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Combe, William, 1742–1823

The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster

(1812)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 36 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22652291990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

(1744)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 p., 53 plates. 43 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22930752130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and... [Read more]

(1707-1725)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22614543960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith &... [Read more]

(between 1792 and 1818?)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 admission ticket ; 8 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22813002250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Rocque, John, -1762

Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond

(1734)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : ill. ; 57 x 90 cm., on sheet 62 x 96 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Yinka Shonibare CBE, born 1962

Mrs Pinckney and the Emancipated Birds of South Carolina

(2017)

• Materials & TechniquesFiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax-printed cotton textile, birdcage, birds, leather, and globe
• DimensionsOverall: 97 × 51 × 27 inches (246.4 × 129.5 × 68.6 cm), Base or socle: 2 × 54 inches (5.1 × 137.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk, the Director's Discretionary Fund, and the Friends of British Art Fund

Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796

Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and... [Read more]

(MDCCLXIII [1763])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 8, 41 leaves of plates (some double) : illustrations, plans ; 53 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22777854860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection