Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is reopening to the public in March 2025. We look forward to accepting orders for new collections photography at that time.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Reference Library
37,273
Rare Books and Manuscripts
16,791
Creator
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
134
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
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
52
more
Creator
»
Date
Date range begin
–
Date range end
Current results range from
19
to
9999
Unknown
652
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
37,273
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
16,791
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
53,885
Free to Use
6
Image Available
Unavailable
[remove]
53,891
New Additions
2024-2025
117
Classification
Books
48,604
Articles & Chapters
1,542
Periodicals
900
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
514
Archives & Manuscripts
460
Prints
453
Maps & Atlas (printed)
359
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
111
Drawings & Watercolors
102
Photographs
92
Visual Materials
52
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
25
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
18
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Nonmusical Sound Recordings
3
Paintings
3
Kits
1
Creator Gender
unknown
53,878
female
13
Period
20th century
25,820
21st century
13,873
19th century
11,721
18th century
2,166
17th century
289
16th century
55
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
17
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
albumen process
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
lithography
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
casting (process)
1
charcoal (material)
1
collage
1
more
Materials & Techniques
»
Work Type
wood engraving
1,734
exhibition catalog
1,210
auction catalog
1,074
lithograph
1,050
engraving
1,027
aquatint
986
artists' book
842
ephemera
729
history
575
chromolithograph
564
etching
462
catalog
410
map
339
armorial bookplates (provenance)
318
private press books (publishing)
312
photomechanical print
275
accordion fold format (binding)
274
drawing book
265
photograph
265
chromoxylograph
234
more
Work Type
»
Subject Terms
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,040
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
853
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
799
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.
557
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
398
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
377
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.
274
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
265
more
Subject Terms
»
Subject Period
20th century
3,451
19th century
3,400
18th century
1,361
17th century
622
21st century
321
16th century
247
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
2
more
Subject Period
»
Associated Places
Great Britain
8,634
England
5,883
London
1,873
London (England)
1,184
Scotland
670
United States
601
Ireland
460
Europe
445
Italy
339
France
302
India
281
Wales
274
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
204
Edinburgh
182
England London
132
Oxford (England)
119
Middle East
112
Canada
109
Germany
97
more
Associated Places
»
Associated People
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
368
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
192
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
170
Constable, John, 1776–1837
162
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
131
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
130
Morris, William, 1834–1896
130
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
116
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
94
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
88
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
82
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
80
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
72
Hockney, David, born 1937
71
more
Associated People
»
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)
72
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
58
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)
39
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)
14
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
10
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
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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
2
more
Exhibition History
»
Credit Line
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.
106
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
66
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.
42
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.
31
more
Credit Line
»
Language
English
[remove]
53,891
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Image Available
Unavailable
Remove constraint Image Available: Unavailable
Language
English
Remove constraint Language: English
« Previous |
1
-
15
of
53,891
|
Next »
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
15 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
2
[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
5
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
6
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
7
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
8
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
9
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?]
10
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
11
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
12
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
13
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
14
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
15
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
« Previous
Next »
1
2
3
4
5
…
3,592
3,593