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Galt, John, 1779–1839
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Hamilton, James, 1948–
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Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948–
1
Baird, William, active 1898
1
Berry, Claude
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Bindman, David, 1940–
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Blayney, Peter W. M., 1944–
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Bond, Barbara A.
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Bowness, Sophie
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Cahill, James
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Chapman, John Stewart
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Cohen, David, 1955–
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Cole, Roger, 1922–
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Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941
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Day, William, 1823–1908
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De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
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De Heriz, Patrick
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Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
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Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
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Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821
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Great Britain.
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Brown, Lancelot, 1716–1783.
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Chris Beetles Limited -- Catalogs.
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Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
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Brown, Lancelot, 1716–1783
3
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543
3
Bartram, William, 1739–1823
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
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Hockney, David, born 1937
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1982–
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Aitchison, Craigie, 1926–2009
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Angas, George French
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Angas, George French, 1822–1886
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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766–1815
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Bartram, John, 1699–1777
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Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989
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Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
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Behan, John, 1938–
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Bonington, Richard Parkes
1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
1
Broome, Myrtle, 1888–1978
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
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Yale Center for British Art, BAC: Copy 1 is a gift of Paul Mellon and copy 2 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Carol Popplin.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gill Gregory.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Leara Kuffer.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Stansky Yale BA 1953.
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Yale Center for British Art, Vol. 1 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
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Galt, John, 1779–1839
The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, Esq.
1820
2
Galt, John, 1779–1839
The progress of genius, or, Authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq.
1832, c1830
3
Day, William, 1823–1908
William Day's reminiscences of the turf
1886
4
Hayley, William, 1745–1820
Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq.
1823
5
De Heriz, Patrick
La belle O'Morphi
[1947]
6
Garner, Valerie
Prince William
1998
7
Greenwood, Jeremy
Edward Bawden
2005
8
Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
9
Sammons, Sandra Wallus
John and William Bartram
2015
10
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
John Ruskin
[1985]-[2000]
11
Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
Benjamin Smith Barton
2007
12
Rutherford, Sarah (Freelance consultant)
Capability Brown and his landscape gardens
2016
13
Berry, Claude
Lionel Edwards, 1878-1966
2002
14
Powers, Alan, 1955–
Enid Marx
2018
15
Seebohm, Caroline
Edwina Sandys art
2011
16
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
17
Webb, Valerie
Edward Stott (1855-1918)
2018
18
Chapman, John Stewart
Byron and the Honourable Augusta Leigh
1975
19
De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum
1953
20
George the faithful
[1936]
21
Kenneth Clark
[2014]
22
Haste, Cate, 1945–
Craigie Aitchison
2014
23
The inking woman
2018
24
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
25
Garlick, Kenneth, 1916–2009
Sir Thomas Lawrence
1954
26
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The life, letters and table talk of Benjamin Robert Haydon
1876
27
Turner, Sarah A. M.
Percy Moore Turner
2018
28
Wootton, David, 1963–
The illustrators
[2018?]
29
Wakeling, Edward
The photographs of Lewis Carroll
2015
30
Jones, Jonathan, 1976–
Tracey Emin
2020
31
Howard, Clare (Archaeologist)
The church and chapel interiors of John Loughborough Pearson
[2016]
32
Gregory, Gill
The studio
2015
33
Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
Savage messiah
1931
34
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941
On being an artist
[2015]
35
Pre-Raphaelite papers
[1984]
36
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Gainsborough
2017
37
Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970–
Nicholas Hilliard
2019
38
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]
39
Hopkins, Owen, 1984–
From the shadows
2015
40
Parkin, Sophie
Colony Room Club, 1948-2008
[2013]
41
Strong, Roy
The English icon
1969
42
Miller, Lee, 1907–1977
Lee Miller and surrealism in Britain
2018
43
William Morris
2021
44
Thuillier, Rosalind
Graham Sutherland
2015
45
Kitaj, R. B
R.B. Kitaj
[2017]
46
Goodden, Henrietta
Robin Darwin
2015
47
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
The Pre-Raphaelite circle
2013
48
Montfort, Patricia de
Louise Jopling
2017
49
Turner, Roger, 1943 November 17–
Capability Brown
2013
50
In praise of Paul Mellon
[1987]
51
Blayney, Peter W. M., 1944–
The Stationers' Company and the printers of London, 1501-1557
2013
52
Schama, Simon
The face of Britain
[2016]
53
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543
Holbein
1985
54
Lewis, Adrian, 1951–
The drawings of Roger Hilton
2017
55
The illustrators
2015
56
Tregenza, John
George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist 1822-1886
1980
57
Lees-Milne, James
William Beckford
1979
58
Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948–
Peter Shelton
[1998]
59
Hervey, Mary F. S. (Mary Frederica Sophia), 1853–1920
Holbein's "Ambassadors"
1900
60
King, James, 1942–
Roland Penrose
[2016]
61
Ronald Searle remembered, (1920-2011)
[2012]
62
Hockney, David, born 1937
David Hockney
2021
63
Frazier, Adrian Woods
John Behan
2015
64
Hicks, David, 1929–1998
David Hicks scrapbooks
2017
65
The Flower Hunter
2014
66
Holloway, Jennifer
Against the odds
2014
67
Lesser, Wendy
You say to brick
2017
68
The illustrators
[2016]
69
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Constable
2022
70
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959
Stanley Spencer
2016
71
Scarisbrick, Diana
Elihu Yale
2014
72
Peacock, Carlos
Richard Parkes Bonington
1980
73
Shanes, Eric
Young Mr Turner
[2016]
74
Bond, Barbara A.
Great escapes
2015
75
Artists who make books
2017
76
Russell, James
Ravilious
2015
77
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
78
Bowness, Sophie
Barbara Hepworth
2017
79
Bindman, David, 1940–
Hogarth
2021
80
McGregor, Alasdair, 1954–
A forger's progress
2014
81
Kitson, Sydney D. (Sydney Decimus), 1871–1937
The life of John Sell Cotman
1982
82
Cahill, James
David Hockney
2021
83
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821
The Farington diary
[1923-28]
84
Smart, Tom
Peter Clapham Sheppard
[2018]
85
Modern Scottish women
2015
86
Oakley, Maroussia
The book and periodical illustrations of Arthur Hughes
2016
87
Voysey, Charles F. A., 1857–1941
The art and architecture of C.F.A. Voysey, English pioneer modernist architect and designer
2015
88
Malcomson, A. P. W.
Nathaniel Clements 1705-77
[2015]
89
Norrington, Ruth
The household of Sir Thomas More
1985
90
Young, Lee
An artist in Abydos
2021
91
Whitley, William T. (William Thomas), 1858–1942
Thomas Gainsborough
2016
92
Cole, Roger, 1922–
Burning to speak
1978
93
Baird, William, active 1898
John Thomson of Duddingston, pastor and painter
1895
94
Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian architects
2009
95
Hunt, Tristram, 1974–
The radical potter
2021
96
Sikander, Shahzia, 1969–
Roots and wings
[2021]
97
Orr, Clarissa Campbell
Mrs Delany
[2019]
98
Lambirth, Andrew, 1959–
Rose Hilton
2009
99
Hinde, Thomas, 1926–2014
Capability Brown
1986
100
Llewellyn, Sacha
Winifred Knights, 1899-1947
2016