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Reference Library 39,137
Rare Books and Manuscripts 172

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Sotheby's (Firm) 159
Victoria and Albert Museum 153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Christie, Manson & Woods 137
John Murray (Firm) 131
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 129
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 85
Blake, William, 1757–1827 73
Arts Council of Great Britain 70
Ward, Lock & Co 67
Fine Art Society 66
Tate Gallery 66
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 63
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 61
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Hockney, David, born 1937 49
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
National Trust (Great Britain) 44
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
National Gallery (Great Britain) 43
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 42
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 35
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 34
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 33
Walker Art Gallery 32
Yale Center for British Art 32
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 31

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Accessible in the Reference Library 39,137
Accessible in the Study Room 172

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Under Certain Circumstances 39,137

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unavailable 39,137

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New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 197

Classification

Books 36,487
Articles & Chapters 1,451
Periodicals 785
Videos 204
Computer Files 148
Maps & Atlas (printed) 26
Dissertations & Theses 22
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Music (printed) 2
Archives & Manuscripts 1
Musical Sound Recordings 1
Paintings 1
Photographs 1
Prints 1

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Period

20th century 23,262
21st century 13,760
19th century 1,896
18th century 90
17th century 19
16th century 5

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exhibition catalog 1,021
history 590
auction catalog 324
catalog 261
criticism, interpretation, etc 189
exhibition catalogue 140
biographie 135
auction catalogue 113
biography 96
pictorial work 86
guidebook 66
periodical 59
art 48
illustrated work 43
interview 39
conference papers and proceeding 30
annotations (provenance) 29
catalogues d'exposition 29
portrait 25
catalogues raisonné 23
bibliographie 19
dictionarie 19
bibliography 18
handbooks and manual 18
personal correspondence 18
booksellers' labels (provenance) 17
publishers' advertisement 16
catalogs (documents) 15
wood engraving 14
exhibition, pictorial work 13

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Subject Terms

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Rare books -- Catalogs. 643
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 637
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 588
Great Britain. 522
Art, British -- Catalogs. 493
Furniture -- Catalogs. 399
Auction catalogs. 333
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 327
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 278
Art -- Catalogs. 256
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 248
England. 238
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 237
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 207
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 205
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 200
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 194
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- Catalogs. 174
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 167
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 164
Ceramics -- Catalogs. 164
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 157
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 156
Art, British. 151
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 150
Painting -- Catalogs. 150
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 149

Subject Period

20th century 3,114
19th century 2,371
18th century 1,157
17th century 608
21st century 306
16th century 216
15th century 31
17th-18th centuries 23
15th and 16th centuries 16
11th century 7
12th century 5
Geschichte 5
14th century 4
18th-19th centuries 2
19th-20th centuries 2
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 2
To 400 2
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
16th-17th centuries 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
20th centuy 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,966
England 4,181
London (England) 771
London 753
Scotland 518
United States 389
Europe 370
Ireland 354
Australia 201
Italy 190
India 178
France 177
Wales 173
England London 118
Germany 75
Middle East 70
Canada 67
New York (State) 61
Edinburgh 59
Netherlands 57
Devon (England) 54
Connecticut 50
Cornwall (England : County) 50
New York 47
Yorkshire (England) 46
Kent (England) 45
New Haven 44
California 43
Birmingham 41
Thames River (England) 41

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 399
Blake, William, 1757–1827 359
Constable, John, 1776–1837 176
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 148
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 141
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 140
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 129
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 126
Morris, William, 1834–1896 124
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 123
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 117
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 116
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 114
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 98
Hockney, David, born 1937 76
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 73
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 70
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 68
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 68
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 65
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 65
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 61
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 61
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 58
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 53
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 51
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 48
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 45
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 44

Exhibition History

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1

Credit Line

22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22610884020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
22611011110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 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
22619545340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jessica Helfand, Yale BA 1982, MFA 1989 1
22620788060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson 1
22625039730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22628427390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013 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
22633615320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 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
22642870730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22643570570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 1
22652018150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 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
22667650850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22672647830008651|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
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

Language

English 37,371
French 398
German 385
Italian 142
Spanish 64
Dutch 49
Japanese 40
Undetermined 31
Russian 24
Latin 15
Multiple languages 15
Portuguese 11
Welsh 10
Chinese 7
Swedish 7
Polish 6
Danish 4
Hebrew 4
Estonian 3
Afrikaans 2
Dakota 2
Greek, Modern (1453- ) 2
Hungarian 2
Icelandic 2
Norwegian 2
Catalan 1
Croatian 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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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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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

How to draw horses,

[1943]
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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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

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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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

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

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

Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough

1962
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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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

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, rétrospective de l'œuvre graphique, 1925-1969

1977
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

2012
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs

2006
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2002
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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

Ben Nicholson, new reliefs

[1971]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

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

Ben Nicholson

c1992
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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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