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Rare Books and Manuscripts 16,874

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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 137
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 90
Blake, William, 1757–1827 79
Arts Council of Great Britain 71
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Tate Gallery 67
Ward, Lock & Co 67
Fine Art Society 66
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 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 50
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 46
National Trust (Great Britain) 45
Hockney, David, born 1937 44
National Gallery (Great Britain) 44
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43

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Accessible in the Reference Library 37,649
Accessible in the Study Room 16,874

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Under Certain Circumstances 54,345
Free to Use 6

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unavailable 54,351

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 231

Classification

Books 48,866
Articles & Chapters 1,545
Periodicals 923
Archives & Manuscripts 526
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 517
Prints 453
Maps & Atlas (printed) 357
Videos 297
Music (printed) 222
Postcards 117
Drawings & Watercolors 108
Photographs 93
Visual Materials 53
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 25
Dissertations & Theses 23
Computer Files 18
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Paintings 3
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 26,055
21st century 14,049
19th century 11,770
18th century 2,175
17th century 290
16th century 55
15th century 35

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 26
ceramic (material) 11
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
drawings 6
ink 6
watercolors 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
vellum (parchment) 2
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
chromolithography 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
die cutting 1
engraving (printing process) 1
felt (textile) 1
gelatin silver process 1
glass 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,734
exhibition catalog 1,244
auction catalog 1,076
lithograph 1,053
engraving 1,032
aquatint 987
artists' book 846
ephemera 737
history 602
chromolithograph 564
etching 463
catalog 419
map 340
armorial bookplates (provenance) 318
private press books (publishing) 312
photograph 279
photomechanical print 276
accordion fold format (binding) 273
drawing book 265
chromoxylograph 234
memorial card 223
recreation 219
sheet music 202
ink drawing 188
criticism, interpretation, etc 186
steel engraving 185
watercolor 179
exhibition catalogue 175
advertisement 169
memorials (commemorative) 165

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,041
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 855
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 803
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. 586
Great Britain. 575
Art, British -- Catalogs. 492
Furniture -- Catalogs. 433
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 397
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 343
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 335
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 275
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 271
Art -- Catalogs. 261
England. 254
Drawing -- Technique. 251
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 240
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 230
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Grief. 226
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 217

Subject Period

20th century 3,519
19th century 3,441
18th century 1,374
17th century 624
21st century 331
16th century 247
15th century 47
17th-18th centuries 21
11th century 14
15th and 16th centuries 13
12th century 6
14th century 6
Geschichte 4
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 2
Silurian 2
To 400 2
To 500 2
10e siècle 1
16th-17th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 8,755
England 5,928
London 1,874
London (England) 1,188
Scotland 673
United States 602
Ireland 463
Europe 442
Italy 338
France 303
India 283
Wales 274
Australia 234
Edinburgh (Scotland) 204
Edinburgh 182
England London 137
Oxford (England) 119
Middle East 114
Canada 109
Germany 99
Kent (England) 89
Egypt 88
Bath (England) 84
Switzerland 84
New York (State) 82
Yorkshire (England) 82
Devon (England) 81
Oxford 81
Spain 79
Thames River (England) 79

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 385
Blake, William, 1757–1827 364
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 194
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 175
Constable, John, 1776–1837 167
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 151
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 135
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 134
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 133
Morris, William, 1834–1896 131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 125
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 119
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 98
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 75
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 75
Hockney, David, born 1937 74
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 68
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 67
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 61
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 56
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 56
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 52

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) 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) 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
Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019) 6
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) 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
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 2
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 26
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 4
22809659210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

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Palmer, Samuel

St. Pancras;

1870
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Wilson, Richard

Deep end : The British Council, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los... [Read more]

c1996
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Wilson, Richard

Creating paradise

c2000
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,

ca. 1920-1969
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

John Skeaping, 1901-1980

1991
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1984
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Sketches in pen and ink

c1997
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

National Museum of Racing, Inc. ... presents a retrospective... [Read more]

1979
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1964
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961

Vanessa Bell, 1879-1961

1979
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

How to draw horses,

[1943]
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Skeaping, John, 1901–1980

Drawn from life

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The masterpieces of Romney, 1734-1802

1911
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

The Kendal sketchbook 1763-71
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams

1794-1796
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

George Romney as a painter of children

1984
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1977
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773

1773
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Twenty five drawings by George Romney, 1734-1802

2002
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene

1788 August 19-1798 April 6
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Romney, George, 1734–1802

Drawings by George Romney

1980
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough

[2003]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

1987
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Letters

[c1963]
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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

Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,

1777-1781
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

The letters of Thomas Gainsborough

2001
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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

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788)

[2015]
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

2002
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

1953
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough

1975
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

1927
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Gainsborough drawings

1960
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough

1962
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis,... [Read more]

[2013]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Paintings, reliefs, drawings

[1955,c1948-1956]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Twelve new works, June, 1967

[1967]
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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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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1978
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1974
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1969
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson reliefs

c1999
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

1955
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

c2001
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson, new reliefs

[1971]
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Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982

Ben Nicholson

2020

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