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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
2
Adams, John, 1912–
1
Alexander, David (David S.)
1
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
1
Anthony d'Offay (Firm)
1
Brett, Simon, born 1943
1
Button, Virginia
1
Clayton, Eleanor
1
Cohen, David, 1955–
1
De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
1
Donnelly, Max
1
Elzea, Betty
1
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
1
Field, Jemma
1
Foster, Alicia
1
Freeman, Laura (Freelance writer and art critic)
1
Hamilton, James, 1948–
1
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834–1903
1
Hervey, Mary F. S. (Mary Frederica Sophia), 1853–1920
1
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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2023-2024
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Books
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Periodicals
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unknown
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21st century
41
20th century
14
19th century
1
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biographie
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biography
15
history
15
criticism, interpretation, etc
5
exhibition catalog
5
nonfiction
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personal correspondence
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academic these
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art
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aufsatzsammlung
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ausstellung
1
autobiographie
1
bibliographie
1
book jacket
1
catalog
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catalogues d'exposition
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collective biographie
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directorie
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dust jacket
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Great Britain.
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Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
11
Painters.
11
Artists.
9
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
8
Illustrators.
3
Women artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
3
Women artists.
3
Women painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
3
Women painters.
3
ART / General.
2
Art critics.
2
Authors, English.
2
Design.
2
England -- London.
2
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
2
Illustrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888.
2
Malerei.
2
Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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20th century
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Great Britain
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England London
2
Collioure (France)
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England
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France
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France Collioure
1
France Great Britain
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France Paris
1
Great Britain France
1
Groebritannien
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Ireland
1
Ireland Dublin
1
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Anne, Queen, consort of James I, King of England, 1574–1619
1
Barns-Graham, Wilhelmina, 1912–2004
1
Beale, Mary, 1632–1697
1
Beale, Mary, 1633–1699
1
Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
1
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
1
Bell, Clive, 1881–1964
1
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806–1859
1
Burton, Decimus, 1800–1881
1
Butler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson), 1846–1933
1
Butler, Elizabeth Southerden, 1846–1933
1
Carrington, Leonora, 1917–2011
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Dinteville, Jean de, 1504–1555
1
Dresser, Christopher
1
Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
1
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
1
Freud, Lucian, 1922–2011
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max Donnelly.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
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Yale Center for British Art, Vol. 1 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
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English
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Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
2
Elzea, Betty
A singular man
2023
3
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
John Ruskin
[1985]-[2000]
4
Weiss Gallery (London, England)
A noble visage
[2001?]
5
Palmer, A. H. (Alfred Herbert), 1853–1932
A memoir of Samuel Palmer
2020
6
Paul, Celia, born 1959
Self-portrait
[2019]
7
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
Strangeland
2005
8
Clayton, Eleanor
Barbara Hepworth
2021
9
De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum
1953
10
Who's who in art
[1927]-
11
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834–1903
The story of my life
1896
12
Turner, Sarah A. M.
Percy Moore Turner
2018
13
Powers, Alan, 1955–
Enid Marx
2018
14
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
15
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
Annie Swynnerton, painter and pioneer
2018
16
The inking woman
2018
17
Trollope, James
Rudolph Ihlee
2022
18
Button, Virginia
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
2020
19
LINDERISM
2020
20
Naish, G. P. B. (George P. B.)
Nelson & Bronte,
1958
21
Jacobi, Carol
Out of the cage
2021
22
Sale, William Merritt, 1899–1981
Samuel Richardson
1950
23
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
24
Alexander, David (David S.)
A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820
2021
25
William Morris
2021
26
Rabbitts, Paul A.
Decimus Burton
2021
27
Hunting, Penelope
My dearest heart
2019
28
Morgan, H. C
A history of the Royal Academy schools from 1837 to 1878
1968
29
Peck, Robert McCracken, 1952–
The natural history of Edward Lear
[2021]
30
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Constable
2022
31
Wynne, Catherine, 1971–
Lady Butler
[2019]
32
Freeman, Laura (Freelance writer and art critic)
Ways of life
2023
33
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]
34
Moorhead, Joanna
Surreal spaces
2023
35
Jones, Gregory
William Harry Rogers
2023
36
Foster, Alicia
Gwen John
2023
37
Kinross, Patrick Balfour, Baron, 1904–1976
The Windsor years ;
[1967]
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Morris, Desmond, born 1928
The British surrealists
2022
39
Brett, Simon, born 1943
The life and art of Clifford Webb
2019
40
Hussey, Mark, 1956–
Clive Bell and the making of modernism
2021
41
Yeldham, Charlotte, 1951–
Maria Spilsbury (1776-1820)
2016
42
Pre-Raphaelite papers
[1984]
43
Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
Lucy Kemp-Welch
2023
44
Whitley, William T. (William Thomas), 1858–1942
Thomas Gainsborough
2016
45
Donnelly, Max
Christopher Dresser
2021
46
Holborn, Mark, 1949–
Lucian Freud
2019
47
Field, Jemma
Anna of Denmark
2020
48
Lees-Milne, James
William Beckford
1979
49
Haycock, David Boyd, 1968–
Brilliant destiny
2023
50
Studdert, Caroline
Against the odds
[2019]
51
Hervey, Mary F. S. (Mary Frederica Sophia), 1853–1920
Holbein's "Ambassadors"
1900
52
Adams, John, 1912–
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
[1988]
53
Anthony d'Offay (Firm)
Nigel Henderson
[1977]