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Rare Books and Manuscripts 8,812
Reference Library 37

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Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 117
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 92
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Britton, John, 1771–1857 51
Phillips, H., -1840 38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 32
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 30
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 26
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 24
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 22
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 21
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 21
Morris, William, 1834–1896 20
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 19
Combe, William, 1742–1823 18
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 18
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 17
Edward Foster (Firm) 17
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 17
Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842 17
Phillips, Mr. 17
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 17
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892 17
British Institution 16
Nimrod, 1778–1843 16
Taylor, J. (Josiah) 16

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Accessible in the Study Room 8,812
Accessible in the Reference Library 37

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 8,809
Free to Use 3

Image Available

unavailable 8,812

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Books 8,812

Collective Title

Period

19th century 8,812

20th century 53
18th century 47
17th century 15
16th century 10
15th century 8

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,329
lithograph 892
aquatint 810
auction catalog 630
engraving 525
chromolithograph 420
etching 241
chromoxylograph 214
armorial bookplates (provenance) 185
steel engraving 173
drawing book 167
ephemera 122
publisher's advertisement 121
catalog 115
lithotint 114
publishers' advertisement 110
soft-ground etching 109
prospectuse 105
stipple engraving 100
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 88
advertisement 72
photograph 64
photomechanical print 62
map 55
mezzotint 55
panorama 54
hand coloring 52
juvenile literature 50
accordion fold format (binding) 44
guidebook 44

Genre

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 562
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 558
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 483
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 363
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 298
London Institution -- Ownership. 234
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 234
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 229
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Drawing -- Technique. 151
Drawing books -- Specimens. 149
Satire, English. 132
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 131
Voyages and travels. 126
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 108
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 106
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 105
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. 105
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 104
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. 94
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 91
Art -- Private collections. 87
Murray, John -- Publisher. 87
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. 87
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 83
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 82
Prints, European -- Catalogs. 79
Painting -- Technique. 75
Decoration and ornament. 73
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 72

Subject Period

19th century 852
18th century 72
20th century 39
17th century 18
16th century 16
15th century 9
11th century 2
12th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
Alfred, 871-899 2
To 500 2
13th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
6th century 1
Silurian 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1
[18--] 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 1,535
England 1,047
London 703
London (England) 203
Edinburgh (Scotland) 151
France 128
Italy 93
United States 90
Scotland 89
Edinburgh 85
India 76
Europe 56
Oxford (England) 54
Hammersmith 48
Glasgow (Scotland) 47
Wales 47
Ireland 45
Brighton (England) 43
Egypt 42
Middle East 40
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 38
Spain 38
Paris (France) 37
Turkey 37
Russia 36
Lake District (England) 35
Switzerland 33
Liverpool (England) 30
Dublin 29
China 28

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 41
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 23
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 21
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 21
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 20
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 20
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 19
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 18
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, 17
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Raphael, 1483–1520 16
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 15
Jesus Christ 13
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 12
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 12
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 12
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 12
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 10
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 10
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 9
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, 9
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824 8
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788, 8
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 8
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682, 8
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669, 8
Teniers, David, 1610–1690, 8

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 106
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 58
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 23
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 10
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 8
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 6
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 5
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 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
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 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
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 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
22652018380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2
22652018520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2
22652025280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653395040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22653398230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653398580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653465810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2

Language

English 8,321
French 224
German 50
Latin 37
Italian 22
Dutch 6
Swedish 5
Undetermined 5
Russian 4
Spanish 4
Scots 3
Multiple languages 2
Danish 1
Efik 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Hebrew 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Portuguese 1

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and... [Read more]

1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and... [Read more]

[1819?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour

[between 1862 and 1868]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

English landscape

[1845]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery

1833
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized

[183-?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James... [Read more]

[1837?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

1824
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1849?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth,

[between 1837 and 1848]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

1838
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1833]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

[between 1860 and 1870?]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[1863]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in the seven Ionian islands

December 1st, 1863
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots

1978
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

[1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.

1852
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[between 1868 and 1871]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

1856]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrated excursions in Italy

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.

1851
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica

1870
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1819
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

1801
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds

July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1842
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures

1859
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Johnson and Garrick

1816
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The harbours of England

1856
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The Turner gallery

[1878?]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Views in Sussex

1819
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's Rivers of France

[1887]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Fifty-six engravings illustrative of The pleasures of memory and other poems

1834
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's rivers of France

[between 1850 and 1859?]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

An antiquarian and picturesque tour round the Southern Coast of England

MDCCCXLIX [1849]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Liber fluviorum, or, River scenery of France

MDCCCLVII [1857]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's rivers of England

1883
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
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Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818

TEST RECORD Designs for the pavillon at Brighton

1808
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View of Madras

[s.d.]
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Britton, John, 1771–1857

The history and antiquities of the abbey, and cathedral church of... [Read more]

1828 [i. e. 1827-1828]
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Rudder, Samuel, 1726–1801

The history of Fairford Church;

1823
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Portraits of celebrated painters

1816
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S. Leigh Sotheby & Co.

Catalogue of the very beautiful collection of highly finished and illumined... [Read more]

[1838]
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Wood, John George, 1768–1838

Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective

1816
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Annals of the Regency

1817
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Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825–1900

A natural history of new and rare ferns

1862
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Kane, Paul, 1810–1871

Wanderungen eines Künstlers unter den Indianern Nordamerika's

1862
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Waterhouse, Alfred

Courts of justice competition. General description of design

1867

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