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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Prints and Drawings
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
3
Unknown artist
3
Doughty, William, 1757–1782
2
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
1
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
1
Boydell, John, 1719–1804
1
Charron, Wm. (William)
1
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
1
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
1
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
1
Gay, John, 1685–1732
1
Godfrey, John
1
Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771–1835
1
Hayley, William, 1745–1820
1
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
1
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
1
Le Quoy, R
1
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
1
Mellin, August Wilhelm von
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981
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970
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964
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917
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912
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885
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866
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852
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846
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810
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798
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794
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768
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730
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725
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660
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646
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640
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607
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597
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586
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567
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552
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547
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532
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388
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328
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310
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299
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289
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269
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253
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168
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168
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165
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1901
164
On-site Access
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34
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Classification
Books
30
Prints
3
Drawings & Watercolors
1
Creator Gender
unknown
34
male
3
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18th century
34
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wove paper
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graphite
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graphite (color)
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line engraving
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engraving
3
wood engraving
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annotations (provenance)
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auction catalog
1
coats of arm
1
drawing book
1
drawings (visual works)
1
intaglio print
1
map
1
pencil drawing
1
publishers' advertisement
1
subscribers' list
1
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architectural subject
1
Subject Terms
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1779.
5
Strahan, W. -- Publisher.
3
English poetry -- 18th century -- History.
2
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- History.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1779–1781.
2
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1779.
2
Etching -- Specimens -- 1779.
2
Admirals -- Great Britain.
1
Aldesley, Lord Stanley -- Bookplate.
1
Aldesley, Lord Stanley -- Bookplate. (BACRB)
1
Animals.
1
Architectural models -- France -- Paris.
1
Architecture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture, Domestic -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Architecture, Roman -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
1
Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800.
1
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800.
1
Art -- Private collections -- France -- Catalogs.
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18th century
5
17th century
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Great Britain
10
France
2
Paris
2
Dublin
1
Dublin (Ireland)
1
England
1
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
1
Northwest Coast of North America
1
Salisbury (England)
1
Shrewsbury (England)
1
Spain
1
Westminster (London, England)
1
Worcester
1
Worcestershire (England)
1
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Berthault du Tombel, Jean-Francois
1
Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742–1802
1
Horace
1
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
1
Owen, W. (William), -1793
1
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
1
Romney, George, 1734–1802
1
Samson (Biblical judge)
1
Verhulst, Gabriel François Joseph de
1
Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara R. and Richard C. Glowacki, Yale BA 1954
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles R. Caldwell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
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English
25
French
4
German
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John Godfrey
Herstmonceux Castle Pl. I
1779
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unknown artist
Samuel Johnson
1779
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unknown artist
Samuel Johnson
1779
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1778
M DCC LXXIX [1779]
5
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial assembled for the trial of the Honourable Admiral Augustus Keppel
MDCCLXIX [1779]
6
Searles, Michael, fl. 1779–1781
[Cost of artificial slate in roofing compared with that of plain tiles and that of slate]
1779?]
7
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Prefaces biographical and critical to the Works of the English poets
1779-1781
8
Six landscapes from original paintings
1779
9
Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Desiderata curiosa, or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history
1779
10
Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1779
11
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
A tour through the island of Great Britain
1779
12
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Collection of drawings of arms
[ca. 1779?]
13
Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
14
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
15
Watts, William, 1752–1851
The seats of the nobility and gentry
January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
16
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
l'an VI de la République, 1798
17
Hayley, William, 1745–1820
A poetical epistle to an eminent painter ..
1779
18
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
A new description of the pictures, statues, bustos, basso relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's house at Wilton
1779
19
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
An election ball
1779
20
Catalogue d'une riche et precieuse collection de tableaux ..
1779
21
Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Catalogue raisonné d'un recueil d'estampes
1779-1783
22
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
The peerage of England
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
23
Le Quoy, R
An account of the model in relievo,
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
24
Charron, Wm. (William)
A description of the freedom box, voted by the City of London to the Hon. Augustus Keppel, admiral of the Blue
[1779]
25
Owen, W. (William), -1793
Owen's new book of roads, or, A description of the roads of Great Britain
1779
26
Phillips, Thomas, d. 1815
The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury
1779
27
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
The works of the English poets
1779-1781
28
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
The lives of the English poets
MDCCLXXIX-MDCCLXXXI [1779-81]
29
Minutes of the proceedings at a courtmartial ... of the Honourable Admiral Augustus Keppel ..
1779
30
Mellin, August Wilhelm von
Versuch einer Anweisung zur Anlegung, Verbesserung und Nutzung der Wildbahnen so wohl im Freyn als in Thiergärten
1779
31
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
Observations on Reading Abbey,
1779?]
32
Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771–1835
Catalogue des différents objets de curiosité
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
33
Sanders, Thomas, engraver
Perspective views of the market towns within the county of Worcester
[1779-1781]
34
Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
Samson Agonistes
[between 1779 and 1797]