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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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16,852
Reference Library
173
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
104
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
52
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
50
Dilnot, John
43
Clark, Thomas A
42
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Sackett, Colin
37
Rocque, John, -1762
34
Bush, Tracey
32
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
30
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
30
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
30
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
27
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2024-2025
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Books
13,896
Archives & Manuscripts
524
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
513
Prints
452
Maps & Atlas (printed)
333
Music (printed)
220
Periodicals
165
Articles & Chapters
163
Postcards
111
Drawings & Watercolors
102
Photographs
91
Visual Materials
52
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
25
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Videos
4
Paintings
2
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
Creator Gender
unknown
16,849
female
3
Period
19th century
9,966
20th century
3,773
18th century
2,095
21st century
831
17th century
275
16th century
50
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
17
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
albumen process
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
lithography
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
casting (process)
1
charcoal (material)
1
collage
1
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,735
lithograph
1,049
engraving
1,030
aquatint
985
artists' book
840
auction catalog
751
ephemera
729
chromolithograph
563
etching
462
map
329
armorial bookplates (provenance)
313
private press books (publishing)
312
exhibition catalog
297
photomechanical print
275
accordion fold format (binding)
274
photograph
274
drawing book
265
chromoxylograph
234
memorial card
223
recreation
218
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
798
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
668
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
661
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
425
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
269
Drawing -- Technique.
242
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
240
Grief.
226
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
224
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
186
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
177
Satire, English.
177
Women in natural history.
173
Drawing books -- Specimens.
164
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
159
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
157
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Subject Period
19th century
1,149
20th century
461
18th century
265
17th century
67
16th century
41
21st century
33
15th century
16
11th century
7
Alfred, 871-899
3
14th century
2
15th and 16th centuries
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
12th century
1
13th century
1
17th cenury
1
18h century
1
18th centtury
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,878
England
1,867
London
1,144
London (England)
431
United States
227
Edinburgh (Scotland)
183
France
172
Italy
166
Scotland
162
Edinburgh
123
Ireland
112
India
108
Wales
108
Europe
104
Oxford (England)
86
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Egypt
55
Spain
54
Brighton (England)
53
Bath (England)
52
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
84
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
35
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
28
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Shirley Smith, Richard
23
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
20
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
19
Jesus Christ
19
Raphael, 1483–1520
19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
18
Blake, William, 1757–1827
17
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
71
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
57
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
40
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
16
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
12
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
11
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
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
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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
2
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
198
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
125
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
85
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
50
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
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Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
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[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
5
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
6
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
7
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
8
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
9
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
10
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs, 1724-1806
1984
11
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl
ca. [1798?]
12
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
13
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Stubbs
1984
14
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
15
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
16
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
17
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
The book of nonsense
[approximately 1916?]
18
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
19
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
20
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"
[approximately 1908?]
21
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
22
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
23
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Nonsensus
1988
24
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Teapots and quails
1953
25
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Indian Journal
1953
26
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
27
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense ..
1856]
28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica
1870
29
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear's journals
1952
30
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense
[1846]
31
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrated excursions in Italy
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
32
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[between 1868 and 1871]
33
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen
1973
34
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.
1851
35
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[1863]
36
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
37
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
38
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
1838
39
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
40
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake
1965
41
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth,
[between 1837 and 1848]
42
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1849?]
43
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Prints published by W. Hogarth
1762
44
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized
[183-?]
45
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.
[1837?]
46
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
[between 1860 and 1870?]
47
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1833]
48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Manuscript notebook
1781
49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
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