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Reference Library 35,020
Rare Books and Manuscripts 14,047

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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
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 79
Blake, William, 1757–1827 78
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Karl Baedeker (Firm) 66
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 60
Britton, John, 1771–1857 53
Arts Council of Great Britain 51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Fine Art Society 51
Tate Gallery 49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 47
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 45
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 44
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Hockney, David, born 1937 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dilnot, John 41
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943 39

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Accessible in the Reference Library 35,020
Accessible in the Study Room 14,047

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 48,909

Image Available

unavailable 48,754
available 155

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 104

Classification

Books 48,909

Collective Title

Period

20th century 23,402
21st century 13,578
19th century 9,944
18th century 1,863
17th century 220
16th century 46
15th century 34

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,667
exhibition catalog 1,236
auction catalog 1,073
aquatint 911
lithograph 855
engraving 809
artists' book 751
history 610
chromolithograph 433
catalog 412
etching 372
ephemera 369
private press books (publishing) 314
armorial bookplates (provenance) 295
drawing book 246
chromoxylograph 225
accordion fold format (binding) 218
photomechanical print 209
criticism, interpretation, etc 187
exhibition catalogue 180
steel engraving 172
biographie 158
auction catalogue 156
prospectuse 155
advertisement 147
publishers' advertisement 144
publisher's advertisement 137
woodcut 133
soft-ground etching 124
guidebook 123

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,036
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 853
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 737
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 687
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 595
Rare books -- Catalogs. 582
Great Britain. 559
Art, British -- Catalogs. 490
Furniture -- Catalogs. 415
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. 325
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 273
England. 256
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 244
Art -- Catalogs. 238
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 238
Drawing -- Technique. 233
Silver -- Catalogs. 228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs. 215
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 209
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 206
Manuscripts -- Catalogs. 204
Painting, British -- Exhibitions. 194

Subject Period

20th century 3,232
19th century 3,141
18th century 1,251
17th century 592
21st century 305
16th century 237
15th century 45
17th-18th centuries 18
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
To 400 2
To 500 2
10e siècle 1
17th cenury 1
17th-18th century 1
17th-19th century 1
18e siècle 1
18h century 1
18th-19th century 1
18th-20th centuries 1
19h century 1
19th centuries 1
19th-20th centuries 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 7,406
England 5,480
London 1,757
London (England) 950
Scotland 600
United States 530
Ireland 419
Europe 404
Italy 274
India 256
France 248
Australia 224
Wales 222
Edinburgh (Scotland) 188
Edinburgh 169
England London 157
Oxford (England) 109
Middle East 107
Canada 98
New York (State) 77
Oxford 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Bath (England) 75
Dublin 74
Egypt 72
Germany 70
Kent (England) 70
Lake District (England) 70
Devon (England) 69
Spain 67

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 364
Blake, William, 1757–1827 325
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 164
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 161
Constable, John, 1776–1837 158
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 142
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 131
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 125
Morris, William, 1834–1896 117
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 108
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 95
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 92
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 77
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 76
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882 72
Hockney, David, born 1937 69
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 65
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 64
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 62
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011 60
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 57
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 56
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 53
Riley, Bridget, born 1931 52
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 110
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 61
"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
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 24
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 24
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 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
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 9
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2026-01-08 - 2026-05-31) 7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 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
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
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22709619420008651|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
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
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22781117950008651|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
22960448240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 3

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English 48,909

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Open house London

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race... [Read more]

1890
Accessible in the Study Room
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)

Wm. Walker & Son

1891
Accessible in the Study Room
[Almanac for 1881]

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]
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
Project Ocean

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
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
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

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

c1977
Accessible in the Study Room
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land... [Read more]

MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]

2d Novr. 1773
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollis, Walford & Co.

Family tea establishment

[after 1842]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904
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
Dilnot, John

Pond life

2014
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

[between 1833 and 1877]
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
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Bruce, James, 1730–1794

Travels to discover the source of the Nile

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Parnell & Banner

Parnell & Banner

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

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of... [Read more]

MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Accessible in the Study Room
John Sanderson & Co

Splendid show of spring fashions

[1890?]
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
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Antmothbeetlemillipedespider

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
The emperor of China's palace at Pekin

MDCCLIII [1753]
Accessible in the Study Room
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796

The soldier's return

[1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
Roberson & Company

Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing... [Read more]

[not before 1862]
Accessible in the Study Room
Little Red Riding Hood

[approximately 1880]
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
An account of the receipts and expences of the Charity-School at Worfield

[1817]
Accessible in the Study Room
Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879.... [Read more]

1879
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Ten years of Uzbekistan

1994

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