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Reference Library 35,123
Rare Books and Manuscripts 14,719

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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) 81
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
Fine Art Society 52
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 50
Tate Gallery 50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 46
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 45
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dilnot, John 41
National Trust (Great Britain) 41

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Accessible in the Reference Library 35,123
Accessible in the Study Room 14,719

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 49,010
Free to Use 672

Image Available

unavailable 48,860
available 822

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 180

Classification

Books 49,682

Collective Title

Period

20th century 23,531
21st century 13,560
19th century 10,419
18th century 2,006
17th century 249
16th century 52
15th century 37

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,731
exhibition catalog 1,223
auction catalog 1,081
aquatint 1,000
lithograph 932
engraving 905
artists' book 750
history 595
chromolithograph 459
ephemera 436
etching 416
catalog 407
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 185
steel engraving 178
exhibition catalogue 173
prospectuse 164
auction catalogue 156
publishers' advertisement 154
biographie 152
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. 585
Great Britain. 557
Art, British -- Catalogs. 489
Furniture -- Catalogs. 420
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 353
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Auction catalogs. 343
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 274
Drawing -- Technique. 260
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 247
England. 247
Art -- Catalogs. 240
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 240
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 217
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 213
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 207
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 207
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 202

Subject Period

20th century 3,259
19th century 3,254
18th century 1,269
17th century 596
21st century 310
16th century 238
15th century 47
17th-18th centuries 18
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
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

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,620
England 5,532
London 1,787
London (England) 955
Scotland 605
United States 527
Ireland 422
Europe 406
India 301
Italy 281
France 249
Wales 228
Australia 224
Edinburgh (Scotland) 190
Edinburgh 171
England London 133
Oxford (England) 111
Middle East 108
Canada 97
Egypt 78
Oxford 78
Bath (England) 76
Dublin 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
New York (State) 75
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 358
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 166
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 161
Constable, John, 1776–1837 154
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 138
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 123
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 122
Morris, William, 1834–1896 118
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 114
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 109
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 109
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 93
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 92
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 80
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 75
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 72
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 63
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 57
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 53
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 50
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 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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English 49,682

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Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition... [Read more]

[1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The art of painting

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Angus, William, 1752–1821

The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales

Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]
Accessible in the Study Room
White, Mr., active 1798

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library

[1798]
Accessible in the Study Room
This Cabinet

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Richardson, Andrew Hude

A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation

[ca. 1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for... [Read more]

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885

Travels from India to England

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Hamilton, Gustavus

The elements of gymnastics for boys and of calisthenics for young ladies

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Diorama, Regent's Park

[1837?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A Set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the... [Read more]

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Neade, William

Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto

[approximately 1630]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839

Progressive lessons tending to elucidate the character of trees

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
The compleat drawing-book

MDCCLV [1755]
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
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

A general history of quadrupeds

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
The miller & his men, or, The bohemian banditti

[between 1836-1841]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hay, Robert, 1799–1863

Illustrations of Cairo

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

The grammar of ornament

1856
Accessible in the Study Room
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The art of painting,

1738
Accessible in the Study Room
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946

Dorset

[1936]
Accessible in the Study Room
Grundy, T., (Boot maker)

Easy boots

[approximately 1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789

The works of the late Professor Camper

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752
Accessible in the Study Room
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

The journey from Chester to London

MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of eighteen leaves

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
The temple of taste

[1796]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

[ca. 1885?]
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,

1647
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Winter buds

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
The Historical and local new Bath guide,

[ca. 1832]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

[1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1825?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Select engravings from a collection of pictures

MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bosford, J., active 1850

J. Bosford, bookseller

[approximately 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect

MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774

Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,

1755
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Woodcuts of British fishes

1878
Accessible in the Study Room
Urch, Henry

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness... [Read more]

May, 1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Aesop's Fables

1687

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