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Reference Library
22,189
Rare Books and Manuscripts
3,941
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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
Victoria and Albert Museum
144
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
70
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
68
Blake, William, 1757–1827
64
Ward, Lock & Co
64
Tate Gallery
63
Fine Art Society
52
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
48
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
42
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
40
National Trust (Great Britain)
40
Clark, Thomas A
39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943
38
National Gallery (Great Britain)
38
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
36
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
31
Walker Art Gallery
31
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd
29
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22,189
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
3,976
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Under Certain Circumstances
26,008
Free to Use
45
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Unavailable
25,885
Available
168
New Additions
2024-2025
3
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Books
23,405
Articles & Chapters
1,310
Periodicals
473
Archives & Manuscripts
158
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
120
Music (printed)
118
Postcards
112
Prints
93
Videos
47
Maps & Atlas (printed)
45
Photographs
41
Computer Files
13
Drawings & Watercolors
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11
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26,052
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20th century
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19th century
347
21st century
201
18th century
94
17th century
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16th century
10
15th century
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ink
2
photographic paper
2
albumen process
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engraving (action)
1
gelatin silver process
1
graphite (mineral)
1
laid paper
1
plywood
1
steel engraving (printing process)
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watercolor (paint)
1
wove paper
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artists' book
473
ephemera
454
exhibition catalog
452
private press books (publishing)
313
wood engraving
281
photomechanical print
215
photograph
140
postcard
134
history
122
auction catalogue
116
sheet music
107
catalog
97
auction catalog
91
memorial card
90
chromolithograph
88
accordion fold format (binding)
77
exhibition catalogue
75
advertisement
71
poem
71
periodical
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
509
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
314
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
252
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
217
Rare books -- Catalogs.
171
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs.
150
Great Britain.
148
Blake, William, 1757–1827.
137
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions.
133
Auction catalogs.
129
Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
127
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851.
121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs.
116
Art, British -- Catalogs.
115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs.
114
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20th century
1,505
19th century
1,295
18th century
591
17th century
390
16th century
98
15th century
19
17th-18th centuries
12
15th and 16th centuries
11
11th century
6
12th century
5
14th century
4
21st century
2
Description and travel
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Elizabeth II
2
Geschichte
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Justinian I, 527-565
2
10e siècle
1
13th century
1
16th-17th centuries
1
17th cenury
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Great Britain
3,934
England
3,100
London
719
London (England)
590
Scotland
367
United States
309
Ireland
227
Europe
193
Italy
117
Australia
115
France
113
Wales
109
India
104
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Edinburgh
56
New York (State)
43
Germany
41
Middle East
38
Devon (England)
36
Thames River (England)
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
287
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
221
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
110
Constable, John, 1776–1837
107
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
104
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
93
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
85
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
82
Morris, William, 1834–1896
82
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
74
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
74
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
63
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
53
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
51
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
49
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
43
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
40
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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)
17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
“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
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
145
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
111
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
109
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
16
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William S. Reese, Yale BA 1977, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
13
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John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
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In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
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Turner & Wainwright Ltd
Turnwright's Toffee De-light
[1930?]
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Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
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An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
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W. & D. Downey
Her Majesty the Queen / W. & D. Downey, photographers
1902
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Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
8
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
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Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival pleasure gardens
1951
10
London Transport Executive
[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]
[1951]
11
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966
Moor Park, Rickmansworth
1914
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Australia pavilion
[1924 or 1925]
13
Elite Gardens, Japan-British Exhibition, London
[1910?]
14
Pinoli's Restaurant
[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London]
[192-?]
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Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
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