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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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21,330
Reference Library
175
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
111
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
56
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
50
Clark, Thomas A
50
Dilnot, John
50
Rocque, John, -1762
49
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Bush, Tracey
39
Sackett, Colin
37
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
32
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
31
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
30
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Unknown
1,015
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
21,330
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
20,183
Free to Use
1,147
Image Available
Unavailable
19,522
Available
1,808
New Additions
2024-2025
75
Classification
Books
17,085
Archives & Manuscripts
777
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
755
Prints
734
Maps & Atlas (printed)
483
Music (printed)
248
Periodicals
188
Articles & Chapters
174
Drawings & Watercolors
166
Postcards
131
Photographs
129
Visual Materials
73
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
44
Videos
7
Musical Sound Recordings
6
Paintings
3
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
PrintsVisual Materials
1
Creator Gender
unknown
21,326
female
4
Period
19th century
11,788
20th century
4,078
18th century
2,765
21st century
902
17th century
547
15th century
326
16th century
202
14th century
2
13th century
1
Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
23
wove paper
22
throwing (pottery technique)
11
wood
10
wood engraving (process)
10
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
watercolor (paint)
8
ink
6
albumen process
5
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
silk (textile)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
lithography
3
transfer printing
3
weaving
3
cardboard
2
glue
2
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,883
engraving
1,493
lithograph
1,341
ephemera
1,231
aquatint
1,152
artists' book
898
auction catalog
780
chromolithograph
692
etching
622
map
465
woodcut
460
armorial bookplates (provenance)
396
recreation
339
accordion fold format (binding)
338
photograph
336
advertisement
317
private press books (publishing)
315
exhibition catalog
307
photomechanical print
306
watercolor
302
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
856
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
605
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
457
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
443
London Institution -- Ownership.
348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
343
Incunabula in Yale Library.
300
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
295
Drawing -- Technique.
276
Grief.
271
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
250
Women in natural history.
239
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
237
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
197
Satire, English.
193
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
184
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Subject Period
19th century
1,560
20th century
514
18th century
335
17th century
98
16th century
63
21st century
35
15th century
27
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th century,
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
4,653
England
2,020
London
1,205
London (England)
529
France
316
United States
245
Italy
230
Scotland
195
Edinburgh (Scotland)
191
India
173
Ireland
131
Europe
130
Edinburgh
128
Wales
127
Oxford (England)
96
Germany
90
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
75
Egypt
68
Spain
68
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
89
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
85
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
41
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
39
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
37
Jesus Christ
32
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
32
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
30
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
26
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
25
Raphael, 1483–1520
24
Shirley Smith, Richard
24
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
22
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
21
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
20
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
138
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
118
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
117
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
78
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
64
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
54
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
39
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
25
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
24
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
23
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
19
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
15
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
15
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
14
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
13
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
8
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
8
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
8
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
8
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
221
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
175
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
164
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
136
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
133
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
117
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
97
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
79
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
73
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
55
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
51
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
46
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus.
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
32
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
32
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
26
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Language
English
18,495
French
552
Latin
400
German
272
Italian
136
Dutch
51
No linguistic content
51
Undetermined
34
Spanish
25
English, Middle (1100-1500)
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
10
Swedish
10
Welsh
10
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
8
Multiple languages
7
Japanese
6
Efik
5
Portuguese
5
Russian
5
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475–1564
Venti sonetti
[1964]
2302
Savage & Chong
Ring
2011
2303
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
2304
Stuart, Leslie, 1864–1928
The shade of the palm
[England?] :
2305
Walsh, Mary E., active 19th century
The black hawk waltz
[189-?]
2306
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
2307
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire
MDCCXCCIII [1793]
2308
Foxhounds & foxhunting
c1990
2309
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Westmoria comitatus
[1645]
2310
Galt, John, 1779–1839
The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, Esq.
1820
2311
Leigh, Samuel
Leigh's new picture of London
1820
2312
The polite arts, or, A dissertation on poetry, painting, musick, architecture, and eloquence
MDCCXLIX [1749]
2313
Doctor Syntax in Paris,
1820
2314
Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838–1925
The art of chromolithography
1883
2315
Robinson, P. F. (Peter Frederick), 1776–1858
... History of Woburn Abbey
1833
2316
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
The Waldenses;
1838
2317
Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820–1907
A memorial of the marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark
[1864]
2318
Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758–1838
Hungerfordiana: or Memoirs of the family of Hungerford,
1823]
2319
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
A catalogue of engravers,
1763
2320
Haselden and Company
A collection of designs for the use of upholsterers, decorators, gilders, &c.
[1836?]
2321
Cooke, George, 1781–1834
Animals after the first masters
1829
2322
Crofton, Frances Emilia, 1821 or 1822–1910
Eight views, for the benefit of the County Leitrim Protestant Orphan Society
[1854]
2323
Smith, Christopher Webb, 1793–1871
Indian dead game
1830
2324
Raguenet, François, 1660?-1722
Roma illustrata, or, A description of the most beautiful pieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture, antique and modern, at and near Rome
[172-?]
2325
Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683
Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
2326
Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland
Six engravings in illustration of The antiquary
2327
Morgan, Henry
Series of views of the harbour and river of Cork
1850
2328
National Academy of Design (U.S.)
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Annual Exhibition
1843
2329
Captain Cook's florilegium
1973
2330
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective
1780
2331
Prout, J. S. (John Skinner), 1806–1876
Antiquities of York
[1840?]
2332
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Studies of cottages and rural scenery
1816
2333
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's British merlin
1797
2334
Gifford, Charles B.
San Francisco, 1862
[1862]
2335
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world
1858
2336
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850–1918
The life of Velazquez
1896
2337
24 caricatures
1771 [i.e. 1772]
2338
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Moore's Irish melodies
[between 1863 and 1865]
2339
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies
1762
2340
Novice, George William
Lights in art
1874
2341
The little bombardier, and pocket gunner
1801
2342
The tongue cut sparrow
[188-?]
2343
Catalogue of the first fall exhibition of the works of modern artists, at the Apollo Gallery, no. 410 Broadway, New-York. 1838.
[1838]
2344
Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856–1938
The Middle Hill Press
[1886]
2345
Baker, Ezekiel, 1758–1836
Remarks on rifle guns
1835
2346
Biegel, Peter
Peter Biegel's racing pictures
1983
2347
Browne, T. H
History of the English turf, 1904-1930,
1931
2348
Dia 19 de Marzo de 1808, en Aranjuez
Nov. 1, 1813
2349
Mackay-Smith, Alexander
The colonial quarter race horse
1983
2350
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
The gentleman's new pocket farrier
1828
2351
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967
Memoirs of a fox-hunting man
mcmliv [1954]
2352
Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States
Thoroughbred racing & breeding;
1945]
2353
Watson, J. N. P
A concise guide to hunting
1988
2354
Clovelly
[between 1920 and 1929?]
2355
Gall & Inglis
Gall & Inglis' pocket map of the suburbs of London
[ca. 1897?]
2356
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
The national sports of Great Britain
1821
2357
Album of cut-paper work
circa 1800
2358
Bretherton, J. C. (John Christopher), 1925–
The prince and the puppeteer
[1969]
2359
Primrose, A. (Alexander), 1861–1944
Notes on botany
1882
2360
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
An account of the remains of a Roman villa discovered at Bignor
1820
2361
Les delices des chateaux royaux, or, A pocket companion to the royal palaces of Windsor, Kensington, Kew, and Hampton Court
[1785]
2362
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789–1864
Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851
1855
2363
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk
Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
2364
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The ethics of the dust
1866
2365
Frost, Charles, 1781?-1862
Notices relative to the early history of the town and port of Hull
1827
2366
Brand, John, 1744–1806
The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne
1789
2367
A plan of the harbour and town of Toulon, and places adjacent
1756
2368
Bow-string bridge ribs
1849
2369
Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)
A descriptive and historical account of various palaces and public buildings, English and foreign
1810
2370
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732–1812
Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760
1798
2371
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796–1856
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's strait
MDCCCXXXI [1831]
2372
Facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News
15th March, 1852
2373
Webber, Charles W. (Charles Wilkins), 1819–1856
The hunter-naturalist
c1851
2374
Amaya, Mario
The obsessive image, 1960-1968;
1968
2375
Waller, George
Saratoga; saga of an impious era
[1966]
2376
Gerli, Agostino
Opuscoli di Agostino Gerli
1785
2377
Lavater, Warja, 1913–2007
Ergo
[1988]
2378
Marriage costumes of various nations
[1824]
2379
Fulton, Hamish, born 1946
Camp fire
c1985
2380
Halsey, Alan
An alphabet of emblems
1987
2381
Walsingham Priory
Redditus sequentes ex antiquo manuscripto continente tota Biblia,
1823?]
2382
Hop-o' my-thumb and the seven league boots
[1853]
2383
Grueber, Henry
Six lithographic views of seats in the neighborhood of Wrexham
1828
2384
Hall, John, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Novel designs for cottages and schools
1825
2385
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
[1823]
2386
Hittorff, Jacques Ignace, 1792–1867
Architecture moderne de la Sicile, ou, recueil des plus beaux monuments religieux
1835
2387
Johnson, John
Outline of the Beverly Minster; Interior and exterior
[ca. 1840]
2388
Keenan, Frances, fl. 1807–1813
A select collection of views in the county of Devon
1800
2389
Japan
1823
2390
Scharf, George
Observations on the peculiarities of sculptures
1847
2391
Trery, Henry Charles
Sketches in Lowestoft
1852
2392
Lewis, Thomas Hayter, 1818–1898
The fine arts and their connection with education
1865
2393
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Tilt, the black-flagged streets
[1988]
2394
Wild, Charles, 1781–1835
Foreign cathedrals
2395
The stranger's guide to Hampton-Court Palace and gardens
[1830?]
2396
Leighton, John M
Swans's views on the Clyde
[1835?]
2397
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
A guide through the district of the lakes in the north of England
1835
2398
Lady
The hand-book of useful and ornamental amusements and accomplishments
1845
2399
Bevis, John, 1954–
Battle of Brentford Basin
1992
2400
Clark, Thomas A
From a glossary of old Scots
1979
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