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Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,864
Reference Library 112

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Clark, Thomas A 39
Dilnot, John 26
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24
Sackett, Colin 22
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 19
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 18
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966 15
Kemplen, Tony 15
King, Ronald, 1932– 15
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858–1949 15
Labour Party (Great Britain) 14
Liberal Party (Great Britain) 14
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967 12
Bush, Tracey 11
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883– 11
Horl, Mikel 11
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 11
Rindl, Deb 10
Shirley Smith, Richard 10
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878–1957 9
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 9
Metal Box Company 9
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 9
Young, Percy M. (Percy Marshall), 1912–2004 9
Fisher, Roy, 1930–2017 8
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935 7
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983 7
Clark, Thomas A. 7
Clark, William Andrews, 1877–1934 7

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 3,864
Accessible in the Reference Library 112

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 3,864

Image Available

unavailable 3,742
available 122

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 2,994
Articles & Chapters 125
Music (printed) 115
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 114
Postcards 109
Archives & Manuscripts 90
Prints 86
Periodicals 60
Photographs 39
Maps & Atlas (printed) 28
Drawings & Watercolors 13
Visual Materials 12
Musical Sound Recordings 4
Computer Files 1
Videos 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,864

19th century 94
18th century 22
17th century 9
21st century 7
16th century 6
15th century 5

Materials & Techniques

ink 2
photographic paper 2
albumen process 1
engraving (action) 1
gelatin silver process 1
graphite (mineral) 1
laid paper 1
plywood 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
watercolor (paint) 1
wove paper 1
zinc 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 469
ephemera 425
private press books (publishing) 313
wood engraving 278
exhibition catalog 224
photomechanical print 211
postcard 128
photograph 126
sheet music 106
memorial card 86
chromolithograph 85
accordion fold format (binding) 77
poem 69
advertisement 61
livres d'artiste 60
memorials (commemorative) 59
engraving 53
poetry 53
lithograph 52
photographic postcard 51
screen print 44
botanical illustration 43
gelatin silver print 43
postage stamp 43
etching 42
map 41
periodical 40
exhibition catalogue 38
fiction 33
photographic print 33

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 504
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 122
Fox hunting. 113
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 90
Grief. 85
Horses. 79
English poetry. 77
Circle Press -- Publisher. 73
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. 68
Death. 61
Songs with piano. 61
Postcards -- Specimens. 57
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 55
Horsemanship. 52
Horse racing. 51
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 50
Popular music -- 1901–1910. 43
Moschatel Press -- Publisher. 36
English poetry -- 20th century. 32
Photography, Artistic. 31
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain) 30
Bookmarks -- Specimens. 29
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 29
Hunting. 28
Hunting -- Great Britain. 27
Piano music. 27
Great Britain. 26
Politics -- Great Britain. 26
Horse racing -- United States. 25

Subject Period

20th century 378
19th century 70
18th century 26
17th century 16
16th century 13
11th century 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
14th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
15th century 1
17th cenury 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1
Twentieth Century 1
Twentieth century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 1,065
England 426
London 255
United States 91
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
London (England) 68
Guildford 30
Ireland 29
France 25
Scotland 23
Guildford (England) 22
India 16
Italy 15
Edinburgh 13
Oxford 13
Cambridge 12
Glasgow 12
Oxford (England) 12
Virginia 12
Australia 10
Kentucky 10
Cambridge (England) 8
Canada 8
Docking (Norfolk, England) 8
Germany 8
Liverpool (England) 8
New York (State) 8
Axminster 7
Edinburgh (Scotland) 7
Europe 7

Associated People

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 28
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 17
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 17
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 13
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 11
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002 11
Shirley Smith, Richard 11
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867–1953 10
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 9
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 9
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 9
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 8
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 8
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 8
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 8
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 7
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 7
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 6
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946 6
Morris, William, 1834–1896 6
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967 6
Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894–1972 6
Bembo, Pietro, 1470–1547 5
Churchill, Winston, 1874–1965 5
Picasso, Pablo, 1881–1973 5
Adam (Biblical figure) 4
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 4

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1

Credit Line

22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22711731110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711731170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22781079680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert. 2
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606039610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606091430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606096070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606107810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606110530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606125190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606224620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606244240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606514650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22606683430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott B. Wilcox, Yale PhD 1985 1
22606930130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22607144580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607197660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607246420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607489790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson 1
22607597140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607654640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607664040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607685220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607686490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 3,864

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Accessible in the Study Room
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

Cromwell special

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927

Westminster Abbey fund

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly

[191-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitbread and Company

The Harrow, Wateringbury

[between 1949 and 1955]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge... [Read more]

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of drawings

ca. 1900-1903
Accessible in the Study Room
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)

Golden Lion Hotel

[192-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard White Star, ltd

Menu

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]

[1903]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Trafalgar

[early 20th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December... [Read more]

1947
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944
Accessible in the Study Room
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England

circa 1879-circa 1921
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
London & County Banking Company

A couple of hundred just to go with

1900
Accessible in the Study Room
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of... [Read more]

1917
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander McBean & Sons

Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander... [Read more]

1900
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Gurton, Alfred

Diary of Alfred Gurton on a trip to India

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitstable in an oyster shell

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
S.A., her book

approximately 1920?
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Riley, Bridget, born 1931

Bridget Riley

[1965]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Freemasons. Chilterns Lodge, No. 4634 (Buckinghamshire, England)

Ladies' Festival : Wednesday, 6th November, 1929 : Wharncliffe Rooms,... [Read more]

1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
West Sussex (England). County Council

Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory... [Read more]

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953

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