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Reference Library 36,482
Rare Books and Manuscripts 16,328

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Christie, Manson & Woods 214
Sotheby's (Firm) 158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm) 150
Victoria and Albert Museum 145
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 131
Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 121
John Murray (Firm) 103
Blake, William, 1757–1827 81
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 80
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 73
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 69
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 54
Britton, John, 1771–1857 53
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Fine Art Society 52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 50
Tate Gallery 50
Hockney, David, born 1937 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dilnot, John 41
National Trust (Great Britain) 40

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Accessible in the Reference Library 36,482
Accessible in the Study Room 16,328

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 52,649

Image Available

unavailable 52,492
available 157

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 209

Classification

Books 52,649

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,436
21st century 13,999
19th century 10,499
18th century 2,182
17th century 362
15th century 304
16th century 144
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,717
exhibition catalog 1,286
auction catalog 1,096
engraving 962
aquatint 943
lithograph 933
artists' book 763
history 608
chromolithograph 455
etching 417
catalog 416
woodcut 394
ephemera 374
armorial bookplates (provenance) 330
private press books (publishing) 315
incunabula 257
drawing book 249
fragments (object portions) 245
accordion fold format (binding) 230
chromoxylograph 228
photomechanical print 215
criticism, interpretation, etc 190
exhibition catalogue 180
steel engraving 175
prospectuse 166
biographie 162
auction catalogue 159
advertisement 151
publishers' advertisement 145
map 144

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,074
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 857
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 703
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 680
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Rare books -- Catalogs. 649
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 600
Great Britain. 561
Art, British -- Catalogs. 491
Furniture -- Catalogs. 428
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 380
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Auction catalogs. 340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 326
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Incunabula in Yale Library. 293
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 282
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 258
England. 256
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 246
Art -- Catalogs. 239
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 239
Drawing -- Technique. 239
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 219
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 217
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 215

Subject Period

20th century 3,297
19th century 3,257
18th century 1,311
17th century 652
21st century 316
16th century 260
15th century 56
17th-18th centuries 22
15th and 16th centuries 20
11th century 14
12th century 8
14th century 6
Geschichte 5
13th century 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 3
To 500 3
19th-20th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Early church, ca. 30-600 2
Elizabeth II 2
To 400 2
To 510 B.C 2
10e siècle 1
16th-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,541
England 5,578
London 1,766
London (England) 943
Scotland 613
United States 551
Europe 444
Ireland 421
France 387
Italy 326
India 264
Australia 227
Wales 227
Edinburgh (Scotland) 190
Edinburgh 170
England London 136
Germany 118
Middle East 116
Oxford (England) 113
Canada 102
Netherlands 78
New York (State) 78
Oxford 77
Bath (England) 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Egypt 75
Spain 75
Dublin 74
Switzerland 73
Devon (England) 70

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 411
Blake, William, 1757–1827 336
Constable, John, 1776–1837 172
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 171
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 166
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 160
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 143
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 136
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 124
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 122
Morris, William, 1834–1896 119
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 112
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 111
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 107
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 77
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 77
Hockney, David, born 1937 74
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 73
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 67
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 66
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 65
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 62
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 62
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 59
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 56
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 55
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 54
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 50
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 50

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 120
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 70
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 46
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 41
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 34
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 26
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 12
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 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
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
“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) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 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
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
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
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
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
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709621880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22836619370008651|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
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711768080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 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
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651992110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709613400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

Language

English 48,845
French 810
German 558
Latin 313
Italian 247
Dutch 78
Spanish 69
Undetermined 44
Japanese 43
Russian 26
Welsh 18
Multiple languages 17
Portuguese 13
Swedish 13
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 8
Polish 8
Chinese 7
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
English, Middle (1100-1500) 6
Hebrew 6
Danish 4
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Low German 4
Estonian 3
Norwegian 3
Scots 3
Dakota 2
Hungarian 2
Icelandic 2
Romance (Other) 2

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Accessible in the Study Room
[Almanac for 1881]

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]
Accessible in the Study Room
Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England)

[Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales... [Read more]

[approximately 1887]
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

[between 1833 and 1877]
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Armer's (Flookborough, England]

Armer's, Flookborough

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler,... [Read more]

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794

Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge

[approximately 1845]
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Purssell & Comp.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey

[between 1850 and 1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Antmothbeetlemillipedespider

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)

Dison & Co., lace manufacturers

[circa 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Weeds and pests

2009
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
William's return

[18th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
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
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843

Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Plunge

[2010]
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Thompson, W. P. (William Phillips)

With the best Christmas and New Year's wishes of Wm. P. Thompson, F.C.S.

1894
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
Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)

[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New... [Read more]

June 11th, 1828
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Examples of the architecture of Venice

MDCCCLI [1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bosford, J., active 1850

J. Bosford, bookseller

[approximately 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Numerical game]

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield

[approximately 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

[1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900

Vere Foster's Copy books

[approximately 1897?]
Accessible in the Study Room
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
The royal wedding official programme

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Project Ocean

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
An account of the receipts and expences of the Charity-School at Worfield

[1817]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Follow the river

2015-2017
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The second life of shells

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and... [Read more]

[1748]]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Sturgeon

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
A booke of secrets

1596
Accessible in the Study Room
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

[late 19th century]

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