior &... [Read more]

Sept. 1, 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Silver palace and the golden poppy, or, The water and fire kings

[between 1837-1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves... [Read more]

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
A Merry Christmas to you

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of James Page

1885
Accessible in the Study Room
Walsh, Thomas, fl. 1801

Journal of the late campaign in Egypt

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

[ca. 1801]
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fortunio & his seven gifted servants

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Thou are all I wish

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814

The high mettled racer

MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837

Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields,

[1835]
Accessible in the Study Room
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

Oriental scenery

1812-1816
Accessible in the Study Room
La Fontaine in the game of the goose

[ca. 1810]
Accessible in the Study Room
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Classical School (Mount Pleasant, Sleaford, England)

Bill for school expenses for C. Lamb, to be paid to Edwin R. Dibben, Classical... [Read more]

1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Herring, William

W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water... [Read more]

approximately 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy... [Read more]

[approximately 1870]
Accessible in the Study Room
Origin of the Union Jack of Great Britain

1868
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Portraits of Cape Town figures

ca. 1828
Accessible in the Study Room
[Valentines card]

[approximately 1890?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Irby family commonplace book

1823-1852
Accessible in the Study Room
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Jeakes, Joseph

Five views illustrative of the admired scenery of Hythe, Sandgate,... [Read more]

Dec. 9, 1816

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