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Reference Library 21,469
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,073

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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) 61
Ward, Lock & Co 61
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Tate Gallery 48
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 46
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 45
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 44
Fine Art Society 42
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 38
National Trust (Great Britain) 37
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
National Gallery (Great Britain) 31
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 30
Walker Art Gallery 29
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 27
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
Hockney, David, born 1937 25
National Gallery of Scotland 25
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24
Manchester City Art Gallery 24
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 24
Strong, Roy C 24
Ashmolean Museum 23

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Accessible in the Reference Library 21,469
Accessible in the Study Room 3,073

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 24,436

Image Available

unavailable 24,385
available 51

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 7

Classification

Books 24,436

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,436

19th century 270
21st century 116
18th century 84
17th century 23
16th century 13
15th century 7

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

exhibition catalog 459
artists' book 379
private press books (publishing) 314
wood engraving 280
ephemera 181
photomechanical print 149
history 148
auction catalogue 116
catalog 103
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 84
poem 66
accordion fold format (binding) 63
livres d'artiste 53
poetry 50
biographie 48
engraving 48
advertisement 41
etching 38
fiction 37
guidebook 35
screen print 35
memorial card 32
pictorial work 31
memorial work 30
dust jacket 29
dust jackets (binding) 29
bookmark 28
botanical illustration 28
chromolithograph 28

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 390
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 320
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 206
Rare books -- Catalogs. 183
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 164
Great Britain. 157
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 150
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 133
Painting, British -- 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
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 118
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 115
Art, British -- Catalogs. 112
Fox hunting. 111
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 105
Furniture -- Catalogs. 104
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 99
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 99
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 96
England. 91
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 91

Subject Period

20th century 1,321
19th century 1,274
18th century 572
17th century 394
16th century 101
15th century 21
15th and 16th centuries 16
17th-18th centuries 14
11th century 7
12th century 5
14th century 4
19th-20th centuries 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
58 B.C.-511 A.D 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 3,414
England 2,945
London 640
London (England) 431
Scotland 318
United States 273
Ireland 195
Europe 192
France 140
Italy 112
Australia 108
Wales 104
India 95
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Edinburgh 49
Germany 45
New York (State) 38
Middle East 37
Devon (England) 35
England London 34
Oxford 34
Cambridge 33
Thames River (England) 33
California 31
Birmingham 30
Cornwall (England : County) 30
Glasgow 29
Oxford (England) 29
Dublin 28
Netherlands 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 112
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 94
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 92
Morris, William, 1834–1896 79
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 79
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 73
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 72
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 69
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 57
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 52
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 50
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 49
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 46
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 45
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
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 35
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 34
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) 15
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 23,373
German 250
French 247
Italian 80
Dutch 33
Japanese 27
Spanish 24
Undetermined 20
Russian 17
Welsh 16
Latin 11
Polish 5
Swedish 5
Portuguese 4
Multiple languages 3
Icelandic 2
Norwegian 2
Danish 1
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
English, Old (ca. 450-1100) 1
Hebrew 1
Korean 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)

[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August... [Read more]

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
London

[approximately 1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
Freemasons. Chilterns Lodge, No. 4634 (Buckinghamshire, England)

Ladies' Festival : Wednesday, 6th November, 1929 : Wharncliffe Rooms,... [Read more]

1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and... [Read more]

[1943]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard White Star, ltd

Menu

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kindergarten and transition class

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Empire Exhibition (1938 : Glasgow, Scotland)

Souvenir of the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938

[1938]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival pleasure gardens

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of... [Read more]

MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ten years of Uzbekistan

1994
Accessible in the Study Room
Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling

[between 1910 and 1925]
Accessible in the Study Room
The book of Jonah taken from the authorized version of King James I

1926
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Father's garden

1989
Accessible in the Study Room
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)

Stevens Art Gallery

early 20th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Lydiat, Anne

Without

[1999]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977

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