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Rare Books and Manuscripts 18,437
Reference Library 170

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Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 108
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Britton, John, 1771–1857 55
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Dilnot, John 50
Rocque, John, -1762 47
Clark, Thomas A 42
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 41
Bush, Tracey 39
Sackett, Colin 37
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 36
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 32
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 31
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 30
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 29
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888 29
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 28
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Morris, William, 1834–1896 28
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 27
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 24
Combe, William, 1742–1823 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 22
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 22

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Accessible in the Study Room 18,437

Accessible in the Reference Library 170

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 17,416
Free to Use 1,021

Image Available

unavailable 16,795
available 1,642

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 3

Classification

Books 14,720
Archives & Manuscripts 663
Prints 654
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 634
Maps & Atlas (printed) 378
Music (printed) 225
Periodicals 176
Articles & Chapters 165
Drawings & Watercolors 152
Postcards 129
Photographs 124
Visual Materials 70
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 35
Musical Sound Recordings 5
Videos 5
Paintings 2
Computer Files 1
Dissertations & Theses 1
Kits 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 11,023
20th century 3,908
18th century 2,364
21st century 864
17th century 330
16th century 64
15th century 39

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 20
ceramic (material) 12
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
albumen process 6
ink 6
watercolor (paint) 6
engraving (action) 4
graphite (color) 4
graphite (mineral) 3
silk (textile) 3
transfer printing 3
weaving 3
graphite 2
lithography 2
photographic paper 2
sterling silver 2
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
felt (textile) 1
gelatin silver process 1
glass 1
ivory (material) 1
laid paper 1
linen (material) 1
paper 1
plywood 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,822
engraving 1,253
lithograph 1,222
ephemera 1,191
aquatint 1,099
artists' book 876
auction catalog 757
chromolithograph 647
etching 545
map 382
armorial bookplates (provenance) 352
photograph 315
private press books (publishing) 314
advertisement 306
accordion fold format (binding) 302
exhibition catalog 297
recreation 296
photomechanical print 294
drawing book 293
watercolor 271
botanical illustration 258
memorial card 258
ink drawing 249
chromoxylograph 245
cut-paper work 245
sheet music 205
memorials (commemorative) 196
steel engraving 193
woodcut 175
game 174

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 830
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 672
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 600
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 442
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 426
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 285
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 269
Drawing -- Technique. 268
Grief. 261
Women in natural history. 237
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 223
Satire, English. 193
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 188
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 179
Drawing books -- Specimens. 175
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 160
Fox hunting. 157
Horses. 147
Voyages and travels. 146
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 136
Death. 134
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 133
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 130
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 126
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Painting -- Technique. 119

Subject Period

19th century 1,457
20th century 488
18th century 305
17th century 79
16th century 44
21st century 33
15th century 17
11th century 7
Alfred, 871-899 3
14th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
17th-18th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
Silurian 2
12th century 1
13th century 1
17th cenury 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
21th century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
6th century 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1
Republic, 265-30 B.C 1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4,481
England 1,988
London 1,200
London (England) 509
United States 234
Edinburgh (Scotland) 188
France 182
Scotland 180
Italy 178
India 163
Edinburgh 127
Ireland 127
Wales 124
Europe 110
Oxford (England) 90
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Egypt 63
Spain 58
Brighton (England) 56
China 56
Oxford 54
Switzerland 54
Bath (England) 53
Cambridge (England) 53
Glasgow (Scotland) 53
Liverpool (England) 52
Dublin (Ireland) 51
Germany 51
Paris (France) 51
Turkey 51

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 86
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 82
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 55
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 39
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 33
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 33
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 29
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 25
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 24
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 23
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 22
Shirley Smith, Richard 22
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 21
Raphael, 1483–1520 21
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 20
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 20
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 20
Jesus Christ 19
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 19
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 19
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 18
Blake, William, 1757–1827 16
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 16

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 127
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 106
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 73
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 54
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 41
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 28
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 22
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 21
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 19
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 15
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 15
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 14
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 11
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 6
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 4
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 3
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 3

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 31
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
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 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
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22781117950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 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

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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race... [Read more]

1890
Accessible in the Study Room
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)

Wm. Walker & Son

1891
Accessible in the Study Room
Halfpenny, William, -1755

New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings... [Read more]

1750-1752
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
King, Daniel, died 1664

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated

1656
Accessible in the Study Room
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832

An aeronautical view of London

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The house that Paxton built

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful... [Read more]

1795]
Accessible in the Study Room
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)

Ancient Chinese

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Glasgow looking glass

[1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]
Accessible in the Study Room
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West... [Read more]

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47,... [Read more]

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?

Illuminated illustrations of Froissart

1845
Accessible in the Study Room
[Folded sheet of stationery with engraved satirical vignette at top]

Octr 11, [18]51
Accessible in the Study Room
The gift receive the deed approved

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International... [Read more]

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]
Accessible in the Study Room
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877
Accessible in the Study Room
Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869
Accessible in the Study Room
Barber, J. T

A tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Vues de la ville de Londres

1758
Accessible in the Study Room
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers... [Read more]

[1807?]
Accessible in the Study Room
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]
Accessible in the Study Room
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808

Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school,... [Read more]

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Parry, William, fl. 1825

The last days of Lord Byron

MDCCCXXV [1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852

Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that... [Read more]

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London

[1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us

1736
Accessible in the Study Room
Open house London

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington... [Read more]

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century

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