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Reference Library 20,484
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,016

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 137
Blake, William, 1757–1827 63
Ward, Lock & Co 61
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 60
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Tate Gallery 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 45
Fine Art Society 41
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 38
National Trust (Great Britain) 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 34
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 31
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
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 24
Constable, John, 1776–1837 24
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 24
Ashmolean Museum 23
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 23
Dilnot, John 23
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co 23
Strong, Roy C 23
Hockney, David, born 1937 22

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Accessible in the Reference Library 20,484
Accessible in the Study Room 3,016

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Under Certain Circumstances 23,373
Free to Use 22

Image Available

unavailable 23,322
available 73

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 5

Classification

Books 23,395

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Period

20th century 23,395

19th century 255
21st century 113
18th century 77
17th century 20
16th century 10
15th century 5

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

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Work Type

exhibition catalog 446
artists' book 373
private press books (publishing) 313
wood engraving 266
ephemera 191
history 146
photomechanical print 146
auction catalogue 116
catalog 101
auction catalog 91
exhibition catalogue 82
poem 66
accordion fold format (binding) 62
livres d'artiste 51
poetry 50
engraving 48
advertisement 47
biographie 45
etching 37
fiction 37
guidebook 34
screen print 34
bookmark 31
pictorial work 31
memorial card 30
dust jackets (binding) 29
memorial work 28
biography 27
dust jacket 27
lithograph 27

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Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 385
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 313
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 196
Rare books -- Catalogs. 171
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 163
Great Britain. 156
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 150
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 132
Auction catalogs. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 119
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 116
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 114
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 114
Art, British -- Catalogs. 112
Fox hunting. 111
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 105
Furniture -- Catalogs. 101
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 97
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 96
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 90
England. 88
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 88

Subject Period

20th century 1,286
19th century 1,240
18th century 553
17th century 369
16th century 94
15th century 18
15th and 16th centuries 11
17th-18th centuries 10
11th century 7
12th century 5
14th century 4
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
19th-20th 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
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Empire, 284-476 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,361
England 2,885
London 639
London (England) 428
Scotland 317
United States 266
Ireland 195
Europe 181
Australia 108
France 104
Italy 100
Wales 99
India 95
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Edinburgh 50
New York (State) 38
Devon (England) 35
Middle East 35
England London 34
Oxford 34
Thames River (England) 33
Cambridge 32
California 31
Birmingham 30
Cornwall (England : County) 30
Germany 30
Glasgow 29
Dublin 28
New York 28
Kent (England) 27

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 258
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 208
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 108
Constable, John, 1776–1837 102
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 94
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 79
Morris, William, 1834–1896 78
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 76
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 68
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 68
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 51
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 51
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 50
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 46
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 42
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 41
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 40
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 39
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 34
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 33
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 31
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 30
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 28
Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880–1959 28
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 28
Gill, Eric, 1882–1940 27

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
“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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 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 23,395

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Accessible in the Study Room
Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

1963
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
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in knitting for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes

[1935]
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
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)

M'Lagan & Cumming

[1908?]
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
Harrow School

Harrow School

1931
Accessible in the Study Room
List of dances

[ca. 1920?]
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
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows

1924-1925
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
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]

[approximately 1970?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

[1907]
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
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946

Dorset

[1936]
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
St. John Ambulance Association

The triangular bandage

[circa 1915?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950

B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint... [Read more]

[1923]
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
In loving memory of Betsy Ann

[1924]
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
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund

[approximately 1913?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard White Star, ltd

Menu

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]

[approximately 1930?]
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

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