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Reference Library
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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
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Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd
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25,942
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44
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25,820
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166
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2024-2025
3
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Books
23,407
Articles & Chapters
1,310
Periodicals
473
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
120
Music (printed)
118
Postcards
112
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93
Archives & Manuscripts
89
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47
Maps & Atlas (printed)
45
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41
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25,985
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23
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10
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5
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ink
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photographic paper
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1
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1
plywood
1
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artists' book
470
ephemera
452
exhibition catalog
449
private press books (publishing)
313
wood engraving
278
photomechanical print
215
postcard
132
photograph
130
history
122
auction catalogue
116
sheet music
107
catalog
96
auction catalog
91
memorial card
90
chromolithograph
88
accordion fold format (binding)
77
exhibition catalogue
75
advertisement
71
poem
69
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
506
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.
149
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
1,493
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18th century
591
17th century
390
16th century
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15th century
19
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12
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11
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6
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5
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4
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2
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2
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Justinian I, 527-565
2
10e siècle
1
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1
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1
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Great Britain
3,912
England
3,100
London
719
London (England)
588
Scotland
366
United States
301
Ireland
227
Europe
193
Italy
117
Australia
115
France
113
Wales
109
India
104
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Edinburgh
56
New York (State)
43
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41
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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
220
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
110
Constable, John, 1776–1837
107
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
97
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
92
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
84
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
82
Morris, William, 1834–1896
82
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
74
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
73
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
62
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
53
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
51
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
48
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
43
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
42
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
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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 Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
38
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, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
15
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
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.
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In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
2
Whitstable in an oyster shell
[approximately 1930]
3
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford
1905
4
[Postcard with birthday wishes]
[approximately 1910]
5
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
6
[Christmas card from KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry)]
[approximately 1939]
7
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life January 2th, 1918
1918
8
The "Easion" veil
[approximately 1900]
9
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road, Cottontree, Colne
1919
10
A bit of rock from Boston
[approximately 1900]
11
Zoological Society of London
A map of the Zoological Society Gardens in Regents Park commonly called The Zoo
[approximately 1947]
12
In affectionate remembrance of [George Christopher Woods]
1905
13
Thy Christmas be happy
[approximately 1900]
14
The Kinora
[1911?]
15
In loving memory of Ellen Rosa Garrard, who departed this life October 11th, 1923
1923
16
Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle
[approximately 1930]
17
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
18
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
19
Hassall, John, 1868–1948
Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916
1916
20
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
21
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
22
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
23
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland
[1930?]
24
C. Goodall & Son
Goodall's Royal Bezique register
[approximately 1900]
25
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride
[approximately 1905]
26
Treloar & Sons
Advertisement for Treloar's Inlaid Linoleum
[1902?]
27
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
Cromwell special
[approximately 1905]
28
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers "B.B." cigarettes (Turkish)]
[approximately 1910]
29
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
30
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
31
A U.P.L. shopping expedition
[ca. 1945?]
32
Palestine Pavilion
[1924]
33
Turner & Wainwright Ltd
Turnwright's Toffee De-light
[1930?]
34
Gurton, Alfred
Diary of Alfred Gurton on a trip to India
1918
35
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
36
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
37
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival pleasure gardens
1951
38
London Transport Executive
[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]
[1951]
39
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966
Moor Park, Rickmansworth
1914
40
Australia pavilion
[1924 or 1925]
41
Elite Gardens, Japan-British Exhibition, London
[1910?]
42
Pinoli's Restaurant
[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London]
[192-?]
43
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
44
Till the boys come home
1914 or 1915
45
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
46
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Britain at home to the world
1951
47
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
48
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)
M'Lagan & Cumming
[1908?]
49
Reliance Rubber Company
Plastic gold
1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
50
Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling
[between 1910 and 1925]
51
London
[approximately 1951]
52
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
[1907]
53
Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels
54
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival of Britain
1951
55
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
56
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
57
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
58
John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
59
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
60
An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
61
West Sussex (England). County Council
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst
1916
62
W. & D. Downey
Her Majesty the Queen / W. & D. Downey, photographers
1902
63
[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people seated in an open top bus]
[approximately 1910-1920?]
64
[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]
[1903]
65
Menu, airmen's mess
1942
66
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950
B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint Joan with Julia Arthur
[1923]
67
Trafalgar
[early 20th century]
68
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
69
Phillips, Nicholas
You're never alone in the ocean
1981.]
70
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Father's garden
1989
71
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
72
Main Vista South
1951
73
Dilnot, John
[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected drawings."]
1991
74
The Grand Vista
1951
75
Dilnot, John
[Set of five postcards made to accompany "Out of the Trees and into the Wood."]
1985
76
St. John Ambulance Association
The triangular bandage
[circa 1915?]
77
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
78
Phillips, Nicholas
Four details from a suit of armour
[1979]
79
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
80
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows
1924-1925
81
London Association for the Blind
[Advertisement for household items made by blind workers]
[approximately 1930]
82
Album of cyanotype reproductions of lace samples
1890s?
83
In loving memory of Betsy Ann
[1924]
84
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
85
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp
1917
86
First lessons in knitting for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
87
M'Culloch, John A.
Scottish National Exhibition, 1908
[1908]
88
Empire Exhibition (1938 : Glasgow, Scotland)
Souvenir of the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938
[1938]
89
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]
[approximately 1930?]
90
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps
1917-1918
91
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
92
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]
[approximately 1970?]
93
J. Beagles & Co. Ltd.
Queen Victoria Memorial
1911
94
Royal Exchange Assurance (Firm)
[Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance
[approximately 1900?]
95
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund
[approximately 1913?]
96
Rotary Photo
Unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial, London
[1911]
97
Ladies and Gentlemen!
[approximately 195-?]
98
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
99
Harrow School
Harrow School
1931
100
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes
[1935]
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