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Reference Library 36,486
Rare Books and Manuscripts 17,083

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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 138
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 70
Ward, Lock & Co 63
Britton, John, 1771–1857 57
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 55
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 54
Arts Council of Great Britain 52
Fine Art Society 52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 52
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc 51
Tate Gallery 50
Hockney, David, born 1937 48
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 48
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902– 47
Bonhams (Firm : 2001) 43
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 43
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dilnot, John 41
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 40

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Accessible in the Reference Library 36,486
Accessible in the Study Room 17,083

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 52,654
Free to Use 755

Image Available

unavailable 52,501
available 908

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 214

Classification

Books 53,409

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,458
21st century 14,004
19th century 10,990
18th century 2,337
17th century 400
15th century 309
16th century 159
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

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Work Type

wood engraving 1,784
exhibition catalog 1,289
auction catalog 1,102
engraving 1,072
aquatint 1,038
lithograph 1,014
artists' book 763
history 610
chromolithograph 482
etching 465
ephemera 441
woodcut 422
catalog 417
armorial bookplates (provenance) 364
private press books (publishing) 315
drawing book 277
incunabula 260
fragments (object portions) 247
chromoxylograph 236
accordion fold format (binding) 232
photomechanical print 217
advertisement 193
criticism, interpretation, etc 190
steel engraving 181
exhibition catalogue 180
prospectuse 175
biographie 163
auction catalogue 159
publishers' advertisement 155
map 150

Genre

Subject Terms

Painting, European -- Catalogs. 1,075
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 857
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs. 747
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 703
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 684
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 666
Rare books -- Catalogs. 649
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 604
Great Britain. 561
Art, British -- Catalogs. 491
Furniture -- Catalogs. 430
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 380
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 354
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Auction catalogs. 340
Art auctions -- Catalogs. 320
Incunabula in Yale Library. 298
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 282
Drawing -- Technique. 266
Art, British -- Exhibitions. 258
England. 257
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 248
Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs. 240
Art -- Catalogs. 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

19th century 3,366
20th century 3,306
18th century 1,331
17th century 656
21st century 317
16th century 264
15th century 57
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 7,716
England 5,632
London 1,796
London (England) 969
Scotland 620
United States 552
Europe 445
Ireland 426
France 393
Italy 338
India 309
Wales 235
Australia 229
Edinburgh (Scotland) 192
Edinburgh 172
England London 137
Germany 119
Middle East 118
Oxford (England) 117
Canada 102
Egypt 82
Oxford 79
Netherlands 78
New York (State) 78
Spain 78
Bath (England) 77
Dublin 76
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Switzerland 75
China 74

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 412
Blake, William, 1757–1827 336
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 173
Constable, John, 1776–1837 172
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 167
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 161
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 120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903 112
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974 111
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 107
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 82
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 54
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 50

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 135
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 92
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 61
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 52
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 39
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 30
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 21
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 18
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 18
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) 13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 6
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 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: Relics of Old London (Yale Center for British Art, May 11, 2016-August 14, 2016) 1
English Prize: The Capture of the “Westmorland,” an Episode of the Grand Tour (Yale Center for British Art, October 4, 2012-January 13, 2013) 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 8
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
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
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
22709613400008651|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
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711768080008651|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
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651992110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

Language

English 49,523
French 827
German 563
Latin 324
Italian 251
Dutch 78
Spanish 70
Undetermined 44
Japanese 43
Russian 26
Welsh 19
Multiple languages 18
Portuguese 13
Swedish 13
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 9
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
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

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

[1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomson, James, 1700–1748

The seasons,

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Fox, William, active 1851

A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
St. John Ambulance Association

The triangular bandage

[circa 1915?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Young's London Drapery House (Firm : Tynemouth and Whitley)

Advertisement for Young's London Drapery House

1886
Accessible in the Study Room
Zeno, Niccolò, 1515–1565

De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre... [Read more]

MDLVIII [1558]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Mockett, Andrew

A chapbook of English tat

[2002]
Accessible in the Study Room
George Gordons Glasgow Ginghams original standard qualities

[approximately 1846?]
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
Belnos, S. C., Mrs.

Twenty four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European manners in Bengal

[1832]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hakewill, James

Views ... of the gardens of the Zoological Society in Regent's Park

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824

A catalogue of 250 coloured etchings

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Bodman, Sarah

The secret garden

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Britton, John, 1771–1857

The architectural antiquities of Great Britain

1807-1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Queen Fire Insurance company of Liverpool and London

[approximately 1878?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wathen, James

Journal of a voyage, in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950

B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint... [Read more]

[1923]
Accessible in the Study Room
Professor Groves' new and magnificent colossal diorama of Turkey and India

[1858?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bruce, James, 1730–1794

Travels to discover the source of the Nile

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786

Principles of beauty, relative to the human head

MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Accessible in the Study Room
Britton, John, 1771–1857

Historical and descriptive essays

1847
Accessible in the Study Room
Edwards, William, d. 1890

Sketches in Scinde

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de... [Read more]

1711
Accessible in the Study Room
Thornton, William

The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the... [Read more]

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Picturesque representation of the manners, customs, and amusements of the... [Read more]

1803-1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacocke, Stephen Ponsonby, fl. 1833–1855

Views in the Neilgherry & Koondah ranges, Western Ghauts, Madras

1847
Accessible in the Study Room
The attractive picture book

[1867]
Accessible in the Study Room
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art... [Read more]

1740
Accessible in the Study Room
Grundy, T., (Boot maker)

Easy boots

[approximately 1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789

The works of the late Professor Camper

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Gantz, John, 1772–1853

Descriptive letter press to the Indian Microcosm

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824

The costume of Hindostan

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Cordiner, James

A description of Ceylon

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

In montibus sanctis

1885
Accessible in the Study Room
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752
Accessible in the Study Room
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington

1731
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty

Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration,... [Read more]

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Winter buds

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
White, Mr., active 1798

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library

[1798]
Accessible in the Study Room
Taylor, S. A

Cocking and its votaries

1885]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

The costume of Great Britain

1804 [that is, not before 1819]

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