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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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19,522
Reference Library
175
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
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
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
29
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
28
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On-site Access
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19,522
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
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Under Certain Circumstances
19,515
Free to Use
7
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19,522
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2024-2025
75
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Books
16,188
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
604
Archives & Manuscripts
550
Prints
523
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
19,519
female
3
Period
19th century
10,637
20th century
3,907
18th century
2,457
21st century
856
17th century
467
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
1,792
engraving
1,239
lithograph
1,167
aquatint
1,033
artists' book
858
auction catalog
774
ephemera
754
chromolithograph
603
etching
534
woodcut
417
map
401
armorial bookplates (provenance)
351
private press books (publishing)
313
accordion fold format (binding)
309
exhibition catalog
305
photomechanical print
286
photograph
280
drawing book
268
incunabula
260
recreation
255
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
820
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.
197
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
1,226
20th century
481
18th century
290
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
3,993
England
1,896
London
1,149
London (England)
445
France
298
United States
238
Italy
210
Edinburgh (Scotland)
186
Scotland
173
Edinburgh
124
Europe
123
India
116
Ireland
116
Wales
109
Oxford (England)
90
Germany
85
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
71
Spain
63
Paris (France)
62
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
86
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
67
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
41
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
35
Jesus Christ
32
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
31
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
29
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
25
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
24
Shirley Smith, Richard
24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Raphael, 1483–1520
22
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
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)
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)
41
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
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
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
3
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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.
117
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
67
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.
44
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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Language
English
16,858
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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Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
2
[Metamorphic pictures]
[circa 1775]
3
[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
4
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
5
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
6
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
7
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
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
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
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
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
14
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
15
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
16
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[1863]
17
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrated excursions in Italy
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
18
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Teapots and quails
1953
19
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
20
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.
1851
21
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[between 1868 and 1871]
22
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense ..
1856]
23
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
24
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Indian Journal
1953
25
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Nonsensus
1988
26
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense
[1846]
27
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear's journals
1952
29
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
The book of nonsense
[approximately 1916?]
30
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
31
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
32
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"
[approximately 1908?]
33
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen
1973
34
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
[between 1860 and 1870?]
35
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1833]
36
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth,
[between 1837 and 1848]
37
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake
1965
38
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Original and genuine works
1820-1822
39
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
40
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.
[1837?]
41
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
1838
42
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Hogarth restored
1812
43
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Prints published by W. Hogarth
1762
44
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
45
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized
[183-?]
46
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1849?]
47
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1771
MDCCLXXII [1772]
49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1782
M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures
1859
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