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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Bonnell, Mandy
3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Bush, Tracey
2
Cracknall, James
2
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
2
Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
2
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
2
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Unknown
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777
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
736
Free to Use
41
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Unavailable
554
Available
223
New Additions
2023-2024
29
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Period
19th century
536
20th century
125
18th century
121
21st century
18
17th century
17
15th century
9
16th century
8
14th century
1
Materials & Techniques
felt (textile)
1
lithography
1
Work Type
ephemera
157
ink drawing
148
watercolor
138
blank form
97
diarie
95
financial record
90
correspondence
86
billhead
74
engraving
72
receipts (financial records)
71
graphite drawing
69
botanical illustration
46
photograph
45
commonplace book
39
invoice
39
sketchbook
36
travel literature
32
notebook
29
account book
28
herbaria
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
54
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
39
English poetry -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
22
Pressed flower pictures.
22
Women in natural history.
21
Grand tours (Education)
19
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
19
Italy -- Description and travel.
18
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
17
Painters -- Great Britain.
17
France -- Description and travel.
16
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
16
Fashion -- Great Britain.
15
Woolen goods industry -- Great Britain.
14
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
13
Food -- Great Britain.
12
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership.
12
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
12
Storefronts -- Great Britain.
12
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Subject Period
19th century
161
18th century
42
20th century
26
17th century
3
16th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
339
England
43
London (England)
32
France
29
Italy
29
Switzerland
18
Europe
17
India
14
Belgium
12
Germany
12
London
12
Manchester (England)
9
Rome (Italy)
9
Scotland
9
Egypt
6
Ireland
6
Yorkshire (England)
6
Liverpool (England)
5
Paris (France)
5
Austria
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Associated People
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
6
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
6
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
6
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
4
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
4
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
4
Stevenson, Robert W., active 1881–1891
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
3
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Strathallan, James Andrew John Lawrence Charles Drummond, Viscount, 1767–1851
3
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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)
20
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
14
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15-August 10, 2014)
1
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
29
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
20
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
4
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale BA 1952
1
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy Linda Benedict-Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cathy Courtney
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
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Language
English
726
French
9
Italian
6
Latin
5
English, Middle (1100-1500)
3
German
3
No linguistic content
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Danish
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
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German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
1
Japanese
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Spanish
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29
1773 January 29
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Alphabet
1857
5
Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
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Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
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Bill from the Daily Post Waggon Office, Edinburgh for carriage expenses fo Mr. G. Alexander, Banff
4th November, 1812
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Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
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Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Journal in Portugal, Spain and France
1812-1814
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Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
1788
11
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke
1850
12
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855
[1855]
13
Roche, Patrick (Bootmaker)
Billhead recording shoes purchased by Mr. Roberts from P. Roche, boot maker, Liverpool
1850
14
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
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M. &. H. Corps
Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps
[1848]
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