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Reference Library 36,482
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 36,482
Accessible in the Study Room 17,083

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 52,649
Free to Use 755

Image Available

unavailable 52,496
available 908

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 209

Classification

Books 53,404

Collective Title

Period

20th century 24,458
21st century 13,999
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 1,288
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 162
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 3,305
18th century 1,331
17th century 656
21st century 316
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 7,715
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 228
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 411
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 49,518
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

1766
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
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
Seller, John, active 1658–1698

A new system of geography

[1685]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pratt, Anne, 1806–1893

Wild flowers

1852-53
Accessible in the Study Room
Stukeley, William, 1687–1765

Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys... [Read more]

MDCCXXIV [1724]
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, John, 1822–1912

Contrasts & conceits for contemplation

[1849?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ingpen, Abel, -1854

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign... [Read more]

1839
Accessible in the Study Room
James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842

This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings... [Read more]

[1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832

A series of picturesque views of noblemen's & gentlemen's seats

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

L'ecole des armes

MDCCLXIII [1763]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Nichols, John, 1745–1826

History and antiquities of the county of Leicester

1795-1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne

[approximately 1890]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

History of British birds

1797-1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Leda and the swan

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
The New album of Waverly views

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809

Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions

[1800]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Harris, Charles, -1795?

Le catalogue des statues, bas-reliefs, busts, &c.

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884

London

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

[1907]
Accessible in the Study Room
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837

A new description of Blenheim

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

Some account of London

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840

Modern London

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

[ca. 1801]
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland

1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Somalvico & Co

Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope

[between 1842 and 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Taylor, William B. Sarsfield (William Benjamin Sarsfield), 1781–1850

History of the University of Dublin

[1819-1820]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

A slice of bread and butter

[1857]
Accessible in the Study Room
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and... [Read more]

[1943]
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Betsy Ann

[1924]
Accessible in the Study Room
Chamberlain, Lieutenant, 1796–1843

Views and costumes of the city and neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835

Hayter's compendium

[ca. 1826]
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?

The compleat gentleman

[1622]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cowper, William, 1666–1709

The anatomy of humane bodies,

1698
Accessible in the Study Room
The habit makes the man = L'habit forme l'homme

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626

Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.

1625
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

Examples of encaustic tiles, drawn on stone,

1844
Accessible in the Study Room
Abbott, George, 1803–1838

Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire

[1827]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of the island and harbour of Bombay

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877

Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway

1833 [i.e. 1834]
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, Robert, 1792–1882

Asiatic costumes

MDCCCXXVIII [1828]

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