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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
2
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
2
Nimrod, 1778–1843
2
Abbott, Jacob, 1803–1879
1
Adams, John, 1912–
1
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
1
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841–1915
1
Alexander, Constance Grosvenor
1
Alexander, David (David S.)
1
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
1
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
1
Anthony d'Offay (Firm)
1
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850–1918
1
Baldissera, Lisa, 1966–
1
Bellamy, Martin
1
Bénézit, E. (Emmanuel), 1854–1920
1
Bhreathnach-Lynch, Síghle
1
Bindman, David, 1940–
1
Bloch, Michael
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142
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2023-2024
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141
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141
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21st century
88
20th century
35
19th century
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15th century
3
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biographie
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biography
28
history
20
criticism, interpretation, etc
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exhibition catalog
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wood engraving
7
engraving
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publishers' advertisement
5
collective biographie
4
dictionarie
4
personal correspondence
4
portrait
4
chromolithograph
3
fragments (object portions)
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incunabula
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woodcut
3
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2
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2
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Great Britain.
53
England.
19
Painters.
18
Artists.
14
Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
11
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
11
Artists -- England -- Biography.
9
United States.
6
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
5
Women artists.
5
Illustrators.
4
Painters -- England -- Biography.
4
Sculptors.
4
Women artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
4
ART / General.
3
Architects.
3
Authors, English.
3
Biography -- Dictionaries.
3
Hockney, David, born 1937.
3
Hunting -- Great Britain.
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Alfred, 871-899
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England
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United States
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London
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Dublin
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Hockney, David, born 1937
3
Blake, William, 1757–1827
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
Mytton, John, 1796–1834
2
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
2
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795
2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
1
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
1
Alexander, Francesca, 1837–1917
1
Alfred, King of England, 849–899
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
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
2
Yale Center for British Art, BAC,REF: Copy 1 is a gift from Paul Mellon and copy 2 is a gift from Jules David Prown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Adrianna Bates
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules Prown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max Donnelly.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miriam C. Niederman, Yale YSN 1953
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of YCBA Museum Shop.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Vol. 1 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
1
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Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1843-1844
2
Smith, William, 1813–1893
Dictionary of Greek and roman biography and mythology
[1844-1849]
3
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Rambling recollections of a soldier of fortune
1842
4
Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours
1855-1866
5
The Illustrated London News
1937
6
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850–1918
The life of Velazquez
1896
7
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
Time I was dead
1934
8
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
Leben der Heiligen
[1475]
9
Kinmonth, Patrick
Patrick Procktor
[1985]
10
Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434–1520
De plurimis claris sceletisq[ue] mulieribus
tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij [29 April 1497]
11
Buch der heiligen Altvätter
[September 25, 1482]
12
Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities
1849
13
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family
1830
14
Shelley memorials
1859
15
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ...
1851
16
Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
17
Hall, H. Byng (Herbert Byng), 1805–1883
Brooklands
1852
18
Brinley, Francis, 1800–1889
Life of William T. Porter
MDCCCLX [1860]
19
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
The life of George Cruikshank
1898
20
Lewis, Michael, 1919–1999
The Lewis family, art and travel
[1993?]
21
Elizabeth, the Queen
©1953
22
The adventures of Commodore Paul
[1884]
23
Wilson, Mona, 1872–
The life of William Blake
MCMXXVII [1927]
24
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ...
1837
25
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841–1915
Tommy Hitchcock, an American hero
[1984]
26
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614
The lives of gallant ladies
1924
27
Terry, Daniel, 1782–1829
British theatrical gallery
1825
28
Gale, J. H., Reverend
Hound and horn, or, The life and recollections of George Carter, the great huntsman
1885
29
Tallemant Des Réaux, 1619–1690
Love-tales from Tallemant
1925
30
Millais, John Guille, 1865–1931
The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy
1899
31
Abbott, Jacob, 1803–1879
History of King Alfred of England
[1849?]
32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's modern world
2020
33
Griswold, Mac K.
I'll build a stairway to paradise
2022
34
Brookhiser, Richard
Glorious lessons
[2024]
35
Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
Benjamin Smith Barton
2007
36
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834–1903
The story of my life
1896
37
Reynolds, Graham
Turner
2020
38
Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
Savage messiah
1931
39
Moyle, Franny, aut
The King's painter
2021
40
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719–1791
George Selwyn
1899
41
Paul, Celia, born 1959
Self-portrait
[2019]
42
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
43
Lives of Gainsborough
2021
44
Allen, Christine, 1953–2014
Annie Swynnerton, painter and pioneer
2018
45
The inking woman
2018
46
Uglow, Jenny, 1947–
Sybil & Cyril
2022
47
Spectre, Phillip
Richard Hamilton
[2019]
48
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
49
Powers, Alan, 1955–
Enid Marx
2018
50
Karbach, Walter, 1950–
Carl Haag
[2019]
51
Gammel, Irene, 1959–
I can only paint
[2020]
52
Lives of William Blake
2020
53
De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum
1953
54
Alexander, Constance Grosvenor
Francesca Alexander
1927
55
Clayton, Eleanor
Barbara Hepworth
2021
56
Moorhouse, Paul
Bridget Riley
2019
57
Elzea, Betty
A singular man
2023
58
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
Strangeland
2005
59
Who's who in art
[1927]-
60
Turner, Sarah A. M.
Percy Moore Turner
2018
61
Fenwick, Simon
Joan
2017
62
Tudor-Hart, Edith, 1908–1973
Edith Tudor-Hart
[2013]
63
Palmer, A. H. (Alfred Herbert), 1853–1932
A memoir of Samuel Palmer
2020
64
Trollope, James
Rudolph Ihlee
2022
65
Jones, Jonathan, 1976–
Tracey Emin
2020
66
Smith, Martin Ferguson
The artist Helen Coombe (1864-1937)
2023
67
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
John Ruskin
[1985]-[2000]
68
Weiss Gallery (London, England)
A noble visage
[2001?]
69
Bellamy, Martin
William Burrell
2022
70
The curious Mister Catesby
[2015]
71
Button, Virginia
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
2020
72
LINDERISM
2020
73
Fazio, Nichole J.
Julia Margaret Cameron
2023
74
Riding, Jacqueline
Hogarth
2021
75
Bindman, David, 1940–
Hogarth
2021
76
Cross, Wilbur L. (Wilbur Lucius), 1862–1948
The life and times of Laurence Sterne
1925
77
Jacobi, Carol
Out of the cage
2021
78
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]
79
Brett, Simon, born 1943
The life and art of Clifford Webb
2019
80
Hussey, Mark, 1956–
Clive Bell and the making of modernism
2021
81
Moorhead, Joanna
Surreal spaces
2023
82
Jones, Gregory
William Harry Rogers
2023
83
Lesser, Wendy
You say to brick
2017
84
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Constable
2022
85
Naish, G. P. B. (George P. B.)
Nelson & Bronte,
1958
86
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
87
Alexander, David (David S.)
A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820
2021
88
Baldissera, Lisa, 1966–
Emily Carr
[2021]
89
Hunting, Penelope
My dearest heart
2019
90
William Morris
2021
91
Rabbitts, Paul A.
Decimus Burton
2021
92
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
Pre-Raphaelite sisterhood
2019
93
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
Aubrey Beardsley
2020
94
Sale, William Merritt, 1899–1981
Samuel Richardson
1950
95
Ford, John, 1936–
Rudolph Ackermann & the Regency world
[2018]
96
Morgan, H. C
A history of the Royal Academy schools from 1837 to 1878
1968
97
Peck, Robert McCracken, 1952–
The natural history of Edward Lear
[2021]
98
Wiseman, Carter
Louis Kahn
2020
99
Penrose, Antony
The home of the surrealists
[2016]
100
Cahill, James
David Hockney
2021
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