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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
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Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
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Alexander, Mary
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Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
1
Birch, G
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Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
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Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
1
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
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Byron, Jane
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Cameron, Emy E.
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Carr family
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Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
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Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
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Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
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Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
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D. C
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Davison, William, 1798–1870
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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wove paper
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children's art
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view
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albums (books)
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6
drawings (visual works)
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figure drawing
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diarie
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Ships in art.
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Italy
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Alloway, Lawrence, 1926–1990
1
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
1
Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
1
Backhouse, John Mounsey
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Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
1
Backus family
1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
Brand, John, 1744–1806
1
Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
1
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Byron, Jane
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
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Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Binder
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
2
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
3
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
4
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
5
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
6
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
7
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
8
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
9
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
10
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
11
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
12
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
13
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
14
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
15
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
16
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
17
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
18
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
19
Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, 1876–1964
Sketchbooks
1892-1896
20
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
21
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
22
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
23
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
24
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
25
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
26
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
27
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
28
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
29
McHale, John
John McHale archive,
ca. 1950-1978
30
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
31
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
32
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
33
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
34
Simpson, Miss
Sketchbook of drawings and designs by Miss Simpson at Mrs Linton's Boarding-school, Foregate Street, Worcester
circa 1795
35
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
36
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
37
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
38
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
39
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
40
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
41
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
42
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
Yorkshire sketchbook
approximately 1880
43
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
[Facsimile of the sketch book containing studies and notes made by Inigo Jones during a visit to Italy in 1614]
[1831 or 1832]
44
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
45
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
46
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
47
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
48
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
49
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
50
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
51
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
52
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
53
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
54
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
55
Mouton
[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]
[September 1869]
56
Tompkin, Miss
Isle of Wight sketchbook
1874-1880
57
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
Sketchbook
1835
58
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
59
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
60
Stanhope, Mary Alexandrina
Sketchbook
1875-1895
61
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Sketches of Lynmouth, Bath and Clifton
approximately 1834-approximately 1849
62
Byron, Jane
[Drawing book]
1801
63
Hockney, David, born 1937
220 for 2020
[2021]
64
D. C
[Sketchbook of views in Britain]
1834-1861
65
Heathorn, Thomas Bridges, 1831–1911
The griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange
1862
66
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
67
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
68
Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
69
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
70
S. J
Architectural sketchbook
1854, May 12-1856, July 29
71
Martin, Charles William, 1850–1895
Drawings by Charles William Martin
1866
72
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
73
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777
74
[Devon sketchbook]
[not before 1814]
75
Smith, Elizabeth, fl. 1822–1825
Sketchbook of a series of tours through England
1822, June 25-1825, May 20
76
Skelly, Louisa
Sketchbook of a visit to the Continent
[ca. 1850?]
77
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
78
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
79
Humble, Michael M
Sketchbook
1844
80
Davy, Henry, active 1829
Original drawings for A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk
1817-1828
81
Drawings of Swiss costume
ca. 1830?
82
[Mr. Brisk's travels in Scotland]
[1845]
83
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
Diary, sketchbook, and translation of Virgil's Aeneid
ca. 1813-ca.1863
84
Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
85
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
86
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
87
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in Italy
1906-1907
88
Alexander, Mary
Sketchbook
circa 1840
89
Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
90
My likes and dislikes
1872?
91
Sketchbook containing views of Boulogne and the south of England, including Folkestone, Dover, and Brighton
1860s
92
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
93
R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
94
Vues d'Angleterre
1843
95
[Drawings of English landscapes and villages]
[1864-1865]
96
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
97
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
98
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
[Drawing book]
1866
99
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
100
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856