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Reference Library
37,205
Rare Books and Manuscripts
16,789
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
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2024-2025
143
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Books
48,546
Articles & Chapters
1,537
Periodicals
897
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
513
Archives & Manuscripts
460
Prints
453
Maps & Atlas (printed)
357
Music (printed)
222
Videos
207
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
53,808
female
13
Period
20th century
25,762
21st century
13,866
19th century
11,714
18th century
2,166
17th century
289
16th century
55
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
19
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
casting (process)
1
charcoal (material)
1
collage
1
collage (technique)
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wood engraving
1,733
exhibition catalog
1,218
auction catalog
1,074
lithograph
1,051
engraving
1,027
aquatint
986
artists' book
842
ephemera
729
history
574
chromolithograph
563
etching
462
catalog
409
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
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
853
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
799
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
737
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.
558
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
397
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
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20th century
3,457
19th century
3,400
18th century
1,354
17th century
619
21st century
324
16th century
247
15th century
46
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
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
2
To 400
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Great Britain
8,629
England
5,883
London
1,874
London (England)
1,184
Scotland
671
United States
593
Ireland
457
Europe
441
Italy
338
France
302
India
281
Wales
274
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
204
Edinburgh
182
England London
132
Oxford (England)
119
Middle East
112
Canada
110
Germany
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Associated People
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
191
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
169
Constable, John, 1776–1837
163
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
131
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
131
Morris, William, 1834–1896
129
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
116
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
95
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
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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)
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
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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
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McCann, Alison
A short history of Chichester Greyfriars and Priory Park
[19??]
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Dolls in wonderland
19--]
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The superb six
197?
4
Nathan, Janet, 1938–
Janet Nathan
1997
5
Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
6
[Fragment from the 36-line Bible, with illuminated portrait of Saint Paul]
[between 1458 and 1461]
7
Lefèvre, Raoul, active 1460
Here begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye
[1473 or 1474]
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Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
[T]o the right noble, right excellent prince George duc of Clarence ..
31 Mar. 1474
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Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
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Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ..
[not after 18 November 1477]
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The Canterbury tales
1477]
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
14
Hannapes, Nicolas de, 1225?-1291
Incipiu[n]t exe[m]pla sacre sc[ri]pture ex utroq[ue] testame[n]to secund[dum] ordin[em] l[itte]ra[rum] coll[e]c[t]a [et] p[rimo] de abstine[n]tia
anno d[omi]ni m.cccc.lxxxi [1481]
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Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde or thymage of the same
1481]
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