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Reference Library 20,485
Rare Books and Manuscripts 105

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 137
Ward, Lock & Co 61
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 60
Blake, William, 1757–1827 55
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Tate Gallery 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 45
Fine Art Society 41
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 38
National Trust (Great Britain) 36
National Gallery (Great Britain) 31
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 29
Walker Art Gallery 29
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 28
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 24
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 24
Ashmolean Museum 23
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 23
Constable, John, 1776–1837 23
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co 23
Strong, Roy C 23
Hockney, David, born 1937 22
Lister, Raymond 22
Manchester City Art Gallery 22

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Accessible in the Reference Library 20,485
Accessible in the Study Room 105

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 20,485

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unavailable 20,485

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 4

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Books 20,485

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20th century 20,485

19th century 206
21st century 110
18th century 60
17th century 11
16th century 4

Materials & Techniques

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exhibition catalog 240
history 141
auction catalogue 111
catalog 89
auction catalog 85
exhibition catalogue 45
biographie 37
guidebook 26
biography 25
pictorial work 22
annotations (provenance) 21
criticism, interpretation, etc 18
bibliographie 16
personal correspondence 11
illustrated work 10
publishers' advertisement 10
bibliography 9
booksellers' labels (provenance) 9
dictionarie 9
catalogs (documents) 7
conference papers and proceeding 7
autobiographie 6
diarie 6
portrait 6
art 5
book jacket 5
caricatures and cartoon 5
collective biographie 5
dust jacket 5
pictorial cloth bindings (binding) 5

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 313
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 228
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 194
Rare books -- Catalogs. 171
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 163
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 150
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Great Britain. 132
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 114
Art, British -- Catalogs. 112
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 111
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 105
Furniture -- Catalogs. 101
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 99
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 97
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 96
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 90
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 88
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 82
England. 82
Meriden-Stinehour Press -- Ownership. 82
Art -- Exhibitions. 81
Artists -- England -- Biography. 78

Subject Period

19th century 1,187
20th century 1,037
18th century 529
17th century 356
16th century 83
15th century 17
15th and 16th centuries 10
17th-18th centuries 10
11th century 5
12th century 5
14th century 3
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
19th-20th centuries 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Empire, 284-476 1
Geschichte 1
Justinian I, 527-565 1
Preclassical to ca. B.C. 100 1
Quaternary 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 2,633
England 2,546
London 416
London (England) 400
Scotland 308
United States 185
Europe 174
Ireland 170
Australia 98
Wales 96
Italy 89
India 87
France 82
Edinburgh 38
Devon (England) 35
Middle East 33
England London 31
New York (State) 31
Cornwall (England : County) 30
Birmingham 29
California 29
Thames River (England) 28
Germany 27
Kent (England) 27
Dublin 26
Sussex (England) 26
Netherlands 25
Liverpool 24
Washington (D.C.) 24
Connecticut 23

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 250
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 205
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 103
Constable, John, 1776–1837 100
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 87
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 77
Morris, William, 1834–1896 74
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 67
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 66
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 65
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 63
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 49
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 49
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 46
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 42
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 42
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 40
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 39
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 36
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 34
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 32
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 31
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 29
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 28
Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880–1959 28
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 28
Mellon, Paul, Mrs 27
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872–1898 26

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22616098280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22617838750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618498320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22620788060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22625039730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631445540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631765680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941 1
22638020430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22638020450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22653784930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22656117160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666743720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph Hyde 1
22666752560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22674477060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22674477070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22677870460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22691798250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699382080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22701529210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22706752710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22706775400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22706775410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22715939710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22716270380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22718288070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22718315030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22726684670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941 1
22728855490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22728902370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 1

Language

English 20,485

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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective... [Read more]

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Wilson, Richard

Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los... [Read more]

c1996
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, 1894-1982, and two wives, Winifred Nicholson, 1893-1981,... [Read more]

1996
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs (1724-1806), rare prints

c1985
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1957
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

1974
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

The catalogue of a centenary memorial exhibition of John Constable

1937
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Sketch-books of 1813 and 1814 reproduced in facsimile

1973
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable

c1976
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable oil sketches

1966
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

The letters of John Constable, to C.R. Leslie, 1826-1837,

1931
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837)

1988
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Sketches

[c1953]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable

1971
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

An important Dedham landscape by John Constable ...

1990
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

John Constable R. A., 1776-1837

1976
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Exhibition of drawings by John Constable

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