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Reference Library
22,189
Rare Books and Manuscripts
3,939
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Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
Victoria and Albert Museum
144
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
70
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
68
Blake, William, 1757–1827
64
Ward, Lock & Co
64
Tate Gallery
63
Fine Art Society
52
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
48
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
42
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
40
National Trust (Great Britain)
40
Clark, Thomas A
39
Mee, Arthur, 1875–1943
38
National Gallery (Great Britain)
38
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
36
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
31
Walker Art Gallery
31
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd
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Under Certain Circumstances
26,007
Free to Use
44
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Unavailable
25,886
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165
New Additions
2023-2024
19
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Books
23,400
Articles & Chapters
1,315
Periodicals
473
Archives & Manuscripts
157
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
120
Music (printed)
118
Postcards
112
Prints
93
Videos
47
Maps & Atlas (printed)
45
Photographs
40
Computer Files
13
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12
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11
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346
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94
17th century
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10
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ink
2
photographic paper
2
albumen process
1
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1
gelatin silver process
1
graphite (mineral)
1
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1
plywood
1
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1
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1
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1
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artists' book
473
ephemera
454
exhibition catalog
451
private press books (publishing)
313
wood engraving
281
photomechanical print
215
photograph
139
postcard
134
history
122
auction catalogue
116
sheet music
107
catalog
97
auction catalog
91
memorial card
90
chromolithograph
88
accordion fold format (binding)
77
exhibition catalogue
75
advertisement
71
poem
71
periodical
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
509
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
314
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
252
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
228
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
217
Rare books -- Catalogs.
171
Art, Victorian -- Catalogs.
150
Great Britain.
148
Blake, William, 1757–1827.
137
Painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
136
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions.
133
Auction catalogs.
129
Painting, British -- Exhibitions.
127
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851.
121
Watercolor painting, Victorian -- Catalogs.
121
Drawing, Victorian -- Catalogs.
116
Art, British -- Catalogs.
115
Watercolor painting -- Catalogs.
114
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20th century
1,505
19th century
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18th century
591
17th century
389
16th century
98
15th century
19
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12
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11
11th century
6
12th century
5
14th century
4
21st century
2
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2
Elizabeth II
2
Geschichte
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
10e siècle
1
13th century
1
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1
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Great Britain
3,934
England
3,099
London
719
London (England)
590
Scotland
367
United States
309
Ireland
227
Europe
193
Italy
117
Australia
115
France
113
Wales
109
India
104
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Edinburgh
56
New York (State)
43
Germany
41
Middle East
38
Devon (England)
36
Thames River (England)
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
287
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
221
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
110
Constable, John, 1776–1837
107
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
104
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
93
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
85
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
82
Morris, William, 1834–1896
82
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
74
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
74
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
63
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
53
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
51
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
49
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
49
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
44
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
43
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
40
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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)
17
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
“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
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
145
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
111
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
109
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
16
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King
13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William S. Reese, Yale BA 1977, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
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Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
2
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
3
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
4
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
5
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
6
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
7
Dreyfus, John
Type specimen facsimiles;
1963
8
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
9
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne
1914
10
[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]
[approximately 1930?]
11
S.A., her book
approximately 1920?
12
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
13
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
14
Main Vista South
1951
15
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
16
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
17
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
18
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
19
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
20
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
[Bookmark from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]
[approximately 1970?]
21
St. John Ambulance Association
The triangular bandage
[circa 1915?]
22
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp
1917
23
J. Grossmith & Son
Phul-nana perfume
[ca. 1926?]
24
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
25
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Golden Lion Hotel
[192-?]
26
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
27
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
28
Stencilled friezes
[ca. 1900?]
29
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
30
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
31
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
32
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
33
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
34
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
35
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
36
John Bartholomew and Son
Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London
[not before 1921]
37
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
38
St. John Ambulance Association
Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use
approximately 1920
39
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
40
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
41
J. Lyons & Company
Menu
1934
42
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)
[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August 13, 1955]
1955
43
A souvenir frae bonny Scotland
[1930?]
44
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
45
Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes
[1935]
46
Phillips, Nicholas
Four details from a suit of armour
[1979]
47
Simpson's-in-the-Strand
Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern
1960
48
Alexander McBean & Sons
Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness
1900
49
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)
Stevens Art Gallery
early 20th century
50
Alfred Savage Ltd.
Oxford University
[between 1961 and 1963]
51
Till the boys come home
1914 or 1915
52
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927
Westminster Abbey fund
1920
53
Harrow School
Harrow School
1931
54
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia"
1955
55
[Postcard with birthday wishes]
[approximately 1910]
56
Dilnot, John
[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected drawings."]
1991
57
In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford
1905
58
Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
59
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Britain at home to the world
1951
60
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
61
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
62
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly
[191-?]
63
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
64
Whitstable in an oyster shell
[approximately 1930]
65
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
66
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
67
An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
68
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Father's garden
1989
69
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
70
Cunard White Star, ltd
Menu
[1935]
71
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Carte du jour
1955
72
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride
[approximately 1905]
73
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
74
First lessons in knitting for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
75
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)
[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee]
[1943]
76
Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)
Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera,
1912-1914
77
In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life January 2th, 1918
1918
78
Officer's photograph album of British military hospitals and camps
1917-1918
79
The Grand Vista
1951
80
In loving memory of Betsy Ann
[1924]
81
West Sussex (England). County Council
Licence to drive a motor car or cycle for Frank Wickham of Woolbeding Rectory Cottage, Midhurst
1916
82
Receipt for purchase of a grave in the cemetery in Widnes, England, for Henry Dixon
1918
83
J.S. Fry & Sons
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie
ca. 1909
84
Hassall, John, 1868–1948
Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916
1916
85
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947
1947
86
C. Goodall & Son
Goodall's Royal Bezique register
[approximately 1900]
87
Pollard, G.
Letter
1928 April 13th
88
J. Beagles & Co. Ltd.
Queen Victoria Memorial
1911
89
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915
[1919]
90
[Songs for piano]
[190-?]
91
Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows
1924-1925
92
M'Culloch, John A.
Scottish National Exhibition, 1908
[1908]
93
Reliance Rubber Company
Plastic gold
1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
94
J. Cardno & Co. (Fraserburgh, Scotland)
[Billhead of J. Cardno & Co., grocers in Fraserburgh, Scotland, recording purchases by Mr. Cheyne, 1913
1913
95
M'Lagan & Cumming (Firm)
M'Lagan & Cumming
[1908?]
96
Riley, Bridget, born 1931
Bridget Riley
[1965]
97
Treloar & Sons
Advertisement for Treloar's Inlaid Linoleum
[1902?]
98
Royal Exchange Assurance (Firm)
[Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance
[approximately 1900?]
99
J.R. Taylor & Sons (Bournemouth, England)
[Billhead of J.R. Taylor & Sons, butchers in Bournemouth and Westbourne, for purchases made by the late Rev. Sawyer, of Heather Lodge, 1913]
1913
100
Anchor Line (Firm)
Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930
1930
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