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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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43
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
159
Victoria and Albert Museum
153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
John Murray (Firm)
143
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
136
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
79
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Ward, Lock & Co
67
Fine Art Society
65
Tate Gallery
64
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
64
Britton, John, 1771–1857
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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299
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Books
48,549
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Periodicals
899
Archives & Manuscripts
562
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
514
Prints
453
Maps & Atlas (printed)
358
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
111
Drawings & Watercolors
103
Photographs
92
Visual Materials
52
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25
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13
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20th century
25,886
21st century
13,863
19th century
11,758
18th century
2,181
17th century
290
16th century
54
15th century
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wove paper
16
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
5
engraving (action)
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wood engraving
1,739
exhibition catalog
1,203
auction catalog
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lithograph
1,050
engraving
1,030
aquatint
985
artists' book
846
ephemera
730
history
572
chromolithograph
565
etching
461
catalog
408
map
339
armorial bookplates (provenance)
318
private press books (publishing)
313
photograph
277
photomechanical print
275
accordion fold format (binding)
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drawing book
265
chromoxylograph
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
803
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
553
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
400
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
265
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20th century
3,465
19th century
3,410
18th century
1,358
17th century
620
21st century
321
16th century
246
15th century
47
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21
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13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
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Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
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Elizabeth II
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Justinian I, 527-565
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Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
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Silurian
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Great Britain
8,665
England
5,882
London
1,873
London (England)
1,185
Scotland
671
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610
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
194
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
162
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
139
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
133
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
131
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
114
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
93
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
88
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
74
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
71
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
57
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
40
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
17
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
12
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
“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)
4
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
198
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
125
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
85
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
50
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
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[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
2
Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
3
Victoria and Albert Museum
Pierre Culot: ceramics
1974]
4
Palmer, Samuel
St. Pancras;
1870
5
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980
Drawn from life
1977
6
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980
National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective exhibition of bronze sculptures by John Skeaping
1979
7
Wilson, Richard
Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
c1996
8
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980
How to draw horses,
[1943]
9
Wilson, Richard
Creating paradise
c2000
10
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961
1984
11
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961
1964
12
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961
1979
13
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
14
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Sketches in pen and ink
c1997
15
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
16
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
17
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Drawings by George Romney
1980
18
Romney, George, 1734–1802
The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
19
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
20
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Drawings by George Romney
1977
21
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802
2002
22
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Drawings by George Romney
1977
23
Romney, George, 1734–1802
George Romney as a painter of children
1984
24
Romney, George, 1734–1802
The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802
1911
25
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough
1962
26
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
1927
27
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788
1953
28
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
29
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
30
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Gainsborough drawings
1960
31
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
The letters of Thomas Gainsborough
2001
32
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)
[2015]
33
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Gainsborough
1975
34
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Letters
[c1963]
35
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Gainsborough
2002
36
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough
[2003]
37
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
1987
38
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
39
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs, 1724-1806
1957
40
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs (1724-1806), rare prints
c1985
41
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs, 1724-1806
1984
42
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomical works of George Stubbs
[c1974]
43
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An exceptional sporting painting
2015
44
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs
2006
45
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomy of the horse
1990
46
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs, 1724-1806
1951
47
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl
ca. [1798?]
48
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Stubbs
1984
49
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs, 1724-1806
2012
50
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
George Stubbs
2019
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