Collection: Reference Library / Period: 19th century / Language: English / Classification: Books

1. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist) / edited by Thomas Landseer.

Creator:: Bewick, William, 1795–1866
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: 2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

2. The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the story of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright ; with over four hundred illustrations.

Creator:: Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: [2], 376 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

3. Recollections of A.W.N. Pugin and his father, Augustus Pugin : with notices of their works / by Benjamin Ferrey ; with an appendix by E. Sheridan Purcell.

Creator:: Ferrey, Benjamin, 1810–1880
Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 473, 12, [3] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

4. Practical carver & gilders' guide and picture frame makers' companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c ... / by a practical hand.

Date:: [ca. 1870]
Physical Description:: 205 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5. Loan collection of pictures by George Stubbs ... and engravings from his works.

Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 52 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

6. Lectures on art delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 / by John Ruskin.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: 189 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

7. The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby" / by William Bemrose ... ; with a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse ; illustrated with two etchings by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, and other plates and woodcuts.

Creator:: Bemrose, William, 1831–1908
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: x, 128 pages, [7] unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 40 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

8. Catalogue of the first special exhibition of national portraits ending with the reign of King James the Second, on loan to the South Kensington museum. April, 1866.

Date:: [1866]
Physical Description:: xi, 202 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

9. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

Creator:: Lodge, Edmund, 1756–1839
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 12 v. in 6 : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

10. A hand-book to Hampton Court : with illustrations and a complete catalogue of the pictures / by Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.) ...

Creator:: Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 108 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

11. A new treatise on flower painting, or, Every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste: also complete directions for producing the various tints. By George Brookshaw ...

Creator:: Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823.
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 36 p. col. front., plates (part col.) 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

12. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

Creator:: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 2 v., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some colored), ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

13. The life of Sir David Wilkie; with his journals, tours, and critical remarks on works of art; and a selection from his correspondence. By Allan Cunningham ...

Creator:: Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: 3 v. front. (port.) 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

14. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

Creator:: Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [8], 46 p., 46 leaves of plates : ill. ; 3l cm
Collection:: Reference Library

15. Memoirs and recollections of the late Abraham Raimbach, esq., engraver ... Including a Memoir of Sir David Wilkie, R.A.: ed. by M.T.S. Raimbach ...

Creator:: Raimbach, Abraham, 1776–1843
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: viii, 203 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

16. The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy / by his son, John Guille Millais ; with 319 illustrations, including nine photogravures.

Creator:: Millais, John Guille, 1865–1931
Date:: 1899
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013

17. The Carlyles' Chelsea home : being some account of no. 5, Cheyne Row / by Reginald Blunt.

Creator:: Blunt, Reginald, 1857–1944
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xvi, 98, [2] pages, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

18. St. Pancras; being antiquarian, topographical, and biographical memoranda, relating to the extensive metropolitan parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex; with some account of the parish from its foundation. By Samuel Palmer...

Creator:: Palmer, Samuel
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: ix, [13]-322 p. incl. illus., front. (map) plates 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

19. Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica / by Edward Lear.

Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

20. Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself, with essays on his life and genius, and criticisms on his works, selected from Walpole, Gilpin, J. Ireland, Lamb, Phillips, and others. To which are added a catalogue of his prints; account of their variations, and principal copies; lists of paintings, drawings, &c. London, J. B. Nichols, 1833.

Anecdotes of William Hogarth, written by himself, with essays on his life and genius, and criticisms on his works, selected from Walpole, Gilpin, J. Ireland, Lamb, Phillips, and others. To which are added a catalogue of his prints; account of their variations, and principal copies; lists of paintings, drawings, &c. London, J. B. Nichols, 1833.

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:: 1970?]
Physical Description:: xii, 415 p. illus. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

21. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... with a memoir by Henry William Beechy.

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1899-1901
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

22. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... to which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice. By Henry William Beechey.

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

23. Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works : gleanings from his diary, unpublished manuscripts and from other sources / by William Cotton ; edited by John Burnet ...

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: xviii, 276 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsims. (part fold.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures, chiefly of the Venetian school ... also, The Rev. W. Mason's observations on Sir Joshua's method of coloring, and some unpublished letters of Dr. Johnson, Malone, and others. With an appendix, containing a tanscript of Sir Joshua Reynolds' account book, showing what pictures he painted and the prices paid for them. Edited by William Cotton ...

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: xii, 107, [1] p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. Les fleuves de France = : The rivers of France / Turner.

Creator:: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:: c1990
Collection:: Reference Library

26. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: c1991
Physical Description:: 209 p. : 54, 12 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

27. Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Physical Description:: 302 p. : 100, 5 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. Illustrations of Milton's Comus : eight drawings by William Blake reproduced by William Griggs.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: 8 col. pl.; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1926
Physical Description:: [8], 70 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal academy of London : offering to sell to the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist...

Creator:: West, Raphael Lamar, 1769–1850
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: 9 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. A catalogue of nine pictures, of the first class : the genuine property of Mr. Raphael West : this collection ... will be highly appreciated, being the last relic of the valuable gallery of Benjamin West, esq. ... : also, a small but valuable collection of paintings, the property of a gentleman of considerable taste ... also an excellent built chariot : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. George Robins ... Covent Garden, on Saturday, the 16th day of July, 1831 ...

Creator:: West, Raphael Lamar, 1769–1850
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, on drawing, geometry, and perspective.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: 92 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. A list of works illustrating sculpture in the National Art Library.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 154 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. The tourist's guide to Wells and the neighborhood : with descriptions of Glastonbury Abbey, Wookey Hole, Cheddar Cliffs, &c. &c.

Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 65 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

35. The practical carver and gilder's guide, and picture frame maker's companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c : interior and exterior gilding : silvering plate glass : the restoration of oil paintings, cleaning old engravings, &c. : with chapters on mitreing-up mouldings, mount cutting, mounting engravings, maps, photographs, etc. : French polishing, varnishing, and staining : and a number of useful receipts / by a practical hand.

Creator:: Savory, Charles H
Date:: [187-?]
Physical Description:: xiv, 201, [7] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

36. History of sculpture, from the earliest ages to the present time. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke ... tr. by F.E. Bunnett...

Creator:: Lübke, Wilhelm, 1826–1893
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 2 v. illus. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

37. The history of Long Melford.

Creator:: Parker, William, Sir, 1826–1891
Date:: 1873
Physical Description:: x, 379 p. 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

38. A history of ancient sculpture, by Lucy M. Mitchell. With numerous illustrations, including six plates in phototype.

Creator:: Mitchell, Lucy Myers Wright, 1845–1888
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: xxxi, 766 p. illus., 6 pl. 28 cm. and atlas of XX pl. 38 x 35 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

39. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary illustrating furniture.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

40. Catalogue of the works of Sir Henry Raeburn,... exhibiting in the Royal academy national galleries, Edinburgh. October and November 1876.

Creator:: Royal Scottish Aacademy
Date:: 1876
Physical Description:: 56 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

41. Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence : to which is added the valuable library of a gentleman ...

Creator:: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: [36] p.
Collection:: Reference Library

42. Catalogue of one hundred and twenty original drawings by the late Benjamin West, Esq. ... ; which will be sold by auction by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby on Saturday, 1st of June, 1839.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: [9] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

43. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, containing biographies of artists and of others connected with the history of art.

Creator:: National Art Library (Great Britain)
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: 261 p. 21cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

44. The history of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry : with a description of the churches, and other public buildings with numerous illustrations ...

Date:: 1979
Physical Description:: 48 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (1 fold.) ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

45. Artizans' dwellings for the city of Dublin, with suggestions for their construction.

Creator:: Geoghegan, Charles
Date:: [18--]
Physical Description:: 16 p. 17 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

46. Catalogue of the reserved portion of the valuable collection of original drawings by early masters the property of the late Benjamin West, Esq. R.A. ... ; also a magnificent drawing by Rubens of The daughter of Herodias presenting the head of John the Baptist to Herod which will be sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby and Son, ... on Wednesday, 11th of May, 1836.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: [9] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

47. Catalogue of copper plates & engravings, the property of the family of Benjamin West ...; some beautiful proofs from the works of J. M. W. Turner which will be sold by auction by Mssrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 10th day of November, 1873.

Creator:: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 9 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

48. A correct catalogue of the works of Mr. West.

Collection:: Reference Library

49. Catalogue of works of the Late John Constable, R.A. comprising upwards of seventy pictures, drawings and sketches in oil, and a large number of drawings in penci and chalk, from the collection of Eustace Constable, Esq., grandson of the painter ; A collection of water-colour drawings (sold by order of the executors) ; and Sixteen drawings by W. Bennett : which will be sold by auction by / Christie, Manson & Woods.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1896]
Physical Description:: 15 leaves ; 28 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

50. An account of Saint Alban's Abbey and the churches of St. Michael, St. Peter, and St. Stephen : with historical illustrations relating to the town and neighborhood.

Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 54 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist) / edited by Thomas Landseer.

2. The works of James Gillray, the caricaturist : with the story of his life and times / edited by Thomas Wright ; with over four hundred illustrations.

3. Recollections of A.W.N. Pugin and his father, Augustus Pugin : with notices of their works / by Benjamin Ferrey ; with an appendix by E. Sheridan Purcell.

4. Practical carver & gilders' guide and picture frame makers' companion : containing information on the various departments of the trade in gilding and re-gilding picture and looking-glass frames, console tables, what-nots, &c ... / by a practical hand.

5. Loan collection of pictures by George Stubbs ... and engravings from his works.

6. Lectures on art delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 / by John Ruskin.

7. The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby" / by William Bemrose ... ; with a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse ; illustrated with two etchings by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, and other plates and woodcuts.

8. Catalogue of the first special exhibition of national portraits ending with the reign of King James the Second, on loan to the South Kensington museum. April, 1866.

9. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

10. A hand-book to Hampton Court : with illustrations and a complete catalogue of the pictures / by Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.) ...

11. A new treatise on flower painting, or, Every lady her own drawing master: containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste: also complete directions for producing the various tints. By George Brookshaw ...

12. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

13. The life of Sir David Wilkie; with his journals, tours, and critical remarks on works of art; and a selection from his correspondence. By Allan Cunningham ...

14. A catalogue of the pictures at Grosvenor House, London : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the noble proprietor, and accompanied by historical notices of the principal works / by John Young ...

15. Memoirs and recollections of the late Abraham Raimbach, esq., engraver ... Including a Memoir of Sir David Wilkie, R.A.: ed. by M.T.S. Raimbach ...

16. The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy / by his son, John Guille Millais ; with 319 illustrations, including nine photogravures.

17. The Carlyles' Chelsea home : being some account of no. 5, Cheyne Row / by Reginald Blunt.

18. St. Pancras; being antiquarian, topographical, and biographical memoranda, relating to the extensive metropolitan parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex; with some account of the parish from its foundation. By Samuel Palmer...

19. Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica / by Edward Lear.

21. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... with a memoir by Henry William Beechy.

22. The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... to which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice. By Henry William Beechey.

23. Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works : gleanings from his diary, unpublished manuscripts and from other sources / by William Cotton ; edited by John Burnet ...

25. Les fleuves de France = : The rivers of France / Turner.

26. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

27. Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.

28. Illustrations of Milton's Comus : eight drawings by William Blake reproduced by William Griggs.

29. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

30. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal academy of London : offering to sell to the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist...

32. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, on drawing, geometry, and perspective.

33. A list of works illustrating sculpture in the National Art Library.

34. The tourist's guide to Wells and the neighborhood : with descriptions of Glastonbury Abbey, Wookey Hole, Cheddar Cliffs, &c. &c.

36. History of sculpture, from the earliest ages to the present time. By Dr. Wilhelm Lübke ... tr. by F.E. Bunnett...

37. The history of Long Melford.

38. A history of ancient sculpture, by Lucy M. Mitchell. With numerous illustrations, including six plates in phototype.

39. List of books and pamphlets in the National Art LIbrary illustrating furniture.

40. Catalogue of the works of Sir Henry Raeburn,... exhibiting in the Royal academy national galleries, Edinburgh. October and November 1876.

41. Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence : to which is added the valuable library of a gentleman ...

42. Catalogue of one hundred and twenty original drawings by the late Benjamin West, Esq. ... ; which will be sold by auction by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby on Saturday, 1st of June, 1839.

43. A list of books and pamphlets in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum, containing biographies of artists and of others connected with the history of art.

44. The history of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry : with a description of the churches, and other public buildings with numerous illustrations ...

45. Artizans' dwellings for the city of Dublin, with suggestions for their construction.

47. Catalogue of copper plates & engravings, the property of the family of Benjamin West ...; some beautiful proofs from the works of J. M. W. Turner which will be sold by auction by Mssrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 10th day of November, 1873.

48. A correct catalogue of the works of Mr. West.

50. An account of Saint Alban's Abbey and the churches of St. Michael, St. Peter, and St. Stephen : with historical illustrations relating to the town and neighborhood.