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Rare Books and Manuscripts 4,045
Reference Library 113

Creator

Clark, Thomas A 39
Dilnot, John 26
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24
Sackett, Colin 22
King, Ronald, 1932– 21
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 19
Finlay, Ian Hamilton 19
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966 15
Kemplen, Tony 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
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946 8
White, Kenneth, 1936– 8
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935 7
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983 7

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 4,045
Accessible in the Reference Library 113

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 4,001
Free to Use 44

Image Available

unavailable 3,876
available 169

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 3

Classification

Books 3,095
Articles & Chapters 133
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 132
Music (printed) 126
Postcards 114
Prints 97
Archives & Manuscripts 93
Periodicals 65
Photographs 43
Maps & Atlas (printed) 30
Visual Materials 14
Drawings & Watercolors 13
Musical Sound Recordings 5
Computer Files 1
Videos 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 4,045

19th century 104
18th century 28
17th century 12
16th century 9
21st century 8
15th century 7

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 479
ephemera 469
private press books (publishing) 314
wood engraving 292
exhibition catalog 228
photomechanical print 224
postcard 137
photograph 133
sheet music 116
memorial card 97
chromolithograph 95
accordion fold format (binding) 79
advertisement 69
poem 69
memorials (commemorative) 66
livres d'artiste 63
lithograph 57
engraving 54
photographic postcard 54
poetry 53
botanical illustration 47
gelatin silver print 46
postage stamp 46
screen print 45
etching 43
map 42
periodical 40
exhibition catalogue 38
photographic print 37
bookmark 35

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 513
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Fox hunting. 113
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 101
Grief. 96
Horses. 81
English poetry. 78
Circle Press -- Publisher. 76
Death. 69
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. 69
Songs with piano. 63
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 59
Postcards -- Specimens. 59
Horse racing. 53
Horsemanship. 53
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 50
Popular music -- 1901–1910. 48
Moschatel Press -- Publisher. 36
Photography, Artistic. 33
Bookmarks -- Specimens. 32
English poetry -- 20th century. 32
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain) 30
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 30
Piano music. 30
Hunting. 29
Hunting -- Great Britain. 27
Great Britain. 26
Politics -- Great Britain. 26
Popular music. 26

Subject Period

20th century 397
19th century 73
18th century 26
17th century 16
16th century 13
15th century 3
11th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
14th 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 1,110
England 439
London 259
United States 91
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
London (England) 70
France 38
Guildford 31
Ireland 29
Scotland 25
Guildford (England) 22
India 16
Italy 16
Edinburgh 15
Oxford 13
Oxford (England) 13
Cambridge 12
Glasgow 12
Virginia 12
Germany 11
Australia 10
Kentucky 10
Newtown (Powys, Wales) 10
Europe 9
Cambridge (England) 8
Canada 8
Docking (Norfolk, England) 8
Liverpool (England) 8
New York (State) 8
Axminster 7

Associated People

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 29
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 19
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 19
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 17
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 16
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 14
Blake, William, 1757–1827 12
Shirley Smith, Richard 12
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002 11
Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867–1953 10
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 10
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 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
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 8
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946 7
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 7
Morris, William, 1834–1896 7
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 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) 3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 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
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
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 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
22652008990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
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

Language

English 3,908
French 46
German 20
Undetermined 14
Welsh 9
Latin 4
Dutch 3
Italian 3
Portuguese 3
Spanish 2
Danish 1
Efik 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
Japanese 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Swedish 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
A bit of rock from Boston

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919
Accessible in the Study Room
Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

1963
Accessible in the Study Room
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly

[191-?]
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
Young, Patricia (Nurse)

Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the... [Read more]

1914-1917
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Cardno & Co. (Fraserburgh, Scotland)

[Billhead of J. Cardno & Co., grocers in Fraserburgh, Scotland, recording... [Read more]

1913
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

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

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
The "Easion" veil

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
[Postcard with birthday wishes]

[approximately 1910]
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
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected... [Read more]

1991
Accessible in the Study Room
Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?
Accessible in the Study Room
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people seated in an... [Read more]

[approximately 1910-1920?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pinoli's Restaurant

[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London]

[192-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in knitting for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Christmas card from KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry)]

[approximately 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm,... [Read more]

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927

Westminster Abbey fund

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Till the boys come home

1914 or 1915
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of [George Christopher Woods]

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of five postcards made to accompany "Out of the Trees and into the... [Read more]

1985
Accessible in the Study Room
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
Thy Christmas be happy

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride

[approximately 1905]
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
Bedford Lemere & Co.

Intérieurs anglais

circa 1900
Accessible in the Study Room
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)

Golden Lion Hotel

[192-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)

M'Lagan & Cumming

[1908?]

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