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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Yale Center for British Art. Institutional Archives
6
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Prown, Jules David
4
Bonnell, Mandy
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Bush, Tracey
2
Cracknall, James
2
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
2
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
2
Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
2
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
2
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
2
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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185
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19th century
505
20th century
159
18th century
113
21st century
48
17th century
16
15th century
8
16th century
8
14th century
1
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felt (textile)
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lithography
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ephemera
145
ink drawing
138
watercolor
130
diarie
95
correspondence
85
blank form
84
financial record
81
billhead
67
graphite drawing
67
receipts (financial records)
65
engraving
61
photograph
44
botanical illustration
42
commonplace book
37
invoice
37
sketchbook
33
travel literature
32
notebook
30
account book
26
diagram
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
49
Yale Center for British Art.
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Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
34
Art, British.
28
English poetry -- 19th century.
24
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
22
Women in natural history.
20
Italy -- Description and travel.
19
Grand tours (Education)
18
Pressed flower pictures.
18
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
17
Painters -- Great Britain.
17
France -- Description and travel.
16
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
16
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
15
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
13
Fashion -- Great Britain.
13
Food -- Great Britain.
12
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
12
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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17th century
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16th century
2
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Great Britain
322
England
40
Italy
30
France
29
London (England)
29
Switzerland
18
Europe
17
India
13
Belgium
12
Germany
12
United States
12
Scotland
10
London
9
Manchester (England)
9
Rome (Italy)
9
Egypt
6
Ireland
6
Yorkshire (England)
6
Liverpool (England)
5
Paris (France)
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Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
9
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
8
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
6
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
6
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
4
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
4
Prown, Jules David
4
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
3
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Stevenson, Robert W., active 1881–1891
3
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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)
16
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
14
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
29
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
4
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
4
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale BA 1952
1
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy Linda Benedict-Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cathy Courtney
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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German
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Danish
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
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German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
3
Bill for building expenses
1760
4
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
5
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
6
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
7
Salisbury, W. T
Select meditations and reflections on death
circa 1782-1792
8
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
9
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
10
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise
[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]
1809
11
Royal Academy (Gosport, England)
Bill for school expenses from the Royal Academy for Lord Augustus Beauclerk
August 2nd, 1834
12
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
13
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
14
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
15
M. &. H. Corps
Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps
[1848]
16
Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester
approximately 1825
17
Reece & Co. (London, England)
[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society]
1838-1839
18
[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
1814
19
Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
20
Herring, Francis M.
[Billhead of Francis M. Herring, chemist]
1849
21
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke
1850
22
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855
[1855]
23
Bill from the Daily Post Waggon Office, Edinburgh for carriage expenses fo Mr. G. Alexander, Banff
4th November, 1812
24
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
1788
25
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Journal in Portugal, Spain and France
1812-1814
26
Notebook of recipes and taxidermic instructions
1830-1834
27
Morrison, S. G.
[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Bird, 1911 : with advertisement for Lipton's Tea]
1911
28
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850
1850
29
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802
Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime
circa 1763
30
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
31
Thompson, Miss, active 1889
Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton
April 1889
32
Wright, James, coach builder
Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of Sir George Musgrave in Penrith,Cumbria, from March, 1864 to January, 1865
1864-1865
33
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
34
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
35
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
36
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
37
Wainwright and Watkins (Firm : Hereford, England)
[Bill from Wainwright and Watkins for Sir J.G. Cotterell, 1812]
1812
38
Letters of administration of William Morgan
1781
39
Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
40
Silver & Co. (London, England)
Billhead of Silver & Co., clothiers, London, recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Lambert
1825
41
Alexander McBean & Sons
Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness
1900
42
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
43
Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
44
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Della architettura militare
mid-16th century
45
Lynch, Richard, -1781
Will of Patrick Lynch
1781
46
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
47
Haldane, James (Tailor)
Billhead of James Haldane, London tailor, recording services rendered to Viscount Strathallan, 1843
1843
48
Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith
49
Simkin, Henry James, -1896
[Billhead of H.J. Simkin, carver & gilder, London, for the purchase of picture frames by Mr. Stevenson]
1891
50
Miller & Sons (London, England)
[Billhead of Miller & Sons, candle merchants, London]
[between 1830 and 1850?]
51
Hafod Arms Hotel (Ceredigion, Wales)
[Printed invoice and promotional handbill of Hafod Arms Hotel]
[184-?]
52
Osborn, Joseph (Draper)
[Billhead recording cloth purchases from Joseph Osborn, linen and woollen draper, Dunstable]
[approximately 1850?]
53
Sheffield General Cemetery Company (Sheffield, England), creator
Grant of exclusive right of burial
1864
54
Vindin, John, 1795–1852
[Billheads of John Vindin, oil & colourman, Knightsbridge for purchases by Mr. Gibbs, 1823]
1823
55
Roche, Patrick (Bootmaker)
Billhead recording shoes purchased by Mr. Roberts from P. Roche, boot maker, Liverpool
1850
56
Cracknall, James
Billhead of James Cracknall, clothier, London, for tailoring provided to Lord Strathallen, 1830
1830
57
Jersey algae
1860
58
Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439–1502
Trattato di architectura civile e militare
not after 1521
59
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition
1821-1822
60
Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843
1843
61
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
62
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
63
Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital"
1837
64
Osborn, Joseph (Maltster)
[Billhead of Joseph Osborn, maltster, for purchases made by H. Brandreth, 1848]
1848
65
J. Fallon & Co. (Leek, England)
[Billhead of J. Fallon & Co., fish merchant, Leek, Staffordshire, for purchases made by Mr. Russell, 1887]
1887
66
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
67
Vigevano, Guido da, approximately 1280–approximately 1350
Liber acquisitionis Te[r]re Sa[n]te de ultra mare
1375
68
Barrett, B., Mr., active 1847
Bill for school expenses for F. Blanchard at B. Barrett's boarding school, Great Yarmouth
1847
69
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
70
Morton, Edward
Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday
1888
71
Barklie, John R.
[Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55]
1855
72
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
73
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
74
Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–
Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine
1897
75
Smallwood, B.
Billhead of B. Smallwood, London haberdasher, for purchase of ribbon by an unidentified buyer
180-?
76
Collis, Isaac Mossop, 1852 or 1853–
Isaac Collis album of pawnbroker's tickets
1879-1881
77
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
John Porter manuscript
circa 1450
78
[Advertisement for patent doors, windows, & shutters for the prevention of burglary]
[1817?]
79
Godfreys, Amy, active 1879
Bills for school expenses for Miss Gleason, to be paid to Amy Godfreys, Vernon Street, Derby
1878-1879
80
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party
between 1792 and 1818?
81
Vouillon & Laure (Firm : London, England)
Billhead of Vouillon & Laure, clothiers, London, for purchases by Mrs. H.H. Creed
1837
82
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
83
Randall Farr & Co. (London, England)
[Billhead of Randall Farr & Co., builder, London, for window cleaning provided to Miss Sparling]
1880
84
Hebblewhite, John Thomas, active 1835
Bill for school expenses from Hacconby School, for Mr. Bavin
1835
85
Gibbon, Daniel (Hosier)
Billhead of Daniel Gibbon, London hosier, for purchases by Mr. H. Gibbs, 1832
1832
86
[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]
1856
87
Cussons, Richard T.
Billhead of Richard T. Cussons, bookseller and stationer, Hull, for purchases by Mrs. Maister, Wood Hall
1845
88
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
89
Grave, Joseph (Tailor)
Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester
1820
90
West Sussex (England). County Council
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst
1916
91
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
92
A full & true account of a pleasure party to Rockingham in 1817 by C.R., illustrated by J.P
1817?
93
Field, William, 1854–1932
William Field scrapbook
1895
94
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary
1860-1866
95
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright notebook
1775-1780
96
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
97
Stencils
late 19th century
98
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
99
J.S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester
1881
100
National Panorama (London, England)
National Panorama, 21, York Street, Westminster
[1883?]
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