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Reference Library 37,649
Rare Books and Manuscripts 17,502

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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 54
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Dilnot, John 50
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

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Accessible in the Reference Library 37,649
Accessible in the Study Room 17,502

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 54,979

Image Available

unavailable 54,345
available 634

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 231

Classification

Books 49,016
Articles & Chapters 1,547
Periodicals 925
Archives & Manuscripts 695
Prints 570
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 564
Maps & Atlas (printed) 359
Videos 297
Music (printed) 222
Postcards 133
Drawings & Watercolors 129
Photographs 116
Visual Materials 62
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 30
Dissertations & Theses 23
Computer Files 18
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Paintings 3
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 26,181
21st century 14,093
19th century 12,164
18th century 2,230
17th century 305
16th century 57
15th century 35

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 27
ceramic (material) 11
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
albumen process 6
drawings 6
ink 6
watercolor (paint) 6
watercolors 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
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

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,751
exhibition catalog 1,244
engraving 1,101
lithograph 1,100
auction catalog 1,076
ephemera 1,066
aquatint 990
artists' book 886
chromolithograph 608
history 603
etching 474
catalog 420
map 360
armorial bookplates (provenance) 320
private press books (publishing) 314
photograph 312
accordion fold format (binding) 291
photomechanical print 291
drawing book 265
recreation 255
memorial card 252
advertisement 246
watercolor 243
ink drawing 237
chromoxylograph 235
cut-paper work 229
botanical illustration 223
sheet music 202
memorials (commemorative) 192
criticism, interpretation, etc 187

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,041
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 855
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 839
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. 586
Great Britain. 578
Art, British -- Catalogs. 492
Furniture -- Catalogs. 433
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 424
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
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 275
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 271
Art -- Catalogs. 261
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 261
England. 255
Grief. 255
Drawing -- Technique. 251
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 217

Subject Period

19th century 3,605
20th century 3,542
18th century 1,390
17th century 627
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 9,110
England 5,975
London 1,891
London (England) 1,219
Scotland 683
United States 605
Ireland 469
Europe 445
Italy 342
France 307
India 288
Wales 279
Australia 234
Edinburgh (Scotland) 206
Edinburgh 182
England London 138
Oxford (England) 121
Middle East 114
Canada 109
Germany 101
Egypt 90
Kent (England) 90
Switzerland 86
Bath (England) 84
Devon (England) 84
Yorkshire (England) 83
New York (State) 82
Oxford 81
Thames River (England) 81
Spain 80

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 385
Blake, William, 1757–1827 364
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 195
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 175
Constable, John, 1776–1837 168
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 151
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 135
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 135
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 93
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 83
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 77
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 76
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 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
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 57
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 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
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 85
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
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 12
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
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
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 3
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
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
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

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
The Weald, Sutton Valence

[approximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Weald, Sutton Valence]

[appoximately 1960]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fenton, Ellen, born ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

1854-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photograph of a milkman and wagon.]

[1915]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rorer, Abigail.

Bufo the First

2005
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Jerningham, Hubert E. H., 1842–1914

Wedding tour

1874-1875
Accessible in the Study Room
Sutton, Emily, 1983–

Robin on a crabapple branch

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–

Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon

ca.1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Cook, Jno. (Shoemaker)

Bill for the repair of boots and shoes

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
The mirror of truth

Jany. 1st, 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
South Bank Centre

Summer of smiles

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832

Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition

1821-1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580

The First [... fourth] booke of architecture

not before 1611
Accessible in the Study Room
Dean's new magic picture book

[between 1857 and 1865]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Freemasons. Chilterns Lodge, No. 4634 (Buckinghamshire, England)

Ladies' Festival : Wednesday, 6th November, 1929 : Wharncliffe Rooms,... [Read more]

1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Leda and the swan

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
The New album of Waverly views

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers "B.B." cigarettes (Turkish)]

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner & Wainwright Ltd

Turnwright's Toffee De-light

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield

1898
Accessible in the Study Room
Thou are all I wish

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication... [Read more]

circa 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
G. W.'s transparencies

[approximately 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Townend, Thomas

Billhead of Thomas Townend, London hatter, for hats purchased by Charles... [Read more]

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
To my love

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815

[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]

[1790]
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
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
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
Letters of administration of William Morgan

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pigot, James, 1769–1843

J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer

[between 1810 and 1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Smithson, dealer in every description of watches, jewellery, plated... [Read more]

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall,... [Read more]

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Burkitt & Hudson

Burkitt & Hudson

[not after 1818]

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