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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
2
Hockney, David, born 1937
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Marsh, Jan, 1942–
2
Alexander, David (David S.)
1
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
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Baldissera, Lisa, 1966–
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Bellamy, Martin
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Bhreathnach-Lynch, Síghle
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Bindman, David, 1940–
1
Bloch, Michael
1
Brett, Simon, born 1943
1
Brookhiser, Richard
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Button, Virginia
1
Cahill, James
1
Clayton, Eleanor
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Cohen, David, 1955–
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Donnelly, Max
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Elzea, Betty
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Emin, Tracey, born 1963
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Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
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88
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20th century
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biographie
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biography
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history
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criticism, interpretation, etc
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exhibition catalog
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personal correspondence
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art
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portrait
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Great Britain.
41
Painters.
18
England.
16
Artists.
12
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
11
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
9
Artists -- England -- Biography.
7
United States.
5
Women artists.
5
Illustrators.
4
Painters -- England -- Biography.
4
Sculptors.
4
Women artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
4
ART / General.
3
Architects.
3
Hockney, David, born 1937.
3
Women painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
3
Women painters.
3
ART / European.
2
Animal painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain
45
England
19
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6
Canada
2
Germany
2
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2
Austria
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Black Mountains (Wales and England)
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Collioure (France)
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Egypt
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London
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Hockney, David, born 1937
3
Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815–1879
2
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
2
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011
2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
2
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
2
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795
2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Andrews, Sybil, 1898–1992
1
Anne, Queen, consort of James I, King of England, 1574–1619
1
Barns-Graham, Wilhelmina, 1912–2004
1
Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766–1815
1
Beale, Mary, 1632–1697
1
Beale, Mary, 1633–1699
1
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872–1898
1
Bell, Clive, 1881–1964
1
Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max Donnelly.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of YCBA Museum Shop.
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Yale Center for British Art, Vol. 1 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
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Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
2
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's modern world
2020
3
Griswold, Mac K.
I'll build a stairway to paradise
2022
4
Brookhiser, Richard
Glorious lessons
[2024]
5
Tudor-Hart, Edith, 1908–1973
Edith Tudor-Hart
[2013]
6
Lives of William Blake
2020
7
Lives of Gainsborough
2021
8
Turner, Sarah A. M.
Percy Moore Turner
2018
9
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
Annie Swynnerton, painter and pioneer
2018
10
The inking woman
2018
11
Trollope, James
Rudolph Ihlee
2022
12
Jones, Jonathan, 1976–
Tracey Emin
2020
13
Fenwick, Simon
Joan
2017
14
Bellamy, Martin
William Burrell
2022
15
Weiss Gallery (London, England)
A noble visage
[2001?]
16
Paul, Celia, born 1959
Self-portrait
[2019]
17
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
Strangeland
2005
18
Clayton, Eleanor
Barbara Hepworth
2021
19
Moorhouse, Paul
Bridget Riley
2019
20
Spectre, Phillip
Richard Hamilton
[2019]
21
Elzea, Betty
A singular man
2023
22
Palmer, A. H. (Alfred Herbert), 1853–1932
A memoir of Samuel Palmer
2020
23
Gammel, Irene, 1959–
I can only paint
[2020]
24
Moyle, Franny, aut
The King's painter
2021
25
Button, Virginia
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
2020
26
Reynolds, Graham
Turner
2020
27
Uglow, Jenny, 1947–
Sybil & Cyril
2022
28
Powers, Alan, 1955–
Enid Marx
2018
29
Karbach, Walter, 1950–
Carl Haag
[2019]
30
Riding, Jacqueline
Hogarth
2021
31
Rosen, Jeff, 1957–
Julia Margaret Cameron
2024
32
Smith, Martin Ferguson
The artist Helen Coombe (1864-1937)
2023
33
LINDERISM
2020
34
Fazio, Nichole J.
Julia Margaret Cameron
2023
35
Moorhead, Joanna
Surreal spaces
2023
36
Jones, Gregory
William Harry Rogers
2023
37
Hunting, Penelope
My dearest heart
2019
38
William Morris
2021
39
Rabbitts, Paul A.
Decimus Burton
2021
40
Penrose, Antony
The home of the surrealists
[2016]
41
Cahill, James
David Hockney
2021
42
Ford, John, 1936–
Rudolph Ackermann & the Regency world
[2018]
43
Peck, Robert McCracken, 1952–
The natural history of Edward Lear
[2021]
44
Wiseman, Carter
Louis Kahn
2020
45
Foster, Alicia
Gwen John
2023
46
Alexander, David (David S.)
A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820
2021
47
Baldissera, Lisa, 1966–
Emily Carr
[2021]
48
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
49
Jacobi, Carol
Out of the cage
2021
50
Bloch, Michael
Bloomsbury stud
2023
51
Miles, Jonathan, 1952–
Try the wilderness first
[2018]
52
Shellman, Cecile
Effective diversity, equity, accessibility, inclusion, and anti-racism practices for museums
[2022]
53
Holborn, Mark, 1949–
Lucian Freud
2019
54
Field, Jemma
Anna of Denmark
2020
55
Hussey, Mark, 1956–
Clive Bell and the making of modernism
2021
56
Brett, Simon, born 1943
The life and art of Clifford Webb
2019
57
Yeldham, Charlotte, 1951–
Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820)
2016
58
Weaver, Lawrence Trevelyan
Painter of pedigree
2017
59
Bhreathnach-Lynch, Síghle
Expressions of nationhood in bronze & stone
2019
60
Wynne, Catherine, 1971–
Lady Butler
[2019]
61
Feaver, William
The lives of Lucian Freud
2019-
62
Heitzenrater, Richard P., 1939–
An exact likeness
[2016]
63
Morris, Desmond, born 1928
The British surrealists
2022
64
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
Pre-Raphaelite sisterhood
2019
65
Young, Lee
An artist in Abydos
2021
66
Freeman, Laura (Freelance writer and art critic)
Ways of life
2023
67
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
A memoir of George Stubbs
2005
68
Klein, Jacky
Grayson Perry
2020
69
Donnelly, Max
Christopher Dresser
2021
70
Whitley, William T. (William Thomas), 1858–1942
Thomas Gainsborough
2016
71
Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
Brilliant destiny
2023
72
Hockney, David, born 1937
David Hockney
2021
73
Postwar modern
2022
74
Studdert, Caroline
Against the odds
[2019]
75
Golding, John
John Golding
[2024]
76
Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
Lucy Kemp-Welch
2023
77
Hockney, David, born 1937
Spring cannot be cancelled
2021
78
Hunt, Tristram, 1974–
The radical potter
2021
79
Moon, Iris
Melancholy Wedgwood
[2023]
80
Sikander, Shahzia, 1969–
Roots and wings
[2021]
81
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Constable
2022
82
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
Aubrey Beardsley
2020
83
Bindman, David, 1940–
Hogarth
2021
84
Lesser, Wendy
You say to brick
2017
85
Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
Benjamin Smith Barton
2007
86
The curious Mister Catesby
[2015]
87
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
John Ruskin
[1985]-[2000]
88
Who's who in art
[1927]-
89
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]