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Rare Books and Manuscripts 11,066
Reference Library 1,841

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John Murray (Firm) 130
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 120
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 107
Christie, Manson & Woods 79
Britton, John, 1771–1857 57
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 50
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 47
Phillips, H., -1840 38
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 31
Adam and Charles Black (Firm) 30
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 30
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888 29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 25
Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 24
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 22
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 22
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 22
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834–1903 22
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 22
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 21
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 21
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823 20
Combe, William, 1742–1823 20
National Art Library (Great Britain) 20
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892 20
British Institution 17

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Accessible in the Study Room 11,066
Accessible in the Reference Library 1,841

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 12,165
Free to Use 702

Image Available

unavailable 11,771
available 1,096

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 41

Classification

Books 10,420
Archives & Manuscripts 520
Prints 468
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 379
Articles & Chapters 232
Maps & Atlas (printed) 173
Periodicals 122
Drawings & Watercolors 109
Music (printed) 105
Photographs 85
Visual Materials 50
Postcards 7
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 6
Videos 4
Computer Files 1
Paintings 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 12,867

20th century 346
18th century 163
17th century 31
21st century 21
16th century 14
15th century 6

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 18
ceramic (material) 12
daguerreotype (process) 9
molding (forming) 9
albumen process 5
ink 4
watercolor (paint) 4
engraving (action) 3
graphite (color) 3
silk (textile) 3
transfer printing 3
weaving 3
graphite 2
graphite (mineral) 2
lithography 2
sterling silver 2
vellum (parchment) 2
casting (process) 1
charcoal (material) 1
chromolithography 1
crayons (drawing material) 1
die cutting 1
engraving (printing process) 1
felt (textile) 1
ivory (material) 1
linen (material) 1
paperboard 1
salted paper processes 1
silversmithing 1
steel (alloy) 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,450
lithograph 1,165
aquatint 941
engraving 751
ephemera 666
auction catalog 625
chromolithograph 560
etching 313
chromoxylograph 227
recreation 226
advertisement 223
armorial bookplates (provenance) 217
drawing book 195
watercolor 194
photograph 192
steel engraving 190
ink drawing 183
botanical illustration 173
memorial card 168
map 164
publisher's advertisement 143
panorama 138
soft-ground etching 132
cut-paper work 131
memorials (commemorative) 131
game 130
publishers' advertisement 129
catalog 125
lithotint 120
graphite drawing 118

Genre

Subject Terms

Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 563
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 557
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 480
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 427
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 355
London Institution -- Ownership. 235
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 233
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 230
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 190
Drawing -- Technique. 175
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 172
Grief. 172
Satire, English. 168
Drawing books -- Specimens. 164
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 133
Voyages and travels. 130
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 129
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 123
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 117
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 114
Drawing -- Study and teaching. 113
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. 108
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 103
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 102
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 100
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. 97
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 94
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. 93
Murray, John -- Publisher. 89
Art -- Private collections. 88

Subject Period

19th century 1,374
18th century 119
20th century 83
17th century 24
16th century 20
15th century 7
11th century 2
15th and 16th centuries 2
Alfred, 871-899 2
Silurian 2
To 500 2
13th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
6th century 1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1
To 400 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 2,723
England 1,397
London 813
London (England) 408
Edinburgh (Scotland) 171
Italy 158
Scotland 149
India 141
France 135
United States 105
Wales 105
Edinburgh 96
Europe 94
Ireland 76
Egypt 63
Oxford (England) 63
Switzerland 60
Brighton (England) 52
Glasgow (Scotland) 51
Kent (England) 49
Yorkshire (England) 49
Lake District (England) 48
Turkey 48
Hammersmith 47
Paris (France) 47
Middle East 46
Spain 46
Devon (England) 43
Germany 43
China 42

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 67
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 52
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 44
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 36
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 35
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 32
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 28
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 28
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 25
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 24
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 22
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 20
Britton, John, 1771–1857 18
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, 17
Jesus Christ 16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 16
Raphael, 1483–1520 16
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 14
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 14
Silenus (Mythological character) 13
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896 12
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 12
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824 11
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 11
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 11
Morland, George, 1763–1804 11
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 11
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860 11

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 118
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 95
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 65
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 34
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) 19
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 14
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 12
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 12
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 11
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 8
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 6
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 4
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 4
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 3
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 2
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
Art in Focus: Relics of Old London (Yale Center for British Art, May 11, 2016-August 14, 2016) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31) 1

Credit Line

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
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
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711751790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22738147590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 3
22809659210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22826534440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960435500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22968184970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22644321410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22651991410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22652018150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2
22652018380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2
22652018520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler 2

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Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

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

[1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum

[1807-1819]
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fenton, Ellen, born ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

1854-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Boys Clothing House (London, England)

The Boys Clothing House, A.B. Joseph & Co.

[approximately 1864?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

1796-1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Seville, William, 1797–1866

Extraordinary talent, for a short time only ... you may have a correct likeness ...... [Read more]

[approximately 1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rio, Antonio del

Description of the ruins of an ancient city

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
A Merry Christmas to you

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Miss Linwood's Gallery of pictures in worsted

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves... [Read more]

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Wallis's new railway game, or, Tour through England and Wales

[approximately 1844]
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
Accessible in the Study Room
Watson (Clothier)

Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900

Vere Foster's Copy books

[approximately 1897?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and... [Read more]

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Harper & Brothers

Harper's Magazine for September (Vol. 77, No. 460), published Aug. 1888

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful

[1890?]
Accessible in the Study Room
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Costumes of India

[1830]
Accessible in the Study Room
Blue beard

[1861]
Accessible in the Study Room
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

Oriental scenery

1795-1807 [that is, 1808]
Accessible in the Study Room
Brookes's Menagerie (London, England)

Original Menagerie, New Road, near Fitzroy Square, London

between 1803 and 1813?
Accessible in the Study Room
[Greeting card with movable flower]

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856

Going to a fight

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
Jas. Middleton, portable writing desk and dressing box manufacturer

[approximately 1830?]
Accessible in the Study Room
English, Joseph, 1798 or 1799–1871

Account book of Joseph English, undertaker

1829-1837
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)

The Westminster Hotel

[189-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rawlings, James, active 1862

Rawlings' patent boot and shoe cleaning machine

1862?
Accessible in the Study Room
London interiors

[1841-1844]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hesketh, Robert (Architect)

Robert Hesketh travel diary

1839 October 22-1840 February 19
Accessible in the Study Room
Forget me not bookmark

ca. 1870?
Accessible in the Study Room
Egerton, Mary Sarah Amherst, Lady, 1837–1892

Little Gertrude's picture book, from mamma, 1864

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Lady Fanny Flutter, at home on midsummer night

circa 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Exhibition of Sir George Hayter's great historical pictures, Egyptian Hall,... [Read more]

[1843]
Accessible in the Study Room
The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical,... [Read more]

1801-1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Mary Linwood letter, to an unidentified recipient, July 27, about trilobite and... [Read more]

circa 1830? July 27
Accessible in the Study Room
Funeral biscuits

[approximately 1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, J.A.

G. H. Hovey & Sons

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Sacred to the memory of H.R.H. Prince Albert, Consort of Her Majesty, Queen... [Read more]

1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Jennens, Bettridge & Sons

Jennens, Bettridge & Sons, manufacturers to Her Majesty & The Royal Family

[approximately 1849?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Werner, Karl Friedrich Heinrich, 1808–1894

Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the holy places

1866
Accessible in the Study Room
In memory of Lord Raglan, Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Crimea

1855
Accessible in the Study Room
May each returning birthday find you very much improved

[approximately 1860]
Accessible in the Study Room
Shepherd, A. G.

Geo. G. Laidler and Co. 35 Fawcett Street, Sunderland

[1880?]

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