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Reference Library
36,309
Rare Books and Manuscripts
16,311
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
Victoria and Albert Museum
144
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
131
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
John Murray (Firm)
102
Blake, William, 1757–1827
81
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
80
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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
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52,458
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52,308
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150
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2023-2024
235
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52,458
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unknown
52,446
female
12
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20th century
24,409
21st century
13,844
19th century
10,498
18th century
2,183
17th century
362
15th century
289
16th century
140
13th century
1
14th century
1
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wood engraving
1,720
exhibition catalog
1,230
auction catalog
1,097
engraving
960
aquatint
942
lithograph
925
artists' book
754
history
572
chromolithograph
455
etching
417
catalog
403
woodcut
376
ephemera
373
armorial bookplates (provenance)
330
private press books (publishing)
315
drawing book
249
incunabula
239
accordion fold format (binding)
231
chromoxylograph
227
fragments (object portions)
224
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,074
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
855
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
748
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
695
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.
539
Art, British -- Catalogs.
490
Furniture -- Catalogs.
428
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
378
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
329
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
282
Incunabula in Yale Library.
274
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
257
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Subject Period
20th century
3,261
19th century
3,238
18th century
1,302
17th century
648
21st century
310
16th century
257
15th century
57
17th-18th centuries
22
15th and 16th centuries
20
11th century
13
12th century
8
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
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
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Great Britain
7,498
England
5,551
London
1,766
London (England)
937
Scotland
611
United States
553
Europe
447
Ireland
417
France
388
Italy
327
India
263
Australia
227
Wales
227
Edinburgh (Scotland)
190
Edinburgh
170
England London
125
Germany
117
Middle East
115
Oxford (England)
113
Canada
101
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Associated People
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
399
Blake, William, 1757–1827
331
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
172
Constable, John, 1776–1837
166
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
166
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
153
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
127
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
126
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
123
Morris, William, 1834–1896
120
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
118
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
112
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
111
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
103
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
76
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
75
Hockney, David, born 1937
73
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
72
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
67
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
67
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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)
45
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)
12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
11
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
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
158
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
122
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
89
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
87
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
68
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
52
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
41
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
25
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English
48,650
French
804
German
555
Latin
300
Italian
252
Dutch
76
Spanish
73
Undetermined
44
Japanese
43
No linguistic content
37
Russian
26
Welsh
18
Multiple languages
17
Portuguese
13
Swedish
13
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
8
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7
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
7
English, Middle (1100-1500)
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First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
2
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)
Wm. Walker & Son
1891
3
Valentine card
[approximately 1859]
4
Hassall, John, 1868–1948
Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916
1916
5
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
6
South Bank Centre
Summer of smiles
2011
7
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
8
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
9
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
10
Little Red Riding Hood
[approximately 1880]
11
Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne
[approximately 1890]
12
The New album of Waverly views
[approximately 1850]
13
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Britain at home to the world
1951
14
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Follow the river
2015-2017
15
Rook, Anne
Apple story
2016
16
Mockett, Andrew
A chapbook of English tat
[2002]
17
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
18
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting
1890
19
Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one
1879
20
John R. Purssell & Comp.
John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey
[between 1850 and 1875?]
21
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794
Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge
[approximately 1845]
22
Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England)
[Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales theatre]
[approximately 1887]
23
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
24
Open house London
[2011]
25
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
26
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
27
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
28
The royal wedding official programme
2011
29
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival of Britain
1951
30
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)
Dison & Co., lace manufacturers
[circa 1850?]
31
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps
1836
32
Reliance Rubber Company
Plastic gold
1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
33
Empire Exhibition (1938 : Glasgow, Scotland)
Souvenir of the Empire Exhibition, Glasgow 1938
[1938]
34
Dilnot, John
Black apples
2016
35
Richards, J.
The kind-hearted girl
[1845]
36
Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling
[between 1910 and 1925]
37
Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler, Chignell House, near the turnpike, Uxbridge road, Ealing W
[approximately 1850]
38
London
[approximately 1951]
39
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Vere Foster's Copy books
[approximately 1897?]
40
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield
[approximately 1840?]
41
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
42
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Field notes
2006
43
Gulflocher, Leopolde
Leopolde Gulflocher, sculpteur en marbre et albatre
[approximately 1815]
44
Dilnot, John
Winter buds
2008
45
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)
[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August 13, 1955]
1955
46
Printer's sample: "Boots and Shoes neatly mended"
[1850?]
47
A packet of carefully selected Christmas cards, suitable for young or old, by the celebrated makers, Marcus Ward & Co.
[1875?]
48
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
49
For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester
May 1792
50
Frock me (London, England)
Frock me
[2013]
51
Pigot, James, 1769–1843
J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer
[between 1810 and 1821]
52
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
53
Siddall, Charles, 1804–
Charles Siddall, tailor, &c., Eppleby
March 31st 1840
54
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)
Stevens Art Gallery
early 20th century
55
Bonnell, Mandy
The second life of shells
2001
56
Roberson & Company
Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing and painting
[not before 1862]
57
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)
[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee]
[1943]
58
Thompson, W. P. (William Phillips)
With the best Christmas and New Year's wishes of Wm. P. Thompson, F.C.S.
1894
59
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966
Moor Park, Rickmansworth
1914
60
Walker Art Gallery
Fourteenth autumn exhibition of pictures in oil and water-colours
[1884]
61
Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)
[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New Phaeton for Miss Robinson, Hammerton Hall]
June 11th, 1828
62
Albert Boot and Shoe Warehouse (London, England)
George McKoen, maker of the celebrated French calf side-spring boots at 12/6, equal to bespoke, Albert Boot and Shoe Warehouse
[mid 19th century]
63
Rook, Anne
The book of 4021 & 4020
2002
64
Engravings, to be sold by auction, by Mr. Gaskill
[approximately 1825]
65
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Sturgeon
2011
66
Probert, John, active 1764
Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife
1765
67
An account of the receipts and expences of the Charity-School at Worfield
[1817]
68
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
69
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
70
Molay, A. Jacques
A. Jacques Molay
[1870?-1890?]
71
Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)
A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters
[1712]
72
[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]
2d Novr. 1773
73
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-
Edward Gilks, ornamental designer
[1840?]
74
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office
[1880?]
75
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Carte du jour
1955
76
Dilnot, John
Weeds and pests
2009
77
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Festival pleasure gardens
1951
78
J. Smithson, dealer in every description of watches, jewellery, plated goods &c.
[1850?]
79
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
80
John Sanderson & Co
Splendid show of spring fashions
[1890?]
81
Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden
[early 19th century]
82
Simpson's-in-the-Strand
Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern
1960
83
William's return
[18th century]
84
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
Plunge
[2010]
85
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"
1955
86
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)
Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight
[late 19th century]
87
Literary and Scientific Mechanics' Institute (Hull, England)
Hull Mechanics' Institute
[1845]
88
Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)
Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler
[approximately 1870?]
89
Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
90
Rook, Anne
Virtual orchard
2009
91
J. Lyons & Company
Menu
1934
92
Dilnot, John
Pond life
2014
93
Project Ocean
2011
94
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882
Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land of Mexico
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
95
Moon, Francis Graham, 1796–1871
The Waterloo banquet at Apsley House
[1846?]
96
Emergency bulletin
[1926]
97
Harper & Brothers
Harper's Magazine for September (Vol. 77, No. 460), published Aug. 1888
1888
98
Cunard White Star, ltd
Menu
[1935]
99
Dean & Son
[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
[1880?]
100
Hollis, Walford & Co.
Family tea establishment
[after 1842]
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