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Rare Books and Manuscripts 2,376
Reference Library 85

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Rocque, John, -1762 46
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 40
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795 21
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 21
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 20
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751 18
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 17
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 16
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 12
Great Britain. Parliament 11
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850 10
Mr. Langford and Son 9
Pain, William, 1730?-1790? 9
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 8
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792 8
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 8
Moll, Herman, -1732 8
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779 8
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 7
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774 7
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754 7
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676 7
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 7
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 7
Trimmer, Sarah, 1741–1810 7
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771 6
Boswell, James, 1740–1795 6
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760 6
Faden, William, 1749–1836 6
Gay, John, 1685–1732 6

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Accessible in the Study Room 2,376
Accessible in the Reference Library 85

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 2,230
Free to Use 229

Image Available

unavailable 2,175
available 284

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 3

Classification

Books 2,006
Maps & Atlas (printed) 124
Archives & Manuscripts 117
Prints 74
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 40
Drawings & Watercolors 32
Periodicals 27
Articles & Chapters 9
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 9
Music (printed) 3
Visual Materials 2
Dissertations & Theses 1
PrintsVisual Materials 1

Collective Title

Period

18th century 2,459

19th century 163
20th century 94
17th century 34
16th century 14
15th century 6
21st century 5

Materials & Techniques

graphite (color) 1
wove paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

engraving 335
etching 161
aquatint 134
auction catalog 127
armorial bookplates (provenance) 120
map 116
drawing book 77
wood engraving 69
watercolor 57
handbooks and manual 44
ephemera 39
annotations (provenance) 38
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 33
ink drawing 32
early work 29
botanical illustration 27
woodcut 27
catalog 25
atlase 24
gouache 21
stipple engraving 20
travel literature 20
publishers' advertisement 19
soft-ground etching 19
recreation 18
correspondence 17
mezzotint 16
diarie 15
game 15
ornithological illustration 15

Genre

Subject Terms

Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 120
London Institution -- Ownership. 113
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 113
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 109
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 105
Drawing -- Technique. 77
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 75
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 71
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 69
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 62
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 60
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. 44
Painting -- Early works to 1800. 40
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 37
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 33
Building -- Early works to 1800. 32
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 31
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 28
Sayer, Robert -- Publisher. 28
Women in natural history. 27
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. 25
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. 25
Roads -- Great Britain. 24
Rocque, John -- Publisher. 24
Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance. 24
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800. 23
Cadell, T. -- Publisher. 23
Art. 22
Flowers -- Pictorial works. 22
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 22

Subject Period

18th century 170
19th century 45
17th century 19
16th century 6
11th century 2
17th-18th centuries 2
12th century 1
15th century 1
18th centtury 1
Alfred, 871-899 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 525
England 281
London 150
London (England) 106
Italy 34
Wales 32
Scotland 30
France 25
United States 23
Bath (England) 22
Dublin (Ireland) 22
Ireland 22
Oxford (England) 19
Europe 17
Westminster (London, England) 17
Edinburgh (Scotland) 15
India 14
London Region (England) 14
York (England) 13
North America 12
Cambridge (England) 11
Dublin 11
America 10
Bristol (England) 10
Great Britain America 10
Kent (England) 10
Oceania 10
Rome (Italy) 10
Salisbury (England) 10
West Indies 10

Associated People

Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 18
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 12
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 8
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744 7
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733 6
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 5
Cook, James, 1728–1779 5
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 5
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 5
Hare, Francis, 1671–1740 5
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 5
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754 5
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813 4
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713–1792 4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 4
Pearson, Eglington Margaret, -1823 4
Pearson, James, -1805 4
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 4
Romney, George, 1734–1802 4
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 4
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676–1745 4
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797 4
Aesop 3
Bacon, John, 1740–1799 3
Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742–1802 3
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734–1802 3
Coade, Eleanor, 1733–1821 3
Garrick, David, 1717–1779 3
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652 3

Exhibition History

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 44
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 12
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 8
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 8
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 7
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 7
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 6
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 5
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 5
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 5
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 5
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 4
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 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
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1
William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20) 1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 1

Credit Line

22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 31
22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 14
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809646310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960473080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960488460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651992280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653393270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653442870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653454510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709601630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711724760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert 2
22711735700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22711757360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738165370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22770966170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773871040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773910510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773935650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809621220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22809625210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809643820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22809645630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809658810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]
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
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Constable, John, 1776–1837

Letter to John Thomas Smith

1797, between January 16 and March 23
Accessible in the Study Room
The compleat drawing-master;

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Bodington, John, -1727

Reward notice for recovery of a silver quart tankard

1727
Accessible in the Study Room
Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815

[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]

[1790]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780
Accessible in the Study Room
The art of drawing without a master

[1768]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774

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

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

A general plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe, the seat of the Right... [Read more]

1739
Accessible in the Study Room
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

Buck's antiquities; or venerable remains of above four hundred castles, monasteries,... [Read more]

1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Collins, Patrick, -1781

Will of Patrick Collins

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
A correct plan and elevation of the famous French raft

Feby. 1st 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Stukeley, William, 1687–1765

Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys... [Read more]

MDCCXXIV [1724]
Accessible in the Study Room
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile

[1799]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

Some account of London

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Gooch, Thomas, 1750–1802

The life and death of a race-horse

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

A survey of the city and suburbs of Bristol

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication... [Read more]

circa 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Nightingall, Miles

A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Mrs. Gamberini, widow of... [Read more]

[1775]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rennell, James, 1742–1830

A map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Tomlinson, Kellom

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

MDCCXXXV [1735]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moll, Herman, -1732

Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps

[1763?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The combat with the giant

September 1st, 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Corrall, Christopher, active 1772

Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver... [Read more]

1772
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for building expenses

1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory

Coade's Lithodipyra, or, Artificial Stone Manufactory

[approximately 1784?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Walker, Augustine

Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Defiance

1762
Accessible in the Study Room
Darly, M. (Mary)

Hinton & Lock

[not after 1778]
Accessible in the Study Room
The complete dictionary of arts and sciences

1765-1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Antiquities of London and its environs

1791-[1800]
Accessible in the Study Room
Newman, Frederick

The curiosities and beauties of England displayed

[1795?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

History of British birds

1797-1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Rocque, John, -1762

Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720–1749

A catalogue of all the materials of the dwelling-house, out-houses, &c. of... [Read more]

[1747]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), with raspberry (Rubus... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Twelve prints of Pamela

published 25 June 1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758–1835

Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples

MDCCXCIV [1794]
Accessible in the Study Room
Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work,

[1799?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Le souvenir, or, Pocket remembrancer for MDCCXCIX

[1798]
Accessible in the Study Room
The magic ring

November 1st, 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Dennis, Sarah, 1712–1761

Shellwork flower arrangement

circa 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art... [Read more]

1740

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