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Christie, Manson & Woods
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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John Murray (Firm)
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
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Christie & Manson
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Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
79
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Ward, Lock & Co
67
Fine Art Society
65
Tate Gallery
64
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
64
Britton, John, 1771–1857
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
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48,571
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899
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566
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
515
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453
Maps & Atlas (printed)
359
Music (printed)
222
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208
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111
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102
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92
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52
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25
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53,956
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13
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20th century
25,887
21st century
13,880
19th century
11,766
18th century
2,180
17th century
290
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15th century
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wove paper
17
ceramic (material)
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daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
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watercolor (paint)
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albumen process
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silk (textile)
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wove paper.
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wood engraving
1,736
exhibition catalog
1,209
auction catalog
1,074
lithograph
1,051
engraving
1,031
aquatint
986
artists' book
846
ephemera
730
history
575
chromolithograph
565
etching
463
catalog
409
map
340
armorial bookplates (provenance)
318
private press books (publishing)
312
photograph
276
photomechanical print
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accordion fold format (binding)
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drawing book
265
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
803
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
556
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
398
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
265
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3,465
19th century
3,409
18th century
1,361
17th century
622
21st century
321
16th century
246
15th century
47
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21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
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Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
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Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
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8,669
England
5,884
London
1,873
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1,185
Scotland
673
United States
610
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461
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443
Italy
341
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302
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283
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276
Australia
234
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182
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119
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109
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
194
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
162
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
139
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
133
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
132
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
114
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
93
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
88
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
82
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
74
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
72
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
58
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
40
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
18
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
14
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
12
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
“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)
4
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
198
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
125
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
85
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
50
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
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[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
2
Hearld, Mark
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
3
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
5
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
6
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
7
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
8
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
9
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
10
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl
ca. [1798?]
11
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
12
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
13
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
14
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
15
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
16
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
17
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
18
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"
[approximately 1908?]
19
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen
1973
20
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
The book of nonsense
[approximately 1916?]
21
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear's journals
1952
22
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Indian Journal
1953
23
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrated excursions in Italy
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
24
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[1863]
25
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Teapots and quails
1953
26
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[between 1868 and 1871]
27
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense
[1846]
28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
29
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Nonsensus
1988
30
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
31
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.
1851
32
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense ..
1856]
33
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
34
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
35
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake
1965
36
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1849?]
37
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.
[1837?]
38
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth,
[between 1837 and 1848]
39
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized
[183-?]
40
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
41
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
1838
42
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1833]
43
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
[between 1860 and 1870?]
44
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Prints published by W. Hogarth
1762
45
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Manuscript notebook
1781
46
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
47
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1786
M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,
1801
50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
1798
51
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures
1859
52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1771
MDCCLXXII [1772]
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. 10, 1790
M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
54
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1784
M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]
55
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1782
M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
56
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, October 16, 1780
M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
57
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds
1842
58
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
1797
59
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769
MDCCLXIX [1769]
60
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
1929
61
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Johnson and Garrick
1816
62
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]
63
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy
1778
64
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. the 10th, 1774
MDCCLXXV [1775]
65
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ..
1819
66
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1769
MDCCLXIX [1769]
67
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. 10th, 1788
M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
68
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1776
M DCC LXXVII [1777]
69
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1772
M DCC LXIII. [i.e. 1773]
70
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 14, 1770
MDCCLXXI [1771]
71
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
72
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's rivers of England
1883
73
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Views in Sussex
1819
74
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Fifty-six engravings illustrative of The pleasures of memory and other poems
1834
75
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Liber fluviorum, or, River scenery of France
MDCCCLVII [1857]
76
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
The harbours of England
1856
77
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
An antiquarian and picturesque tour round the Southern Coast of England
MDCCCXLIX [1849]
78
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's Rivers of France
[1887]
79
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
The Turner gallery
[1878?]
80
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's rivers of France
[between 1850 and 1859?]
81
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Spring
1993
82
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil
1937
83
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of Thomas Gray
[2013]
84
Blake, William, 1757–1827
William Blake's water-colour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray
1972
85
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The writings of William Blake
MCMXXV [1925]
86
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The Blake-Varley sketchbook of 1819
1969
87
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poetry and prose of William Blake
1935
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The complete writings of William Blake
MCMLVII [1957]
89
Blake, William, 1757–1827
William Blake's designs for Edward Young's Night thoughts
1980-
90
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Illustrations of the book of Job by William Blake;
1935
91
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The note-book of William Blake
MCMXXXV [1935]
92
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
93
Walker, John Rawson, 1796–1873
The new descriptive lesson for carbonic drawing
[ca. 1847]
94
Lewis, Thomas Hayter, 1818–1898
The fine arts and their connection with education
1865
95
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Tilt, the black-flagged streets
[1988]
96
The stranger's guide to Hampton-Court Palace and gardens
[1830?]
97
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
A guide through the district of the lakes in the north of England
1835
98
Bevis, John, 1954–
Battle of Brentford Basin
1992
99
Clark, Thomas A
From a glossary of old Scots
1979
100
Farrer, Julia
A broken delivery of the buisiness [sic]
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