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Reference Library 21,646
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,024

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 137
Blake, William, 1757–1827 65
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 63
Ward, Lock & Co 61
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Tate Gallery 49
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 46
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 45
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 45
Fine Art Society 42
National Trust (Great Britain) 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 38
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
National Gallery (Great Britain) 30
Walker Art Gallery 30
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 27
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Ashmolean Museum 25
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
Hockney, David, born 1937 25
National Gallery of Scotland 25
Manchester City Art Gallery 24
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 24
Strong, Roy C 24
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 23

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Accessible in the Reference Library 21,646
Accessible in the Study Room 3,024

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Under Certain Circumstances 24,563

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unavailable 24,563

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2024 - 2025 6

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Books 24,563

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20th century 24,563

19th century 269
21st century 116
18th century 83
17th century 23
16th century 13
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

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exhibition catalog 453
artists' book 369
private press books (publishing) 312
wood engraving 277
ephemera 156
history 146
photomechanical print 145
auction catalogue 116
catalog 101
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 81
poem 65
accordion fold format (binding) 61
livres d'artiste 52
poetry 50
engraving 47
biographie 45
advertisement 38
etching 38
fiction 37
screen print 35
guidebook 32
memorial card 31
pictorial work 31
memorial work 30
dust jacket 29
dust jackets (binding) 29
biography 28
bookmark 28
botanical illustration 28

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Artists' books -- Great Britain. 380
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 321
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 231
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 209
Rare books -- Catalogs. 184
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 164
Great Britain. 159
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 151
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 135
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 133
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 131
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 123
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 115
Art, British -- Catalogs. 112
Fox hunting. 111
Furniture -- Catalogs. 110
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 106
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 100
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 99
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 99
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 91
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 90
Art -- Exhibitions. 87

Subject Period

20th century 1,326
19th century 1,282
18th century 569
17th century 396
16th century 99
15th century 23
15th and 16th centuries 16
17th-18th centuries 14
11th century 8
12th century 5
14th century 4
19th-20th centuries 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Empire, 284-476 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,420
England 2,941
London 637
London (England) 429
Scotland 318
United States 273
Ireland 195
Europe 193
France 140
Italy 110
Australia 107
Wales 104
India 95
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Edinburgh 49
Germany 46
Middle East 38
New York (State) 37
Devon (England) 35
Oxford 34
Cambridge 32
Thames River (England) 32
California 31
Birmingham 30
Cornwall (England : County) 30
England London 30
Glasgow 29
Dublin 28
Netherlands 28
Oxford (England) 28

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 265
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 238
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 113
Constable, John, 1776–1837 111
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 95
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 92
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 80
Morris, William, 1834–1896 79
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 73
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 71
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 69
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 57
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 52
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 49
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 49
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 47
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 44
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 43
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 42
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 41
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 40
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 35
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 35
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 32
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 31
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543 31
Hockney, David, born 1937 30
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 28

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 9
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1

Credit Line

22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22711731110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711731170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22781079680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert. 2
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606039610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606091430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606096070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606107810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606110530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606125190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606514650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22606930130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22607144580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607197660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607246420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607597140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607654640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607664040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607685220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607686490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607686500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608025680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 1
22608105100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608108990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608114850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nigel Hamway 1
22608123860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22608141520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 23,461
German 263
French 251
Italian 82
Dutch 33
Japanese 27
Spanish 24
Undetermined 20
Russian 17
Welsh 16
Latin 13
Polish 5
Swedish 5
Multiple languages 4
Portuguese 4
Icelandic 2
Norwegian 2
Danish 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Hebrew 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Wilson, Richard

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

c1996
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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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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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

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

1979
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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

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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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

1980
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough, 1727-1788

[c1981]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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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

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

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

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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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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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1992
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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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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1995
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1993
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1985]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1951
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1976
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1990
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

[c1974]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs in the 1760s;

[1970?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomical works of George Stubbs

1974
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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), rare prints

c1985
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable oil sketches

1966
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable

c1976
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

John Constable;

1969
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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

1971
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

The catalogue of a centenary memorial exhibition of John Constable

1937

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