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Reference Library 37,427
Rare Books and Manuscripts 18,437

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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 141
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
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 66
Fine Art Society 65
Tate Gallery 65
Britton, John, 1771–1857 57
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 54
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 53
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 53
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Dilnot, John 50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 49
Rocque, John, -1762 49
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
National Gallery (Great Britain) 45
Hockney, David, born 1937 44
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43

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Accessible in the Reference Library 37,427
Accessible in the Study Room 18,437

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Under Certain Circumstances 54,673
Free to Use 1,021

Image Available

unavailable 54,052
available 1,642

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 106

Classification

Books 49,582
Articles & Chapters 1,541
Periodicals 919
Archives & Manuscripts 663
Prints 655
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 634
Maps & Atlas (printed) 401
Music (printed) 227
Videos 208
Drawings & Watercolors 152
Postcards 129
Photographs 125
Visual Materials 70
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 35
Dissertations & Theses 23
Computer Files 17
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Paintings 3
Kits 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 26,008
21st century 14,056
19th century 12,812
18th century 2,447
17th century 345
16th century 68
15th century 39

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 20
ceramic (material) 12
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
albumen process 6
ink 6
watercolor (paint) 6
engraving (action) 4
graphite (color) 4
graphite (mineral) 3
silk (textile) 3
transfer printing 3
weaving 3
graphite 2
lithography 2
photographic paper 2
sterling silver 2
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
felt (textile) 1
gelatin silver process 1
glass 1
ivory (material) 1
laid paper 1
linen (material) 1
paper 1
plywood 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,822
exhibition catalog 1,256
engraving 1,253
lithograph 1,223
ephemera 1,192
aquatint 1,099
auction catalog 1,080
artists' book 883
chromolithograph 648
history 620
etching 545
catalog 427
map 393
armorial bookplates (provenance) 357
photograph 317
private press books (publishing) 314
advertisement 309
accordion fold format (binding) 302
recreation 296
photomechanical print 294
drawing book 293
watercolor 271
botanical illustration 258
memorial card 258
ink drawing 249
chromoxylograph 245
cut-paper work 245
sheet music 205
memorials (commemorative) 196
steel engraving 193

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,041
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 854
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 835
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 683
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 666
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 600
Rare books -- Catalogs. 583
Great Britain. 578
Art, British -- Catalogs. 493
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 463
Furniture -- Catalogs. 430
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Auction catalogs. 340
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 326
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 285
Drawing -- Technique. 276
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 274
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 267
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 266
England. 264
Grief. 261
Art -- Catalogs. 258
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Women in natural history. 237
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226

Subject Period

19th century 3,735
20th century 3,516
18th century 1,408
17th century 635
21st century 326
16th century 252
15th century 47
17th-18th centuries 21
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
Silurian 2
To 400 2
To 500 2
10e siècle 1
16th-17th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1
18th centtury 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 9,304
England 6,024
London 1,928
London (England) 1,285
Scotland 693
United States 608
Ireland 479
Europe 447
Italy 351
India 336
France 314
Wales 291
Australia 236
Edinburgh (Scotland) 209
Edinburgh 186
England London 164
Oxford (England) 123
Middle East 115
Canada 111
Germany 101
Egypt 95
Kent (England) 93
Thames River (England) 87
Switzerland 86
Bath (England) 85
Devon (England) 85
New York (State) 84
Yorkshire (England) 84
Oxford 83
Spain 83

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 381
Blake, William, 1757–1827 359
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 196
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 171
Constable, John, 1776–1837 168
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 154
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 140
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 137
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 133
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 132
Morris, William, 1834–1896 130
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 116
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 106
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 97
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 82
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 73
Hockney, David, born 1937 72
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 72
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 61
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 59
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 56
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 56
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 127
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 106
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 73
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 54
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 41
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 28
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 22
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 21
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 19
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 15
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 15
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 14
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2026-01-08 - 2026-05-31) 13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 11
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 6
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 6
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 4
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 3
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 3

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 31
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
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
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980 6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 5
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
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711723710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711752060008651|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
22960470130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

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Accessible in the Study Room
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Halfpenny, William, -1755

New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings... [Read more]

1750-1752
Accessible in the Study Room
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?

Illuminated illustrations of Froissart

1845
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Folded sheet of stationery with engraved satirical vignette at top]

Octr 11, [18]51
Accessible in the Study Room
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832

An aeronautical view of London

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
The gift receive the deed approved

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
King, Daniel, died 1664

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated

1656
Accessible in the Study Room
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The house that Paxton built

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Glasgow looking glass

[1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]
Accessible in the Study Room
Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West... [Read more]

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International... [Read more]

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]
Accessible in the Study Room
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877
Accessible in the Study Room
Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Map of North America

not before 1634
Accessible in the Study Room
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
In memory of the late John Distance

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
Passions of the soul and the anatomy of the human face

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Antiquities of London and its environs

1791-[1800]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sallis, William, 1782–1865

Sallis's comic play grammar

[ca. 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29
Accessible in the Study Room
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808

Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school,... [Read more]

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Switzerland in miniature

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of James Page

1885
Accessible in the Study Room
Fortunio & his seven gifted servants

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Parry, William, fl. 1825

The last days of Lord Byron

MDCCCXXV [1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

Some account of London

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840

Modern London

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

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

[approximately 1910]
Accessible in the Study Room
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837

A new description of Blenheim

1811
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
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877

Album of maritime and figure sketches

1849 September 4-1850 April 22
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cromwell, Thomas, 1792–1870

Excursions in the county of Sussex

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for house repairs provided to Mr. Wadsworth, 1822

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47,... [Read more]

1851
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
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857

To Godfrey Wentworth Junr. Esqre. this series of sketches of the interior &... [Read more]

Sept. 1, 1821

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