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Rare Books and Manuscripts
8,850
Reference Library
1,600
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
120
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
103
John Murray (Firm)
96
Christie, Manson & Woods
79
Britton, John, 1771–1857
56
Phillips, H., -1840
38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
33
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
30
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
28
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
24
Morris, William, 1834–1896
23
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
22
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
22
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
22
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
21
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
8,850
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1,600
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
9,947
Free to Use
465
Image Available
Unavailable
9,887
Available
525
New Additions
2023-2024
10
Classification
Books
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10,412
Creator Gender
unknown
10,410
female
2
Period
19th century
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20th century
255
18th century
109
17th century
25
21st century
18
16th century
12
15th century
6
Work Type
wood engraving
1,382
lithograph
895
aquatint
861
auction catalog
625
engraving
549
chromolithograph
434
etching
251
chromoxylograph
220
ephemera
208
armorial bookplates (provenance)
196
drawing book
180
steel engraving
176
advertisement
133
publisher's advertisement
127
lithotint
119
publishers' advertisement
119
soft-ground etching
119
catalog
117
prospectuse
111
stipple engraving
105
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Subject Terms
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
563
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
557
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
479
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
355
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
324
London Institution -- Ownership.
235
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
233
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
230
Drawing -- Technique.
161
Drawing books -- Specimens.
154
Satire, English.
138
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher.
133
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
129
Voyages and travels.
128
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
115
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
112
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance.
107
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
103
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
102
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
97
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Subject Period
19th century
961
18th century
88
20th century
46
17th century
23
16th century
18
15th century
7
11th century
2
15th and 16th centuries
2
Alfred, 871-899
2
To 500
2
13th century
1
18h century
1
19h century
1
19th Century
1
6th century
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B. C
1
To 332 B.C
1
To 400
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
1,823
England
1,228
London
768
London (England)
299
Edinburgh (Scotland)
157
India
113
Scotland
113
Italy
112
France
92
United States
88
Edinburgh
87
Wales
71
Europe
68
Ireland
59
Oxford (England)
58
Glasgow (Scotland)
49
Egypt
47
Hammersmith
47
Brighton (England)
46
Lake District (England)
43
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
44
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
33
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
32
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
28
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
26
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
23
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
22
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
22
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
20
Britton, John, 1771–1857
17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
Raphael, 1483–1520
16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
15
Jesus Christ
14
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
13
Glover, John, 1767–1849
12
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
12
Franklin, John, 1786–1847
11
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
117
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
73
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
26
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
16
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
13
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
12
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
10
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
8
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
4
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
2
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009)
2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
73
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
23
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth and Horace Tower in memory of Cynthia Gay Wright
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Coleman O. Parsons, Yale PhD 1931
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Ph.D. 1978.
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
5
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Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
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Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
The boke of Saint Albans,
1881
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Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans
1975
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
The noble & joyous boke entytled Le Morte Darthur
1934
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535
A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of a publique weale, & of the new yle, called Utopia
MCMXXIX [1929]
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Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
A booke in Englysh metre,
1910
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Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world
1978
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Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
11
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
The gardeners labyrinth
1982
12
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
13
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
A survey of London,
1908
14
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
The English husbandman
1982
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G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668
Essayes and characters of a prison and prisoners
1821
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