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Reference Library 37,370
Rare Books and Manuscripts 17,412

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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 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 65
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 64
Britton, John, 1771–1857 53
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Dilnot, John 50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 49
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
National Gallery (Great Britain) 45
Hockney, David, born 1937 44
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43

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Accessible in the Reference Library 37,370
Accessible in the Study Room 17,412

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 54,612

Image Available

unavailable 53,983
available 629

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 240

Classification

Books 48,850
Articles & Chapters 1,541
Periodicals 911
Archives & Manuscripts 627
Prints 569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 561
Maps & Atlas (printed) 359
Music (printed) 222
Videos 207
Postcards 125
Drawings & Watercolors 123
Photographs 114
Visual Materials 61
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 30
Dissertations & Theses 23
Computer Files 17
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Paintings 3
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 25,935
21st century 14,025
19th century 12,110
18th century 2,218
17th century 304
16th century 57
15th century 35

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 20
ceramic (material) 11
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
weaving 3
graphite 2
lithography 2
photographic paper 2
sterling silver 2
transfer printing 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 1,748
exhibition catalog 1,250
lithograph 1,100
engraving 1,097
auction catalog 1,074
ephemera 1,056
aquatint 989
artists' book 883
chromolithograph 607
history 607
etching 473
catalog 422
map 359
armorial bookplates (provenance) 320
private press books (publishing) 314
photograph 296
accordion fold format (binding) 291
photomechanical print 290
drawing book 265
recreation 253
memorial card 252
advertisement 245
chromoxylograph 235
watercolor 228
ink drawing 227
cut-paper work 226
botanical illustration 220
sheet music 202
memorials (commemorative) 192
steel engraving 187

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,040
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 854
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 835
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 596
Rare books -- Catalogs. 583
Great Britain. 577
Art, British -- Catalogs. 493
Furniture -- Catalogs. 429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 424
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 326
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 275
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 274
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 266
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 259
Art -- Catalogs. 258
England. 258
Grief. 255
Drawing -- Technique. 250
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 238
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 215

Subject Period

19th century 3,580
20th century 3,504
18th century 1,379
17th century 627
21st century 326
16th century 249
15th century 46
17th-18th centuries 21
11th century 14
15th and 16th centuries 13
12th century 6
14th century 6
Geschichte 5
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 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
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 9,014
England 5,944
London 1,890
London (England) 1,216
Scotland 681
United States 604
Ireland 468
Europe 444
Italy 342
France 307
India 286
Wales 279
Australia 235
Edinburgh (Scotland) 206
Edinburgh 182
England London 141
Oxford (England) 121
Middle East 113
Canada 110
Germany 100
Kent (England) 90
Egypt 88
Bath (England) 84
Devon (England) 84
New York (State) 84
Switzerland 84
Yorkshire (England) 82
Oxford 81
Thames River (England) 81
Spain 80

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 381
Blake, William, 1757–1827 359
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 194
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 169
Constable, John, 1776–1837 168
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 153
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 139
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 137
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 132
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 131
Morris, William, 1834–1896 129
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 116
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 97
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 93
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 77
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 73
Hockney, David, born 1937 72
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 72
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 61
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 59
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 56
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 112
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 82
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 74
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 59
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 43
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 35
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 14
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 13
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 12
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 12
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 11
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
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 4
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 2
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 2
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 2
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2

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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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23
Accessible in the Study Room
Forbes, James, 1749–1819

James Forbes archive
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1850-1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Harper & Brothers

Harper's Magazine for September (Vol. 77, No. 460), published Aug. 1888

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful

[1890?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Funeral biscuits

[approximately 1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Collinson family playlet

circa 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Court game of geography

[between 1838 and 1855]
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919
Accessible in the Study Room
Grey Friars' House (Lincoln, England)

Bill for school expenses for Miss Kate Lamb, due to Mrs. Blundell at Grey... [Read more]

April, 1882
Accessible in the Study Room
Blackburne, Harriot

The gypsey's tent

1849, January
Accessible in the Study Room
Young, Patricia (Nurse)

Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the... [Read more]

1914-1917
Accessible in the Study Room
Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler,... [Read more]

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846

Letter from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Middleditch

1842?
Accessible in the Study Room
Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868

The paths of life

[circa 1840]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]
Accessible in the Study Room
Furness, F.

F. Furness, painter and gilder

[between 1826 and 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Letters of administration of William Morgan

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
The wonders of the world

[ca. 1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
King's Arms & Castle Hotel (Kenilworth, England)

King's Arms & Castle Hotel

[May 15th, 1891]
Accessible in the Study Room
Prendergast family photograph album

late 1860s-1870s
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500
Accessible in the Study Room
Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester

[approximately 1860?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hore's Wharf (London, England)

[Receipt for three boxes of tea to be shipped on board the Union]

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Photographs of the Abyssinian Campaign

[1867-1868]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Osborn, Joseph (Draper)

[Billhead recording cloth purchases from Joseph Osborn, linen and woollen draper,... [Read more]

[approximately 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Specimens of articles in common use

between 1840 and 1860?
Accessible in the Study Room
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796

The soldier's return

[1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
The new game of the multiplication table

[between 1830 and 1832]
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving remembrance of William Albert Hadley, aged 18 years

1873
Accessible in the Study Room
H.R.H Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton on the occasion of... [Read more]

2010
Accessible in the Study Room
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)

Dison & Co., lace manufacturers

[circa 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Purssell & Comp.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey

[between 1850 and 1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Walter, John

A tour in North Wales

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith &... [Read more]

between 1792 and 1818?
Accessible in the Study Room
Godfreys, Amy, active 1879

Bills for school expenses for Miss Gleason, to be paid to Amy Godfreys,... [Read more]

1878-1879
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge... [Read more]

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
Armer's (Flookborough, England]

Armer's, Flookborough

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
The royal wedding official programme

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Drawings by wards of the Adult Orphan Institution, London

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
W. & J. Proud, coach builder

Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of the late Sir Musgrave Brisco... [Read more]

1887

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