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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

([1753])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet (2 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22779332750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

(1773 January 29)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 38 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22767534030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

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

([1802])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 29 x 18 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907914890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1853)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions68 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22650119180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1766)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22614588230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

(1797, between January 16 and March 23)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 item (1 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22971086730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

(1831)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666765200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

(1857)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 v. ([26] leaves) : ill. ; 36 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22776144510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum

([1807-1819])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions71 prints : mezzotint and etching ; plate marks 216 x 305 mm or smaller, on sheets 270 x 400 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22888427280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

(MDCCCXXXVIII [1838])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22960448310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The Weald, Sutton Valence

([approximately 1960])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 postcard : b/w ; 9 x 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

[The Weald, Sutton Valence]

([appoximately 1960])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 postcard : b/w ; 15 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Fenton, Ellen, born ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

(1854-1862)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions9 v. : ill. ; 33 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22710064230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

(1861-1862)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions5 linear feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22855500850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

[Photograph of a milkman and wagon.]

([1915])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 photographic print : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)

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

(1912-1914)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions.42 linear feet (1 box, 11 items)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907267650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Rorer, Abigail.

Bufo the First

(2005)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 print : hand-colored relief engraving ; image 6.2 x 7.7 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22908469500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Burnett

Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

(1949-1953)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions12 linear feet (1 box + 6 oversize)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22776920520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[The travellers guide

([1686?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 atlas ([10] sheets) : hand colored maps ; sheets 28 x 69 cm, and smaller
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Bryant, A., fl. 1822–1835

Map of the county of Northampton

(1827)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map on 2 sheets : hand col., mounted on linen ; 386 x 196 cm., sheets 193 x 98 cm., folded to 25 x 17 cm., in case 27 x 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22931414960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Laurie, Anna Maitland, 1782–1861

Bill for school expenses for Miss H. Townley at Mrs. Laurie's school, Bath... [Read more]

(June 16th, 1831)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet (2 pages) ; 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22639531120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818

Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening

(1816)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxii, 238, [2] pages, [43] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22652305190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691

Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : applied to the arts of... [Read more]

(1703)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[viii], 287, [305]-352 p., [26] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22897136400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

Rokeby

(1813)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[8], 330, cxvi, 3 p. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22769289760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Neale, J. P. (John Preston), 1780–1847

Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and... [Read more]

([1829-31])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. plates. 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Webb, John, 1611–1672

John Webb account book

(1630s)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22690394360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

[Floral photo-medallion souvenir of Glastonbury]

([approximately 1880?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 views : photolithographs ; each 42 mm in diameter, on sheet 24 x 24 cm (unfolded)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22876004300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

To her I love

(mid-19th century)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 card ; 25 x 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22804643290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

An account of the receipts and expences of the Charity-School at Worfield

([1817])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) ; 26 x 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22873483550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The British tourist

([1830s?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 50 x 63 cm, folded to 22 x 13 cm, in slipcase 22 x 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22936292670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

XII views in aquatinta from drawings taken on the spot in South-Wales

(MDCCLXXV [1775-1776])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions39 prints in 1 album : aquatints with etching ; album 29 x 40 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22654701280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863

Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond

([1824])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 22 x 168 cm, accordion folded to 22 x 33 cm, 29, [6] pages ; 18 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22871670830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Follow the river

(2015-2017)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 volumes : color illustrations ; 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22875009070008651|Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk

Smallwood, B.

Billhead of B. Smallwood, London haberdasher, for purchase of ribbon by... [Read more]

(180-?)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 13 x 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22680178530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Sincere good wishes for Christmas

([1880?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet : color illustrations ; 24 x 8 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22715017160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Hume, David, 1711–1776

The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the... [Read more]

(1806)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions5 v. in 10 : ill. ; 48 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22928986870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ginsberg

Hindoostan

([1822])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 v. : ill. ; 15 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22828353390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles... [Read more]

(1848)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 sheets ; 13 x 17 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22983532830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

(1849)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 print on 8 sheets : wood engraving ; full image 15 x 677 cm, accordion folded to 15 x 17 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22963196200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cullum (Firm)

The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England

([1840s?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 12 x 9 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22912972130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Corporal Violette!!

([1815?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) ; 31 x 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22623916500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The Copper-plate magazine, or Monthly cabinet of picturesque prints

([1792-1802])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions5 v. (250 plates) : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22963719920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797–1867

Studio portrait of Maharani Bamba Duleep Singh

(1864)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 carte de visite : albumen print ; 8.2 x 8 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22730110780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Hodges, William, 1744–1797

Choix de vues de l'Inde

([1788])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[44] leaves, [49] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 60 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22871837800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

[Numerical game]

(1812)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 sheets. ill. 43 x 43 cm. fold. to 10 x 10 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22719148880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Day and Martin

Day & Martin

([approximately 1880])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22679481930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Court game of geography

([between 1838 and 1855])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 game (52 cards) : hand colored illustrations, hand colored maps ; cards 10 x 7cm + 1 booklet (32 pages)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

A large and accurate map of the city of London

(1677])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : 160 x 255 cm. on 20 sheets 40 x 51 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Gartside, Mary

An essay on a new theory of colours,

(1808)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions62 p. 9 col. plates. 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22677383950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The live doll

([approximately 1860?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862778610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

(1765)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 volume ([44] p.) : maps ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22916465520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak... [Read more]

(circa 1768)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22741438610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

([between 1833 and 1877])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 63 x 90 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22685485820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Miss Linwood's Gallery of pictures in worsted

(1812)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions24 pages ; 17 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22728844470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Cooper Hewitt Museum

Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

([1823])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm, folded to 23 x 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22939754970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves... [Read more]

(mid-19th century)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22644483630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Wharam, Ann

Riding. To the public in general, but more particularly to lovers, learners,... [Read more]

([1790?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22684064350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Silver palace and the golden poppy, or, The water and fire kings

([between 1837-1840])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions12 pages ; 17 cm., 1 2 sheets : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22654547510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

Skelton, William, 1763–1848

Skelton, copper plate printer

([approximately 1800?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 10 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22699030670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

(1889-1939 [that is, 1939])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions63, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22717917740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

Wallis's new railway game, or, Tour through England and Wales

([approximately 1844])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet : color map ; 52 x 69 cm folded to 18 x 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22717976530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Hill, George, Lord, 1801–1879

Facts from Gweedore

(1845 [i.e. 1846])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions37, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22754975920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848

Specimens of ancient furniture drawn from existing authorities

(1836)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions57 p., LXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England)

[Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales... [Read more]

([approximately 1887])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[8] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22903329500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

W. Mole (Birmingham, England)

W. Mole, 24 Paradise Street, Birmingham

([1850?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card : color illustrations ; 100 x 70 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22727763640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818

Vinters in Kent, a seat of James Whatman Esqr

(1797)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 v. ([20] leaves) : ill. ; 22 x 30 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22826542020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–

The Countess Winifred, and her children

(1896)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22615963440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Dubourg, Matthew

Views of the remains of ancient buildings in Rome and its vicinity

(1820)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[33] pages, 26 leaves of plates : colored illustrations ; 42 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907580180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Chinese landskips

([ca. 1752?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22775681700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems

(MDCCIX [1709])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 81 leaves, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (326 emblems on 81 plates) ; 24 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male, with Marsh gentian (Gentiana... [Read more]

(circa 1768)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22888627660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

Day and Martin

The Japanese waterproof polish

(approximately 1880)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 90 x 118 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22891795990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Grey Friars' House (Lincoln, England)

Bill for school expenses for Miss Kate Lamb, due to Mrs. Blundell at Grey... [Read more]

(April, 1882)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 24 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22639509990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Witton, Philip Henry

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =

(1791 [i.e. 1792])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[9] leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 32 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22618128500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood

([185-?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 leaves : all ill. ; 29 x 45 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666739280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the... [Read more]

(circa 1768)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22741439510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Panorama, Leicester Square

(1805)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 27 x 23 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22955865990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Rocque, John, -1762

Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond

(1734)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : ill. ; 57 x 90 cm., on sheet 62 x 96 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

(1963)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions15 typog. specimens and xxviii, 23 p. (in portfolio) 46 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862820310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

([between 1796 and 1809])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : engraving ; 26 x 20 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22606087540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921

As in a looking glass

(1889)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[10], 293, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22606354980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

([1861])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[1] leaf, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22636004180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm,... [Read more]

(1914)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded card : letterpress ; 110 x 80 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22658293680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

(1588)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 medallion : silver ; 51 mm in diameter
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22934825480008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

([approximately 1830])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 8 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations

([169-?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[65] leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 16 x 18 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666777540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Orme, Daniel, 1766–1837

D. Orme, historical engraver to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince... [Read more]

([between 1792 and 1797])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 13 x 9 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22795036240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jones, William, -1757

The gentlemen's or builder's companion

(1736])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[3], [31] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22614732940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Quadrilling

([1822])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] p. : ill., music ; 34 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22821803030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Andrews, James, 1806–1876

Floral tableaux

(MDCCCXLVII [1847])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[9] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22620185150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle

([approximately 1930])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 puzzle (20 pieces) : card ; 10 x 14 cm, 1 printed envelope : color illustrations ; 11 x 15 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22625944400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Thompson, W. P. (William Phillips)

With the best Christmas and New Year's wishes of Wm. P. Thompson, F.C.S.

(1894)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 9 x 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22696942440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of Macao in China

(1840)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions12 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961189890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Garbett, Samuel

The history of Wem,

(1818)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[v]-viii, [1], 368, [4] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851

A picturesque tour of the English lakes

(MDCCCXXI [1821])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsvi, [2], 288 p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22918095730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Dilnot, John

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

(1985)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[5] postcards : color ; 11 x 16 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22705633270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

Cockburn, Julie

[Flower book

([2005])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 cut-paper work ; 20 x 26 x 7 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22919831770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Blackburne, Harriot

The gypsey's tent

(1849, January)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 v. ([20] p.) ; 18 x 24 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22654238420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Young, Patricia (Nurse)

Album of photographs, autographs, and notes compiled by Patricia Young, nurse of the... [Read more]

(1914-1917)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 volume ; 12 x 18 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22738868390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

(1731)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions4 p. front., 61 plates. 25 x 40 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22612460520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection