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Reference Library
37,237
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,481
Archives
44
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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)
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
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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626
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315
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Books
48,717
Articles & Chapters
1,549
Periodicals
901
Archives & Manuscripts
735
Prints
569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
562
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
54,576
female
13
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20th century
26,008
21st century
13,923
19th century
12,158
18th century
2,234
17th century
305
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
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4
graphite (color)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
lithography
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photographic paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
albumen process.
1
casting (process)
1
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wood engraving
1,753
exhibition catalog
1,209
engraving
1,100
lithograph
1,096
auction catalog
1,075
ephemera
1,056
aquatint
989
artists' book
886
chromolithograph
608
history
575
etching
474
catalog
410
map
359
armorial bookplates (provenance)
320
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
308
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
839
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.
558
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
425
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
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.
273
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19th century
3,571
20th century
3,487
18th century
1,379
17th century
625
21st century
321
16th century
246
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
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Great Britain
9,023
England
5,929
London
1,891
London (England)
1,216
Scotland
682
United States
613
Ireland
467
Europe
446
Italy
344
France
306
India
287
Wales
280
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
132
Oxford (England)
121
Middle East
112
Canada
109
Germany
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
195
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
163
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
139
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
133
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
132
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
121
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
114
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
93
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
75
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
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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)
84
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
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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
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
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)
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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.
107
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
72
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.
43
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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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
"'Sir,' said Dr. Johnson ..."
1911
2
Chalmers, Patrick R. (Patrick Reginald), 1872–1942
"A dozen dogs or so"
1928
3
Barry, James, 1741–1806
"A genius of first rank, lost to the world"
2014
4
Hamber, Anthony
"A higher branch of the art"
c1996
5
"A house in the country"
[1971]
6
"A house in the country"
[1971]
7
Gerdts, William H
"A man of genius"
c1979
8
Kinross, Felicity
"A most excellent brick mansion"
1986
9
"A note of summer"
1974
10
Lane Fine Art (Firm)
"A Perfect likenesse"
1987
11
Covent Garden Gallery
"A place in the country"
1979]
12
Freed, Eugenie R., 1935–
"A portion of his life"
c1994
13
Merwe, Pieter van der
"A refuge for all"
c1994
14
Buchowska, Dominika
"A sense of form"
2015
15
Barker, Elizabeth E
"A very great and uncommon genius in a peculiar way"
2003
16
Cove, Sarah
"All that glitters ..."
17
Simon, Robin
"All the original music"
2013
18
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
"All the world's a cheese!"
1851
19
"Among the whores and thieves"
1997
20
Kaimowitz, Jeffrey H
"An excellent inventive and prudentiall witt"
1992
21
Simon, Robin
"An unjointed caterpillar"
2013
22
Morris, Edward
"And when did you last see your father?"
1992
23
Bennett, Shelley M., 1947–
"Art of wealth"
2013
24
"Artists who died young"
1938]
25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma"
1858
26
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
"Ask mamma," or, The richest commoner in England
[1888]
27
"Atmosphere and light"
2006
28
Clark, T. J. (Timothy J.)
"Attempting impossibilities"
2015
29
"Baxter" colour prints
1909
30
Gibson, Katharine Mary Beatrice
"Best belov'd of kings"
c1997
31
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
"Birds Nest" Hunt and his followers
1986
32
Strindberg, Madeleine
"Blades"
[1989?]
33
"Bordered with lace"
1950
34
Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845–1916
"Bric à brac";
1888
35
Edelstein, T. J
"But who shall paint the griefs of those oppress'd?"
1982
36
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
"Centaur," or, The "turn out"
1878
37
Marillier, H. C. (Henry Currie), 1865–1951
"Christie's" 1766 to 1925,
1926
38
Ryress, Robert
"Cockey Ryress"
late 19th century
39
"Coming home to Falmouth"
1985
40
Leech, John, 1817–1864
"Coming home"
[1851]
41
Yale Center for British Art. Communications and Marketing Department
"Conserving the Yale Center for British Art" film recordings by Zach Bjork,
2016
42
D'Oench, Ellen
"Copper into gold"
c1999
43
"Damn the war!"
[2008]
44
Rothenberg, Jacob
"Descensus ad terram"
1967
45
Dixon, Yvonne Romney
"Designs from fancy"
1998
46
Goddard, Richard (Richard Neal Basire)
"Drawing on copper"
[November, 2016]
47
"English 19th century watercolours and drawings"
1975
48
Victoria and Albert Museum
"Englishmen in Italy"
[1968]
49
"Every corner was a picture"
c1999
50
Manchester City Art Gallery
"For friendship's sake";
1969]
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