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Reference Library 4,071
Rare Books and Manuscripts 1,867

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Christie & Manson 123
Christie, James, 1773–1831 114
Christie, Manson & Woods 72
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 64
Victoria and Albert Museum 42
Phillips, H., -1840 40
National Gallery (Great Britain) 33
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 33
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 26
Tate Gallery 25
Edward Foster (Firm) 17
Public Catalogue Foundation 17
British Institution 16
Mowl, Tim 15
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 13
Phillips, Mr. 13
Walker Art Gallery 13
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 13
Coxe, Peter, -1844 11
Foster and Son (London, England) 11
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 10
Blake, William, 1757–1827 10
Courtauld Institute of Art 10
Fitzwilliam Museum 10
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England) 10
Dulwich Picture Gallery 9
Manchester City Art Gallery 9
Marsh, Jan, 1942– 9
Mr. Langford and Son 9
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842 9

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Accessible in the Reference Library 4,071
Accessible in the Study Room 1,867

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 5,899

Image Available

unavailable 5,899

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 13

Classification

Books 5,460
Articles & Chapters 138
Periodicals 81
Maps & Atlas (printed) 38
Prints 30
Postcards 27
Archives & Manuscripts 26
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 25
Videos 18
Drawings & Watercolors 6
Music (printed) 6
Photographs 5
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 4
Computer Files 3
Dissertations & Theses 1
Visual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,087
19th century 1,321
21st century 1,223
18th century 258
17th century 25
16th century 3
15th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 2
graphite 1

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Work Type

auction catalog 685
private press books (publishing) 188
wood engraving 145
catalog 126
engraving 120
exhibition catalog 114
ephemera 106
history 94
lithograph 75
aquatint 55
etching 45
photomechanical print 40
poem 37
auction catalogue 34
map 34
biographie 30
biography 30
postcard 29
prospectuse 29
advertisement 28
armorial bookplates (provenance) 28
drawing book 27
publisher's advertisement 27
annotations (provenance) 23
photograph 23
chromolithograph 21
criticism, interpretation, etc 20
fiction 19
publishers' advertisement 19
periodical 17

Genre

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 655
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 635
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 537
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 423
London Institution -- Ownership. 326
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 321
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 281
England. 258
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 170
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 145
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 137
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Artists -- England -- Biography. 113
Architecture, Domestic -- England. 99
Painters -- England -- Biography. 97
Painting -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 91
Prints, European -- Catalogs. 87
England -- Description and travel. 81
Art -- Private collections. 76
Prints, British -- Catalogs. 69
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 65
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. 62
Agar, James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis, Earl of Normanton, 1818–1896 -- Bookplate. 61
Art -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 61
England -- Social life and customs. 57
Pre-Raphaelitism -- England. 47
Country homes -- England. 43
Architecture -- England. 41
Art, English -- Exhibitions. 39
Bronzes -- Catalogs. 39

Subject Period

19th century 457
20th century 325
18th century 294
17th century 159
16th century 92
21st century 24
15th century 10
17th-18th centuries 5
11th century 4
14th century 3
Description and travel 2
Geschichte 2
Silurian 2
17th cenury 1
18th centtury 1
18th-20th centuries 1
England 1
London 1
Quaternary 1
Siglo XVI 1

Associated Places

England 5,899

London 1,852
Great Britain 88
Wales 68
Oxford 39
Birmingham 36
Liverpool 35
Oxfordshire 29
Manchester 28
Yorkshire 27
Cambridge 25
Norfolk 25
Leeds 18
Saint Ives (Cornwall) 18
Bristol 17
Derbyshire 16
Kent 15
Devon 13
Hampshire 12
London (England) 12
Scotland 12
Surrey 12
Buckinghamshire 11
Cornwall (County) 11
Norwich 11
Warwickshire 11
Herefordshire 10
Gloucestershire 9
Merseyside 9
Nottingham 9

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 41
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 36
Blake, William, 1757–1827 34
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 33
Morris, William, 1834–1896 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 32
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 24
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 21
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 20
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 18
Constable, John, 1776–1837 16
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 16
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 15
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 13
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 11
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685 11
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 11
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837 11
Teniers, David, 1610–1690 11
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726 11
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 11
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795 11
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 10
Both, Jan, 1618?-1652 10
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652 10
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682 10
Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869–1944 10
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 10
Morland, George, 1763–1804 10
Titian, approximately 1488–1576 10

Exhibition History

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 3
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 1

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22709601630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711724970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711725370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711725670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738131370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 2
22770966170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22781089790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22818957730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22818971350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
221222120760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
221222120770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606224620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606244240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606696800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606704000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606724490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 5,899

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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and... [Read more]

[1819?]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and... [Read more]

1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough

1962
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, prints 1928-1968

[2007]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1969
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear in the Levant

1988
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Discourses delivered to the students of the Royal Academy

1905
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The writings of William Blake

MCMXXV [1925]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's birds

1988
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The harbours of England

1856
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The letters of William Blake

1980
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The complete writings of William Blake

MCMLVII [1957]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Blake's pencil drawings

1956
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Pencil drawings by William Blake

1927
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The note-book of William Blake

MCMXXXV [1935]
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The letters of William Blake

c1956
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The letters of William Blake;

1968
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil

1937
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

The 'Ideas of Folkstone' sketchbook, 1845

1987
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's rivers of England

1883
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Collected correspondence of J. M. W. Turner

1980
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Blake, William, 1757–1827

Poetry and prose of William Blake

1935
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Turner's picturesque views in England and Wales, 1825-1838

1979
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Christie, James, 1773–1831

A catalogue of the very choice and highly valuable cabinet of Italian,... [Read more]

[1829]
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Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796

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

MDCCLXIII [1763]
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The Elizabethan stage

[approximately 2004]
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Bullen, J. B

Rossetti

c2011
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Cobbett, William, 1763–1835

Rural rides

1912
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Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803

A catalogue of the superb jewels, trinkets, plate, gold and silver medals,... [Read more]

[1773]
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Wild, Charles, 1781–1835

[Twelve beautiful specimens of the ecclesiastical architecture of the... [Read more]

1828]
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Gilbert, Christopher

English vernacular furniture 1750-1900

1991
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Dawson, Robert Kearsley, 1798–1861

Plans of the cities and boroughs of England and Wales

1832
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Phillips, H., -1840

A catalogue of the unique and beautiful collection of select cabinet pictures, of... [Read more]

[1832]
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Tinniswood, Adrian

The polite tourist

1998
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Port of London guide

[n.d.]
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Phillips, H., -1840

Catalogue of a collection of pictures, including many fine specimens... [Read more]

[1831]
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771

The adventures of Roderick Random

1831
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Tait, A. A. (Alan Andrew), 1938–

Robert Adam

c1993
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Stapleton, Annamarie

John Moyr Smith, 1839-1912

2002
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Christie, James, 1773–1831

A catalogue of a capital, choice and valuable collection of pictures,... [Read more]

[1804]
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Catalogue of an exhibition of recent portraits by Jacob Epstein

[1953]
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Henry Moore studios & gardens

2020
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Kent, Elizabeth Eaton

Goldsmith and his booksellers

1933
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Stebbing, Nancy

Oxfordshire potters

1980
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Seaby, Wilfred A

Windmills in Warwickshire

1977
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Harris, Martha Johnson

Clive Bell's formalism in historical perspective

1985
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Transactions of the Romney Society

[1996?-

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