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Reference Library
37,273
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,409
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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
64
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
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53,885
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624
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2024-2025
117
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Books
48,751
Articles & Chapters
1,544
Periodicals
902
Archives & Manuscripts
626
Prints
569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
561
Maps & Atlas (printed)
361
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
125
Drawings & Watercolors
123
Photographs
114
Visual Materials
61
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
30
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
18
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Nonmusical Sound Recordings
3
Paintings
3
Kits
1
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unknown
54,496
female
13
Period
20th century
25,942
21st century
13,916
19th century
12,111
18th century
2,221
17th century
304
16th century
57
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
18
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
6
albumen process
5
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
wove paper.
2
albumen process.
1
casting (process)
1
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wood engraving
1,750
exhibition catalog
1,210
engraving
1,096
lithograph
1,095
auction catalog
1,075
ephemera
1,055
aquatint
989
artists' book
882
chromolithograph
608
history
575
etching
473
catalog
411
map
359
armorial bookplates (provenance)
320
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
296
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
253
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Subject Terms
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,040
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
853
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
835
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
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.
559
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
425
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
377
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
275
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
274
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19th century
3,562
20th century
3,473
18th century
1,378
17th century
625
21st century
321
16th century
247
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
2
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Associated Places
Great Britain
8,988
England
5,929
London
1,891
London (England)
1,215
Scotland
680
United States
604
Ireland
466
Europe
448
Italy
343
France
306
India
286
Wales
279
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
133
Oxford (England)
121
Middle East
112
Canada
109
Germany
99
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
368
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
193
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
170
Constable, John, 1776–1837
163
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
132
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
130
Morris, William, 1834–1896
130
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
116
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
94
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
93
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
82
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
72
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
72
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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
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
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
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
199
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
157
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
106
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
71
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
54
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
31
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
3
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
4
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
5
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
6
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
7
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
8
Open house London
[2011]
9
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker
[1850?]
10
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
11
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too
mid-19th century
12
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
13
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
14
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
15
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
16
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
17
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
18
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
19
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
20
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
21
Valentine card
mid-19th century
22
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
23
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
24
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
25
In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875
1892
26
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
27
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
28
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
29
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
30
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
31
I am thine love
mid-19th century
32
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
33
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
34
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
35
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
36
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Field notes
2006
37
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)
Clarke S. Mallett
[188-?]
38
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)
[188-?]
39
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
40
Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester
approximately 1825
41
Nicklin & Son (Birmingham, England)
Nicklin & Son
[approximately 1817]
42
Reece & Co. (London, England)
[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society]
1838-1839
43
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Golden Lion Hotel
[192-?]
44
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
45
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
46
Siddall, Charles, 1804–
Charles Siddall, tailor, &c., Eppleby
March 31st 1840
47
[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people and 4 wheeled wagon]
[approximately 1880-1900?]
48
[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
1814
49
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
50
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
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