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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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19,455
Reference Library
175
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
101
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
51
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
50
Clark, Thomas A
50
Dilnot, John
43
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Sackett, Colin
37
Rocque, John, -1762
36
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
35
Bush, Tracey
32
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
32
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
29
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
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979
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
19,455
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
19,448
Free to Use
7
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19,455
New Additions
2024-2025
75
Classification
Books
16,186
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
604
Prints
523
Archives & Manuscripts
485
Maps & Atlas (printed)
429
Music (printed)
243
Periodicals
178
Articles & Chapters
171
Postcards
113
Drawings & Watercolors
111
Photographs
93
Visual Materials
55
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
31
Musical Sound Recordings
6
Videos
6
Paintings
3
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
Creator Gender
unknown
19,452
female
3
Period
19th century
10,593
20th century
3,875
18th century
2,445
21st century
845
17th century
466
15th century
316
16th century
172
13th century
1
14th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
21
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
watercolor (paint)
7
ink
6
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
silk (textile)
4
albumen process
3
lithography
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
ivory (material)
2
laid paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,790
engraving
1,235
lithograph
1,166
aquatint
1,033
artists' book
854
auction catalog
774
ephemera
753
chromolithograph
603
etching
533
woodcut
417
map
400
armorial bookplates (provenance)
351
private press books (publishing)
313
accordion fold format (binding)
309
exhibition catalog
303
photomechanical print
286
photograph
269
drawing book
268
incunabula
260
recreation
253
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
816
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
669
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
662
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
601
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
442
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
388
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Incunabula in Yale Library.
295
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Drawing -- Technique.
249
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
249
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
248
Grief.
235
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
224
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
196
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
186
Satire, English.
177
Women in natural history.
174
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
166
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Subject Period
19th century
1,214
20th century
475
18th century
288
17th century
83
16th century
58
21st century
35
15th century
26
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th century,
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,954
England
1,895
London
1,149
London (England)
444
France
298
United States
238
Italy
209
Edinburgh (Scotland)
186
Scotland
171
Edinburgh
124
Europe
123
India
115
Ireland
115
Wales
109
Oxford (England)
90
Germany
84
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
69
Spain
63
Paris (France)
61
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
84
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
67
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
38
Jesus Christ
32
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
30
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
28
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
26
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
25
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Shirley Smith, Richard
23
Raphael, 1483–1520
22
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
20
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
18
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
123
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
81
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
61
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
53
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
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
22
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
17
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
15
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
7
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
5
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
4
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 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
218
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
136
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
124
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
116
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
66
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
51
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
48
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
47
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
44
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, 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
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
22
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Language
English
16,791
French
522
Latin
364
German
263
Italian
129
Dutch
50
No linguistic content
38
Undetermined
34
Spanish
23
Swedish
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
9
Welsh
9
English, Middle (1100-1500)
8
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
7
Multiple languages
6
Japanese
5
Portuguese
5
Russian
5
Danish
4
Efik
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[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
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Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
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[Metamorphic pictures]
[circa 1775]
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
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
8
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
10
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
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
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
13
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
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