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Reference Library 37,422
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 37,422
Accessible in the Study Room 18,437

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Under Certain Circumstances 54,668
Free to Use 1,021

Image Available

unavailable 54,047
available 1,642

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 103

Classification

Books 49,577
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 14,051
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 424
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. 263
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 3,736
20th century 3,515
18th century 1,407
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 9,302
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
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
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 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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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Accessible in the Study Room
Uncle Tom's cabin

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
Coronation of Her Majesty

[1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To the visitors at watering places, and to the owners and drivers of donkeys

approximately 1875
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of the kings & queens of Victoria

[approximately 1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
Accessible in the Study Room
Remember me

1881
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Herring, William

W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water... [Read more]

approximately 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
La Fontaine in the game of the goose

[ca. 1810]
Accessible in the Study Room
Riley, Bridget, born 1931

Bridget Riley

[1965]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern... [Read more]

[1797]
Accessible in the Study Room
Broughton, Thomas Duer, 1778–1835

Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race... [Read more]

1890
Accessible in the Study Room
London interiors

[1841-1844]
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915

H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915

[1919]
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1850-1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr.... [Read more]

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
Hughes, S. H.

Panoramic view round the Regent's park

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820]

[1820]
Accessible in the Study Room
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Brendel, Robert, approximately 1821–1898

Model of Brassica napus

approximately 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Rawlings, James, active 1862

Rawlings' patent boot and shoe cleaning machine

1862?
Accessible in the Study Room
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales,... [Read more]

1726-42
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Combe, William, 1742–1823

The tour of Doctor Syntax,

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]

2d Novr. 1773
Accessible in the Study Room
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]
Accessible in the Study Room
Forbes, James, 1749–1819

Oriental memoirs

1813 [i.e. 1839]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977
Accessible in the Study Room
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Ralfe, James, active 1820–1829

The naval chronology of Great Britain, or, An historical account of naval and maritime... [Read more]

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?
Accessible in the Study Room
Jeakes, Joseph

Five views illustrative of the admired scenery of Hythe, Sandgate,... [Read more]

Dec. 9, 1816
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
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England

[1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]
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
Anniversary dinner of the St. Nicholas Society, at the St. Nicholas Hotel,... [Read more]

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the... [Read more]

[1800?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
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
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The Great Exhibition "wot is to be", or, Probable results of the industry of all... [Read more]

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Williams, C., active 1840

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the... [Read more]

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

Rokeby

1813

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