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Reference Library 22,384
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3,953

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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 144
Arts Council of Great Britain 71
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 70
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 70
Blake, William, 1757–1827 64
Tate Gallery 64
Ward, Lock & Co 64
Fine Art Society 52
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 46
National Trust (Great Britain) 42
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 42
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 41
Clark, Thomas A 39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 38
National Gallery (Great Britain) 36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 36
Walker Art Gallery 32
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts 31
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd 29
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 29
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937 28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 28
Dilnot, John 26
Harris, John, 1931–2022 26
Ashmolean Museum 25
Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), 1930– 25
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 25
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 25

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 22,384
Accessible in the Study Room 3,953

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 26,179
Free to Use 45

Image Available

unavailable 26,053
available 171

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 5

Classification

Books 23,532
Articles & Chapters 1,311
Periodicals 486
Archives & Manuscripts 123
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 121
Postcards 119
Music (printed) 118
Videos 102
Prints 93
Maps & Atlas (printed) 44
Photographs 43
Computer Files 13
Drawings & Watercolors 13
Visual Materials 12
Dissertations & Theses 11
Musical Sound Recordings 5
Paintings 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 26,224

19th century 346
21st century 177
18th century 94
17th century 24
16th century 10
15th century 5

Materials & Techniques

ink 2
photographic paper 2
albumen process 1
engraving (action) 1
gelatin silver process 1
graphite (mineral) 1
laid paper 1
plywood 1
steel engraving (printing process) 1
watercolor (paint) 1
wove paper 1
zinc 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 473
ephemera 462
exhibition catalog 452
private press books (publishing) 313
wood engraving 281
photomechanical print 216
history 148
photograph 144
postcard 141
auction catalogue 116
sheet music 107
catalog 102
auction catalog 91
memorial card 90
chromolithograph 88
exhibition catalogue 79
accordion fold format (binding) 77
advertisement 71
periodical 71
poem 71
memorials (commemorative) 62
livres d'artiste 60
photographic postcard 58
poetry 57
engraving 55
lithograph 53
map 47
postage stamp 47
botanical illustration 45
gelatin silver print 45

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 509
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 314
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 255
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 229
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 219
Rare books -- Catalogs. 171
Great Britain. 164
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs. 151
Blake, William, 1757–1827. 137
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 133
Auction catalogs. 129
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 129
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 123
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs. 121
Furniture -- Catalogs. 117
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs. 116
Art, British -- Catalogs. 115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs. 114
Fox hunting. 113
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 109
Watercolor painting, British -- Catalogs. 107
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) 106
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 103
London (England) -- Description and travel. 101
Watercolor painting, English -- Exhibitions. 101
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 97
Painting, English -- Exhibitions. 97

Subject Period

20th century 1,530
19th century 1,312
18th century 593
17th century 391
16th century 98
15th century 21
17th-18th centuries 12
15th and 16th centuries 11
11th century 7
12th century 5
14th century 4
21st century 2
58 B.C.-511 A.D 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
10e siècle 1
13th century 1
16th-17th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19th centuries 1
19th-20th centuries 1
29th century 1
Antiquity and middle ages 1
Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D 1
Civil War, 43-31 B.C 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,975
England 3,115
London 718
London (England) 591
Scotland 367
United States 304
Ireland 226
Europe 191
Italy 116
Australia 114
France 114
Wales 109
India 104
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Edinburgh 56
New York (State) 42
Germany 41
Devon (England) 39
Middle East 39
Oxford 36
Thames River (England) 36
England London 34
Glasgow 34
Cambridge 33
Guildford 33
Oxford (England) 33
Birmingham 32
California 32
Cornwall (England : County) 32
New York 32

Associated People

Blake, William, 1757–1827 289
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 225
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 110
Constable, John, 1776–1837 107
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 99
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 94
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 86
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 83
Morris, William, 1834–1896 82
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 76
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 73
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 63
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 54
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 54
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 51
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 49
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 44
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 43
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 40
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 39
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 37
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 33
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 32
Hockney, David, born 1937 32
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 31
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959 30
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 29
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 28

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
“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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 1

Credit Line

22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22652008990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22711731110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711731170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22781079680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert. 2
22606018760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606039610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606091430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606096070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606107810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606110530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606125190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David W.P. Jewitt 1
22606224620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606244240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22606514650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606582880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
22606683430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott B. Wilcox, Yale PhD 1985 1
22606930130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22607144580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607197660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607246420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607489790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson 1
22607597140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607654640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607664040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607685220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 26,224

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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
[Photograph of a milkman and wagon.]

[1915]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)

Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera,

1912-1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927

Westminster Abbey fund

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
St. John Ambulance Association

The triangular bandage

[circa 1915?]
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pinoli's Restaurant

[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London]

[192-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in knitting for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
[Postcard with birthday wishes]

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander McBean & Sons

Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander... [Read more]

1900
Accessible in the Study Room
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Till the boys come home

1914 or 1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp

1917
Accessible in the Study Room
London

[approximately 1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
W. & D. Downey

Her Majesty the Queen / W. & D. Downey, photographers

1902
Accessible in the Study Room
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950

B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint... [Read more]

[1923]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]

[1903]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Trafalgar

[early 20th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitbread and Company

The Harrow, Wateringbury

[between 1949 and 1955]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected... [Read more]

1991
Accessible in the Study Room
[Christmas card from KSLI (King's Shropshire Light Infantry)]

[approximately 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
The Grand Vista

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
A bit of rock from Boston

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Levinstein Limited (firm)

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements

1914?
Accessible in the Study Room
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946

Dorset

[1936]
Accessible in the Study Room
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps

1917-1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people seated in an... [Read more]

[approximately 1910-1920?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of [George Christopher Woods]

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly

[191-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm,... [Read more]

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes

[1935]
Accessible in the Study Room
Palestine Pavilion

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

[1907]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

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

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland

[1930?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Australia pavilion

[1924 or 1925]
Accessible in the Study Room
Elite Gardens, Japan-British Exhibition, London

[1910?]
Accessible in the Study Room
List of dances

[ca. 1920?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Zoological Society of London

A map of the Zoological Society Gardens in Regents Park commonly called... [Read more]

[approximately 1947]
Accessible in the Study Room
Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels
Accessible in the Study Room
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England

circa 1879-circa 1921
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944
Accessible in the Study Room
J.S. Fry & Sons

Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie

ca. 1909
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Beagles & Co. Ltd.

Queen Victoria Memorial

1911
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]

[approximately 1970?]
Accessible in the Study Room
White, Gwen, 1901–1986

A book token

[approximately 1936]
Accessible in the Study Room
Photograph album of Sutton Courtenay Manor
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows

1924-1925
Accessible in the Study Room
The Kinora

[1911?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Betsy Ann

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pollard, G.

Letter

1928 April 13th
Accessible in the Study Room
[Songs for piano]

[190-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
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
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and... [Read more]

[1943]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
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
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)

[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August... [Read more]

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
M'Culloch, John A.

Scottish National Exhibition, 1908

[1908]
Accessible in the Study Room
Elliston & Cavell, Ltd

Billheads of Elliston & Cavell, clothiers, Oxford, for clothing purchased by Mrs.... [Read more]

1909-1911
Accessible in the Study Room
The "Easion" veil

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Thy Christmas be happy

[approximately 1900]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride

[approximately 1905]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge... [Read more]

[approximately 1930]
Accessible in the Study Room
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)

Golden Lion Hotel

[192-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life... [Read more]

1918
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Stephen Heap, of 23, Trawden Road,... [Read more]

1919
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of five postcards made to accompany "Out of the Trees and into the... [Read more]

1985
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

Four details from a suit of armour

[1979]
Accessible in the Study Room
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)

M'Lagan & Cumming

[1908?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]

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