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Reference Library 4,920
Rare Books and Manuscripts 4,522

Creator

Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 34
Christie, Manson & Woods 33
Clark, Thomas A 30
Arts Council of Great Britain 24
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 24
Bush, Tracey 23
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 19
Sotheby's (Firm) 18
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) 17
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 16
Dilnot, John 15
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 15
King, Ronald, 1932– 15
Sackett, Colin 15
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 14
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892 14
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 14
Labour Party (Great Britain) 14
Morpeth, Sarah 14
Victoria and Albert Museum 14
Liberal Party (Great Britain) 13
Great Britain. Parliament 12
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 12
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 12
Cradock-Watson, Jane 11
Kemplen, Tony 11
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886 11
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835 10
Graves, Algernon 10

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 4,920
Accessible in the Study Room 4,522

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 9,109
Free to Use 286

Image Available

unavailable 8,754
available 641

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 26

Classification

Books 7,619
Prints 348
Archives & Manuscripts 330
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 285
Articles & Chapters 221
Periodicals 185
Maps & Atlas (printed) 48
Drawings & Watercolors 43
Videos 40
Photographs 39
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 22
Postcards 22
Visual Materials 20
Music (printed) 9
Dissertations & Theses 4
Computer Files 3
Nonmusical Sound Recordings 2
Kits 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 3,974
19th century 2,723
21st century 2,164
18th century 525
17th century 84
16th century 13
15th century 4

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 7
graphite (mineral) 2
ink 2
watercolor (paint) 2
albumen process 1
collage 1
glass 1
paper 1
photographic paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

ephemera 702
artists' book 495
engraving 330
wood engraving 305
history 259
memorial card 252
lithograph 242
aquatint 236
recreation 205
chromolithograph 202
memorials (commemorative) 192
cut-paper work 191
botanical illustration 187
exhibition catalog 160
advertisement 148
game 134
accordion fold format (binding) 133
etching 117
ink drawing 116
watercolor 107
armorial bookplates (provenance) 91
photograph 84
catalog 72
biographie 71
drawing book 71
photomechanical print 68
memorial work 66
embossed print 62
trade cards (advertising) 62
map 56

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain. 576
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 537
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 456
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 273
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 268
Grief. 254
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 221
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 144
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 137
Women in natural history. 133
Satire, English. 127
Death. 125
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. 115
Art, British -- Catalogs. 111
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 109
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. 101
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 99
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography. 93
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 92
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 87
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain. 84
Art, British. 83
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 83
Drawing books -- Specimens. 83
Painting, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 82
Horse racing -- Great Britain. 80
Nobility -- Great Britain. 78
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. 71
Architecture -- Great Britain. 68
Painting, British. 67

Subject Period

19th century 1,599
20th century 952
18th century 517
17th century 242
21st century 86
16th century 66
15th century 28
11th century 10
12th century 3
14th century 3
17th-18th centuries 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
Elizabeth II 2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 2
13th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
17th-18th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
20th centuy 1
21th century 1
Geschichte 1
Great Britain 1
To 449 1
To 500 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 9,395

England 91
London (England) 64
Ireland 44
Wales 38
Scotland 26
France 22
United States 21
Europe 20
England London 14
Groebritannien 14
Edinburgh 11
Edinburgh (Scotland) 10
America 9
India 9
Isle of Wight (England) 8
Italy 8
Liverpool (England) 8
Bath (England) 7
Highlands (Scotland) 7
Lake District (England) 6
Bristol (England) 5
Great Britain America 5
Hull (England) 5
Oxford (England) 5
Dublin 4
France Great Britain 4
Glasgow 4
Great Britain France 4
Guernsey 4

Associated People

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 60
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 54
Morris, William, 1834–1896 33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 29
Blake, William, 1757–1827 26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 26
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 23
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 21
Windsor, House of 20
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910 17
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 17
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820 16
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 16
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603 15
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 15
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805 15
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 15
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 14
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896 14
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 13
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547 12
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844–1925 11
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961 11
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 11
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 11
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 11
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649 11
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 11
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 11
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 11

Exhibition History

"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 69
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 51
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 49
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 13
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 11
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 10
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 9
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 7
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 7
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 7
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 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
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 10
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
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22809646310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22895863350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960488460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22968184970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651991410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22652008990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22652041220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22709625270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22711748970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738155060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738165310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22770983700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773871040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773886380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809631000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809658810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809675040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809676930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809688670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22826422130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

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

[1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?

The compleat gentleman

[1622]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for house repairs provided to Mr. Wadsworth, 1822

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows

1924-1925
Accessible in the Study Room
Wellington

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
British School

Prospectus and catalogue of the British School

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Dance, George, 1741–1825

A collection of portraits sketched from the life since the year 1793

1809-1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Lady Fanny Flutter, at home on midsummer night

circa 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical,... [Read more]

1801-1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
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
The picturesque beauties of Shakspeare

[1787]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–

The poetry box

[2003]
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927

Westminster Abbey fund

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Trafalgar

[early 20th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)

Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler

[approximately 1870?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing

1673
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Plunge

[2010]
Accessible in the Study Room
To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Barrett, B., Mr., active 1847

Bill for school expenses for F. Blanchard at B. Barrett's boarding... [Read more]

1847
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The particulars and inventories of the estates of the sub-governor, deputy... [Read more]

1721
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected... [Read more]

1991
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002
Accessible in the Study Room
Hill, Thomas Wright, 1763–1851

T.W. Hill's boarding school & day school, Gough St

[between 1803 and 1819]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of John Farres, who died November 5th, 1885

1885
Accessible in the Study Room
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843

Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the... [Read more]

[1800?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wainwright and Watkins (Firm : Hereford, England)

[Bill from Wainwright and Watkins for Sir J.G. Cotterell, 1812]

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of Isabella, the beloved wife of James Clark,... [Read more]

1898
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a woman and a sister?"

circa 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens

1856-1863
Accessible in the Study Room
In affectionate remembrance of John Stringer, the beloved husband of Sarah Ann... [Read more]

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
An account of the charges for catching the red deer out of the woods of the Rt.... [Read more]

1735
Accessible in the Study Room
Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Finden, William, 1787–1852

The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain

[1842]
Accessible in the Study Room
Watson, Nicholas, active 1793

[Bill of receipt by Nicholas Watson, on behalf of his mother Ann Watson, for the... [Read more]

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Dickinson, A. E. C., active 1892

Bill for expenses at Grove House School, Highgate

June 14, 1892
Accessible in the Study Room
Britton, John, 1771–1857

The architectural antiquities of Great Britain

1807-1826
Accessible in the Study Room
May Christmas bring you many joys, many gift & many toys

[1882]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dexter, Thomas E.

Animal and vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures,... [Read more]

1857

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