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Reference Library 13,172
Rare Books and Manuscripts 15

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Sotheby's (Firm) 157
Christie, Manson & Woods 132
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 50
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 23
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 20
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 20
Hockney, David, born 1937 19
Yale Center for British Art 19
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 18
Public Catalogue Foundation 18
Christie's South Kensington, Ltd 16
Hodgkin, Howard, Sir, 1932–2017 15
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 15
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 14
Gormley, Antony, Sir, born 1950 14
Mowl, Tim 14
Roach, Joseph R., 1947– 14
Bryant, Julius 13
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941 13
Richard Green (Gallery : London, England) 13
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 12
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 12
Blake, William, 1757–1827 11
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 11
Barringer, T. J 10
Fine Art Society 10
Hoyland, John, 1934–2011 10
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 9
Cork, Richard 9

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Accessible in the Reference Library 13,172
Accessible in the Study Room 15

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Under Certain Circumstances 13,172

Image Available

unavailable 13,172

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 182

Classification

Books 12,868
Videos 183
Periodicals 81
Articles & Chapters 11
Dissertations & Theses 11
Maps & Atlas (printed) 8
Computer Files 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3

Collective Title

Period

21st century 13,172

20th century 160
19th century 19
18th century 4

Materials & Techniques

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Work Type

exhibition catalog 710
history 438
auction catalog 237
criticism, interpretation, etc 168
catalog 163
biographie 94
exhibition catalogue 92
biography 72
pictorial work 64
art 42
guidebook 39
interview 36
illustrated work 32
catalogues d'exposition 27
periodical 22
catalogues raisonné 21
conference papers and proceeding 20
portrait 18
handbooks and manual 15
exhibition, pictorial work 12
price list 12
ausstellung 9
bibliography 8
case studie 8
catalogs (documents) 8
dictionarie 8
notebooks, sketchbooks, etc 8
source 8
personal correspondence 7
photobook 7

Genre

Subject Terms

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 628
Rare books -- Catalogs. 405
Great Britain. 383
Art, British -- Catalogs. 375
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 355
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 301
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 285
Furniture -- Catalogs. 276
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 223
Auction catalogs. 204
Silver -- Catalogs. 192
Art -- Catalogs. 181
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 157
England. 150
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 147
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 122
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 121
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 116
Maps -- Catalogs. 99
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 97
Painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 89
Art, European -- Catalogs. 84
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 84
Art, British. 78
England -- London. 77
Prints, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 77
Photography, Artistic. 74
Prints, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 71
Painting, Modern -- Catalogs. 67
Watercolor painting, Irish -- Catalogs. 66

Subject Period

20th century 1,899
19th century 1,023
18th century 523
21st century 290
17th century 176
16th century 121
15th century 12
17th-18th centuries 7
Geschichte 4
11th century 2
14th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
20th centuy 1
England 1
Great Britain 1
India 1
London 1
New York (State) 1
South America 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 1,826
England 1,169
London 220
United States 157
Europe 143
London (England) 140
Scotland 137
Ireland 136
Australia 91
India 83
England London 79
Canada 47
Italy 42
Wales 39
France 31
Middle East 31
Connecticut 25
New Haven 25
New York (State) 25
New York 20
Jamaica 17
Edinburgh 16
Germany 15
Groebritannien 15
Venice (Italy) 15
California 12
Egypt 11
Massachusetts 11
America 10
Caribbean Area 10

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 63
Blake, William, 1757–1827 62
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 60
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 52
Constable, John, 1776–1837 50
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 43
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 41
Morris, William, 1834–1896 41
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 39
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 37
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 36
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 35
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 34
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 33
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 33
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 33
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 24
Gormley, Antony, Sir, born 1950 23
Hodgkin, Howard, Sir, 1932–2017 23
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 23
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 22
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 21
Rego, Paula, Dame, 1935–2022 21
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 20
Scully, Sean, 1945– 19
Hamilton, Richard, 1922–2011 18
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946 18

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22619545340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jessica Helfand, Yale BA 1982, MFA 1989 1
22633615320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 1
22667650850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22681489460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the author 1
22681603200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22681603220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22722767380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22731449190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22773882670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jason Bacon, Yale BA 1956 1
22783628090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22783645070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22859011880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the publisher 1
22894681760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of The Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation 1
22911349380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22959467040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1

Language

English 13,172

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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An exceptional sporting painting

2015
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2019
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2006
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

2012
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable's clouds

c2000
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable

[2015]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable's skies

2004
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's nonsense birds

[2013]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds

2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake in Sussex

2018
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

[2014]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's modern world

2020
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner and the elements

c2011
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The divine comedy, William Blake = William Blake, Die Göttliche Komödie =... [Read more]

c2000
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's Divine comedy illustrations

2008
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

2014
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The 'Wilson' sketchbook

2020
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

[2020]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Seen in my visions

2009
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Genesis

c2012
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake

c2000
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Tours of Durham and Richmondshire

c2006
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

England's eye witness

[2017]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2016
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's secret sketches

2012
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's last sketchbook

[2024]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Selected poetry and prose

c2000
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Venice

2014
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2018
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

William Blake's watercolour inventions in illustration of The... [Read more]

2009
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Conversations with Turner

2019
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Turner, J. M. W. (James Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

[2000?]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

J.M.W. Turner

2007
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The directory of music foundations

2009-
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Nemiroff, Diana

Elusive paradise

c2001
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After 1851

2017
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Important British pictures

2003
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De Renzi, Silvia

Instruments in print

c2000
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Contemporary art, Afternoon ...

2003
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Bullen, J. B

Rossetti

c2011
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Abstraction III

c2003
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Collecting and empires

2019
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A century of prints in Britain

2017
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Wax, Carol, 1953–

The mezzotint

[2023]
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Andres, Sophia, 1950–

The pre-Raphaelite art of the Victorian novel

c2005
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Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942–2011

London

c 2006
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The Marshall B. Coyne collection

2001
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Gabo, Naum, 1890–1977

Gabo and colour

2003
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Impressionist/modern works on paper

2008
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Silver and plate ...

2001
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Icon Gilding and decorative Surfaces Group Conference (2013 : London)

Conserving context

2014
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Thompson, Jon, 1936–

Richard Deacon

2000
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Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Two centuries of British drawings, watercolours and oil sketches

[2025]
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Rodin

2006
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Collier, Patrick

Modern print artefacts

[2016]
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Rice, Brian, 1936–

Brian Rice

©2014
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Schütze, Paul

Paul Schütze

c2008
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The Forbes collection of American historical documents

2002
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Transient print

[2023]
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Contemporary art

2015
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Fraser, Peter, born 1953

Peter Fraser

2006
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Modern British and Irish art ...

2014
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Yankees in King George's court

2009
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Brooker, William, 1918–1983

William Brooker, 1912-1983

2004
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Guidelines on pollution control in museum buildings

2000]
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Baker, Christopher, 1967–

English drawings and watercolours 1600-1900

2011
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Innes, Callum, 1962–

Callum Innes

[2016]
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Stapleton, Annamarie

John Moyr Smith, 1839-1912

2002
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Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc

Impressionist and modern art

[2018]
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Hunt, John Dixon

The art of Ruskin and the spirit of place

2020
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Dogs in show and field

2015
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Walsham, Alexandra, 1966–

The reformation of the landscape

2011
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Dirt

2011
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Benezit dictionary of British graphic artists and illustrators

2012
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Henry Moore studios & gardens

2020
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Love, labour & loss

2002
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The Scottish colourists

2000
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Barker, Ian

Anthony Caro

2004
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Snyder, Reba Fishman

Gainsborough

[2018]
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Hartley, Keith

Andy Warhol & Eduardo Paolozzi

2018
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The enchantress, Emma, Lady Hamilton

2011
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Lewis, C. T. Courtney

The Le Blond Book 1920
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Travel, atlases natural history and maps

2000
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Heads of the people

c2000
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Williams, Evelyn A

The art of Denis Williams

2012
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20th century British art

2007
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Heffernan, James A. W

Cultivating picturacy

2006
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McBey, James, 1883–1959

The wonderful world of James McBey

[2022]
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Shonibare, Yinka, CBE, born 1962

Yinka Shonibare selects

[2005]

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