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Reference Library 37,649
Rare Books and Manuscripts 18,524

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Christie, Manson & Woods 214
Sotheby's (Firm) 159
Victoria and Albert Museum 153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 144
John Murray (Firm) 143
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 90
Blake, William, 1757–1827 79
Arts Council of Great Britain 71
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Tate Gallery 67
Ward, Lock & Co 67
Fine Art Society 66
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 66
Britton, John, 1771–1857 58
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 54
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 53
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Dilnot, John 50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 50
Rocque, John, -1762 49
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 46
National Trust (Great Britain) 45
Hockney, David, born 1937 44

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Accessible in the Reference Library 37,649
Accessible in the Study Room 18,524

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 54,979
Free to Use 1,022

Image Available

unavailable 54,351
available 1,650

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 231

Classification

Books 49,689
Articles & Chapters 1,547
Periodicals 933
Archives & Manuscripts 733
Prints 656
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 637
Maps & Atlas (printed) 401
Videos 298
Music (printed) 227
Drawings & Watercolors 158
Postcards 137
Photographs 127
Visual Materials 70
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 35
Dissertations & Theses 23
Computer Files 18
Musical Sound Recordings 6
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 3
Paintings 3
Kits 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 26,226
21st century 14,093
19th century 12,866
18th century 2,459
17th century 346
16th century 68
15th century 39

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 27
ceramic (material) 12
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
albumen process 6
drawings 6
ink 6
watercolor (paint) 6
watercolors 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
vellum (parchment) 2
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
chromolithography 1
collage 1
collage (technique) 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
die cutting 1
engraving (printing process) 1
felt (textile) 1
gelatin silver process 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,824
engraving 1,256
exhibition catalog 1,246
lithograph 1,223
ephemera 1,203
aquatint 1,100
auction catalog 1,082
artists' book 886
chromolithograph 649
history 604
etching 545
catalog 421
map 395
armorial bookplates (provenance) 357
photograph 333
private press books (publishing) 314
advertisement 310
accordion fold format (binding) 302
recreation 298
photomechanical print 295
drawing book 292
watercolor 286
botanical illustration 262
ink drawing 259
memorial card 258
cut-paper work 248
chromoxylograph 245
sheet music 205
memorials (commemorative) 196
steel engraving 193

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,042
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 855
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 839
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. 586
Great Britain. 577
Art, British -- Catalogs. 492
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 463
Furniture -- Catalogs. 434
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 378
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Auction catalogs. 343
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 335
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 285
Drawing -- Technique. 277
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 275
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 271
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 268
Art -- Catalogs. 261
Grief. 261
England. 255
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 240
Women in natural history. 238
Silver -- Catalogs. 230
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226

Subject Period

19th century 3,759
20th century 3,552
18th century 1,416
17th century 635
21st century 331
16th century 250
15th century 48
17th-18th centuries 21
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
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 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

Associated Places

Great Britain 9,396
England 6,049
London 1,929
London (England) 1,267
Scotland 694
United States 609
Ireland 478
Europe 448
Italy 352
India 339
France 313
Wales 291
Australia 235
Edinburgh (Scotland) 209
Edinburgh 186
England London 139
Oxford (England) 123
Middle East 116
Canada 110
Germany 102
Egypt 97
Kent (England) 93
Switzerland 88
Thames River (England) 87
Bath (England) 85
Devon (England) 85
Yorkshire (England) 85
Oxford 83
Spain 83
New York (State) 82

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 385
Blake, William, 1757–1827 364
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 197
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 177
Constable, John, 1776–1837 168
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 152
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 136
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 135
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 133
Morris, William, 1834–1896 132
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 125
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 119
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 106
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 104
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 98
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 83
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 82
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 76
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 75
Hockney, David, born 1937 74
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 68
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 67
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 61
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 57
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 57
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 52

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) 115
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) 29
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 24
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 23
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
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
Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019) 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
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 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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Longman & Co

Early in the spring of 1815 will be published ... A history and... [Read more]

1815
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Boswell, James, 1740–1795

The general correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769

c1993-1997
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Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

1970, c1950
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Williams, W

Transparency painting on linen

1856
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Tugwell, George, 1829 or 1830–

A manual of the sea-anemones commonly found on the English coast,

1856
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Grand, Gordon

Old man and other Colonel Weatherford stories /by Gordon Grand ; paintings by... [Read more]

1934
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Mason, William Shaw, 1774–1853

A survey of Tullaroan, or Grace's parish, in the cantred of Grace's... [Read more]

1819
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Young painters

[London] :
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Failing, Patricia

Best-loved art from American museums

c1983
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Cochrane, Charles Stuart

Journal of a residence and travels in Colombia during the years 1823 and... [Read more]

1825
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Blome, Richard, 1635–1705

A description of the island of Jamaica

1672
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Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983

Hampstead under snow

1946 February
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Somers Cocks, J. V

Devon topographical prints 1660-1870

1977
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Parkes, Kineton, 1865–1938

Sculpture of to-day,

[1921]
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Bedford, Adeline Marie Somers-Cocks Russell, Duchess of, 1852–1920

Chenies Church and monuments,

1901
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Esdaile, Katharine Ada McDowall

St. Martin in the Fields, new and old,

1944
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Elledge, Scott

Eighteenth-century critical essays

[1961]
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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)

An important nautical collection including pictures and prints, books, arms and... [Read more]

1979
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Gowing, Lawrence, Sir, 1918–1991

Hogarth revisited
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Perry, Maria

The word of a prince

c1990
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A guide to Kenilworth

[1825]
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Adams, Steven

The art of the Pre-Raphaelites

c1988
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Ashelford, Jane

Dress in the age of Elizabeth I

1988
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Rossell, John Ellis

The Maryland Hunt Cup

1975
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Manchester City Art Gallery

Concise catalogue of British paintings

1976-
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The fashionable Chinese puzzle

[between 1840 and 1850?]
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The many headed monster

mid-19th century
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Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896

Notes by Mr. A. Lang on a collection of pictures by Mr. J.E. Millais, R.A

1979
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Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640

Peter Paul Rubens, a touch of brilliance

2003
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Shone, Richard

From Beardsley to Beaverbrook

1990
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Mackay, Agnes Ethel

Arthur Melville, Scottish impressionist (1855-1904)

[1951]
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Johnson, Lewis, 1960–

Prospects, thresholds, interiors

c1994
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Sloan, Kim

A new world

2007
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Sawicki, Malgorzata

Caring for your gilded picture frame
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Gossop, R. P. (Robert Percy)

Book illustration

[1937]
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Overton, Thomas Collins

The temple builder's most useful companion, being fifty entire new... [Read more]

1766
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Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784–1862

The wife, or, Women as they are

1835
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Farrant, John Howard

Sussex depicted

2001
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Eger, Elizabeth

Brilliant Women

c2008
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20th century British and Irish art

2000
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Prints and drawings of Giorgio Morandi, from a private collector acquired... [Read more]

1997
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Esposito, Carla

The monotype

c2007
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Contemporary art, Afternoon ...

2008
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Lysons, Daniel George

A history of Rodmarton parish, Gloucestershire : being materials for a... [Read more]

1931
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Impressionist & modern art : evening sale including property from the... [Read more]

2015
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The Conservation of Far Eastern art

c1988
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Some paintings from the E.J. Power Collection

[1958]
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Art and the war at sea

2015
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Peter Stroud

[1960]
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Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960)

[2015]

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