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Yale Center for British Art. Institutional Archives
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Prown, Jules David
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Bush, Tracey
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
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Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
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Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
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Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
2
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
2
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
2
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
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380
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87
21st century
47
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10
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4
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ink drawing
105
watercolor
97
diarie
84
correspondence
78
ephemera
49
graphite drawing
49
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36
commonplace book
31
travel literature
27
blank form
26
botanical illustration
26
engraving
25
sketchbook
24
account book
23
notebook
23
diagram
19
billhead
18
drawings (visual works)
17
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17
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Yale Center for British Art.
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Art, British.
28
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
26
English poetry -- 19th century.
20
Grand tours (Education)
17
Italy -- Description and travel.
17
Painters -- Great Britain.
17
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
15
France -- Description and travel.
15
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
15
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
13
Women in natural history.
13
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
12
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
12
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
12
Pressed flower pictures.
11
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
10
Artists -- Great Britain.
10
Belgium -- Description and travel.
10
Cemeteries -- England -- London.
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20th century
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234
England
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France
26
Italy
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Switzerland
17
Europe
16
Belgium
12
London (England)
12
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11
India
10
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10
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8
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6
Scotland
6
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6
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5
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4
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4
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4
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
9
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
6
Prown, Jules David
5
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
4
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
4
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
2
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Bossi, Silvestro
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
5
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
“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)
2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
27
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
4
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
4
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale BA 1952
1
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy Linda Benedict-Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cathy Courtney
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
2
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
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
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
6
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?]
7
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
8
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Manuscript notebook
1781
9
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
10
Eyre, Henry, approximately 1818–1894
Album of autographs of members of the Royal Academy
1853
11
Peyton, James Reynolds
Pass-book of James Reynolds Peyton, for accounts with Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, Chapman & Co., bankers at London
1876-1880
12
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
Commonplace book, with views of Lord Charlemont's garden at Marino
circa 1816
13
Hagger, Joseph
Quaker Book of Discipline
1773
14
Gurney, William
Natural history, commenced at Spring Lodge School
Exeter?
15
Wootton, Stanley, 1895–1986
Stanley Wootton archive,
1933-1934
16
Schoolroom magazine
1892
17
Pontifical (fragment)
between 1400 and 1450
18
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
19
Marriage contract of Eleanor Ley and John Bennett
1758 April 27
20
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Traité d'architecture civile
1743
21
Berrington, John, -1743
An account of what workmen hath bin imployed about the building at Greate Bathampton since February the 4, 1694/5
1694-1721
22
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Selections from Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura
second half of the 15th century
23
Clutterbuck, Robert, 1772–1831
Collection of letters to Robert Clutterbuck concerning his History and antiquities of the county of Hertford,
1808-1827
24
Rhymes for the Egyptian scrap book
approximately 1860?
25
Mathew, William, -1752
A docquet of fees, to be taken by the Secretary of Antigua for the time being ..
1703-1735
26
Falconetto, Gio. Batta
Treatise on artillery
1688
27
Kurtz, Charles M., 1895–1909
Notes by Charles M. Kurtz on the the Glasgow School
1891-1895
28
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
29
Christie, John, 1945–
John Christie archive,
1975-1995
30
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Ken Campbell archive,
1975-2003
31
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
John Boydell account book
1752
32
Pendleton, John
Mathematical instruction on surveying and the mensuration of solids
June 28th, 1819
33
Courtney, Cathy
Cathy Courtney collection of artists' books ephemera,
ca. 1977-2003
34
Letters to Richard Redgrave,
ca. 1840-ca. 1880
35
Turnbull, Stephanie
Nursery rhymes
[2010]
36
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
37
Parker, Henry Perlee, 1795–1873
Henry Perlee Parker collection,
1822-1970
38
A particular account of the grants of each session of Parliament
1688-1715
39
Grey, Booth, 1740–1802
Botanical collages from the circle of Booth Grey
1790s
40
Beague, Charles Heard, -1827
Essays towards the expression of some forms belonging to ground, according to a plan view
not before 1811
41
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
42
Elkington & Co. (London, England)
Elkington & Co.
1876
43
Fulford, William, 1812–1886
Treatise on artillery
1831
44
Goffin, Alfred, 1819?-1898
Writing exercise books
45
Griswold, F. Gray (Frank Gray), 1854–1937
F. Gray Griswold letter to Harry Worcester Smith
1934
46
Chaulay, Sebastian
Manoeuvres nouvelles
mid-18th century
47
Gibson, Harvey Dow
Notes by Harvey Dow Gibson on a week of hunting week in England
ca. 1935
48
Phillips, Leonard Enig
Record book of trout fishing
1936-1942
49
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997?
50
Duff, Archibald, 1777–1858
Naval commonplace book
approximately 1806-1807
51
Watson, Mary Grace, 1786–1853
Manuscript copy of Richard Turner's A view of the earth : a short system of modern geography
1798
52
Cheatle, Arthur Henry, 1866–1929
Diary of a tour in Egypt
1903
53
Burgess, George
Varnish maker's recipe book
approximately 1871-1874
54
Clifford, Edward, 1844–1907
Edward Clifford scrapbooks
circa 1870-circa 1925
55
Letter ordering a camera obscura for Count Alessandro Baldeschi Eugeni
Florence?,
56
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
57
Remedies for ailments in horses
late 18th century
58
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
59
Gosling & Bennet (London, England)
Gosling & Bennet account book
1751 September 28-1756 March 24
60
Coppin, Edward
Sketch of a tour through Holland, Oct. 1816
1816 October 22-27
61
Love, William, engineer
Patent application for a minesweeping device
1914-1915
62
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Examples of the architecture of Venice
1904?
63
Williams, Thomas, active 1705–1724
A terrier of a farm at Cublington in Com. Bucks, belonging to the late Mr. Joseph Neale, and in the tenure & occupation of Henry Stone
1732
64
Collection of eight ham radio QSL calling cards
1936-1939
65
Commonplace book
approximately 1861-1864
66
Holmden, Richard, 1813–1890
Specimens of penmanship
Christmas, 1825
67
Fisher, May Chatteris, 1874–1910
Beauty and the beast
approximately [1882?]
68
Lecture notes on zoology and geology
Great Britain,
69
Swinton, George, 1780–1854
Papa's keepsake
1829
70
[Notice for permission to open grave for burial]
March 6th, 1863
71
Moore, Andy, 1954–
Shakespeare's plays, 1587-1613
[2011?]
72
[Notice of instruction for future use of grave in Charlton Cemetery]
1st May, 1867
73
Funeral Furnishing Warehouse (Bristol, England)
Billhead recording purchases made by J. R. Frederick for the funeral of Henry Frederick Esq., September 9th, 1880
1880
74
W. Dawe & Son (London, England)
Billhead recording purchases made by H. Rolfe in 1883 for the funeral of John Rolfe Esq., July 17, 1883
1883
75
Specimens of Cryptogamia, Filicales, Musci
circa 1850
76
Hood family pattern book and related material
ca. 1822
77
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
Edgeworthstown archive,
1796-1815
78
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
79
Cooper, George, active 1784–1811
Bill for the repair of picture frames
Nov. 7, 1810
80
William Hobbs & Sons
Billhead of William Hobbs & Sons, Maidstone, for parcelling bags purchased by Honnors Ltd
1940
81
Oetzmann & Co.
[Billhead and receipt of Oetzmann & Co., London, for purchase of carpet by R.W. Stevenson]
1881
82
E. R. T
The family coach
1868
83
Wake and Bellhouse collection,
1862-1892
84
Rhys, Harriet Susanna Anne, 1790–1827
The graphic scrap book
1827
85
Bush, Tracey
Printed upon the ice, on the river Thames
1996?
86
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Matthew Shepperson archive,
1810-1869
87
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660–1727
The establishment of the yearly charge of our dyett, with incidents for housekeeping
1714-1716
88
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
89
Johnson, Isaac, 1754–1835
Ancient remains of art in the county of Suffolk
1834
90
Laskey, Walter
Notes on trees, with leaf specimens
ca. 1950
91
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, 1818–1880
Album of letters to David Roberts
circa 1813-circa 1864
92
Gérente, Henri, , 1814–1849
Drawings by H. Gerenti and others for Henry Shaw's books, 1836-1853
93
Robinson, Mary Hester, 1832–1904
Charades, enigmas, riddles, and acrostics
1861
94
Norris, Robert Provo, died 1851
Robert Provo Norris Collection,
1846-1854
95
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856
96
Garden plans
1869-1873
97
British algae
circa 1880?
98
Taunton, T. H
Racehorses, with their performances,
1872-1876
99
Great Britain. Admiralty
Seaman's protection certificate for Stephen Best,
1809 February 21
100
Conjurer's blow book,
circa 1800
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