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Reference Library 35,015
Rare Books and Manuscripts 14,720

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Christie, Manson & Woods 214
Sotheby's (Firm) 158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 145
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 138
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
John Murray (Firm) 103
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 79
Blake, William, 1757–1827 78
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 66
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 61
Britton, John, 1771–1857 57
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Fine Art Society 51
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 50
Tate Gallery 49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 44
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dilnot, John 41
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39

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Accessible in the Reference Library 35,015
Accessible in the Study Room 14,720

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 48,904
Free to Use 673

Image Available

unavailable 48,753
available 824

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 101

Classification

Books 49,577

Collective Title

Period

20th century 23,424
21st century 13,573
19th century 10,415
18th century 2,006
17th century 249
16th century 52
15th century 37

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,732
exhibition catalog 1,238
auction catalog 1,079
aquatint 999
lithograph 933
engraving 905
artists' book 751
history 612
chromolithograph 459
ephemera 436
etching 416
catalog 412
armorial bookplates (provenance) 324
private press books (publishing) 314
drawing book 273
chromoxylograph 233
accordion fold format (binding) 220
photomechanical print 211
advertisement 189
criticism, interpretation, etc 187
exhibition catalogue 179
steel engraving 178
prospectuse 164
biographie 158
auction catalogue 156
publishers' advertisement 154
woodcut 152
publisher's advertisement 143
soft-ground etching 139
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 130

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,037
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 853
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 687
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 683
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 599
Rare books -- Catalogs. 582
Great Britain. 559
Art, British -- Catalogs. 490
Furniture -- Catalogs. 416
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 353
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Auction catalogs. 340
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 273
Drawing -- Technique. 259
England. 256
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 244
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Art -- Catalogs. 238
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 215
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 209
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 207
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 204
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 202

Subject Period

19th century 3,248
20th century 3,240
18th century 1,269
17th century 596
21st century 305
16th century 240
15th century 46
17th-18th centuries 18
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
To 400 2
To 500 2
10e siècle 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
19th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,577
England 5,533
London 1,787
London (England) 976
Scotland 607
United States 531
Ireland 424
Europe 405
India 300
Italy 284
France 250
Wales 229
Australia 225
Edinburgh (Scotland) 190
Edinburgh 171
England London 158
Oxford (England) 111
Middle East 108
Canada 98
Egypt 78
Oxford 78
New York (State) 77
Bath (England) 76
Dublin 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Lake District (England) 72
Germany 71
Kent (England) 71
China 70
Devon (England) 70

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 364
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 166
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 162
Constable, John, 1776–1837 158
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 143
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 125
Morris, William, 1834–1896 118
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 108
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 95
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 92
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 81
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 77
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 72
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 65
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 57
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 56
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 52
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 50
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 125
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 80
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 60
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 52
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 27
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 27
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 20
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 15
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 15
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 13
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 13
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 6
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 6
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2
“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) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus: Relics of Old London (Yale Center for British Art, May 11, 2016-August 14, 2016) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
English Prize: The Capture of the “Westmorland,” an Episode of the Grand Tour (Yale Center for British Art, October 4, 2012-January 13, 2013) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
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
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
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
22836619370008651|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
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711746740008651|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
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|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
22738147590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 3
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960435500008651|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
Album of the kings & queens of Victoria

[approximately 1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern... [Read more]

[1797]
Accessible in the Study Room
Broughton, Thomas Duer, 1778–1835

Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race... [Read more]

1890
Accessible in the Study Room
London interiors

[1841-1844]
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]
Accessible in the Study Room
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales,... [Read more]

1726-42
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Combe, William, 1742–1823

The tour of Doctor Syntax,

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]

2d Novr. 1773
Accessible in the Study Room
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]
Accessible in the Study Room
Forbes, James, 1749–1819

Oriental memoirs

1813 [i.e. 1839]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977
Accessible in the Study Room
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Ralfe, James, active 1820–1829

The naval chronology of Great Britain, or, An historical account of naval and maritime... [Read more]

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Jeakes, Joseph

Five views illustrative of the admired scenery of Hythe, Sandgate,... [Read more]

Dec. 9, 1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843

Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The Great Exhibition "wot is to be", or, Probable results of the industry of all... [Read more]

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Williams, C., active 1840

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the... [Read more]

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

Rokeby

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Remembrances of the Great Exhibition

[1852]
Accessible in the Study Room
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837

A new description of Blenheim

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

A history of British birds

1847
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860

A pottle of strawberries, to beguile a short journey, or a long... [Read more]

MDCCCXLVIII [1848]
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?

The compleat gentleman

[1622]
Accessible in the Study Room
Taylor, John, 1808–1887

Letters on India

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Six progressive lessons for flower painting

January 1, 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Babes in the wood

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Letters upon subjects of general interest from John Ruskin to various... [Read more]

1892
Accessible in the Study Room
The particulars and inventories of the estates of the sub-governor, deputy... [Read more]

1721
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

A general history of quadrupeds

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Leech, John, 1817–1864

Portraits of children of the mobility

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Gartside, Mary, approximately 1755–1819

Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit,... [Read more]

1808 [that is, 1811?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stencilled friezes

[ca. 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Account of the print published March 24, 1807 by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn

[1807]
Accessible in the Study Room
Apolla Quadrille Party

[approximately 1860?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836

A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676

A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches

MDCCXLIII [1743]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cowley, Charlotte

The ladies history of England

1780 [i.e. 1781]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814

The high mettled racer

MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837

Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields,

[1835]

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