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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
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Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
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Alexander, Mary
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Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
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Birch, G
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Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
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Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
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Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
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Byron, Jane
1
Cameron, Emy E.
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Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
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Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
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Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
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Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
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D. C
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Davison, William, 1798–1870
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Davy, Henry, active 1829
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60
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19th century
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wove paper
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ink
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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watercolor
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travel sketche
29
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19
wash drawing
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children's art
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figure drawing
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Germany -- Pictorial works.
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Grand tours (Education)
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Horses -- Pictorial works.
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Italy -- Description and travel.
3
Ships in art.
3
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
3
Women in natural history.
3
Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Pictorial works.
2
Bristol (England) -- Pictorial works.
2
Broadstairs (England) -- Pictorial works.
2
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Great Britain
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England
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Italy
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
1
Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Byron, Jane
1
Carmichael, J. W., 1799 or 1800–1868
1
Carr, Backhouse, 1727 or 8–1796
1
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898
1
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834
1
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
1
Cosby, John Hamilton Wilder, 1821 or 1822–1883
1
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
1
Davison, William, 1798–1870
1
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
1
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Binder
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Sir Richard Westmacott, 1775–1856
Sketches [Sketchbook One]
2
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
3
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
4
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
5
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
6
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
7
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
8
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
9
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
10
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
11
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
12
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
13
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
14
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
15
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
16
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
17
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
18
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
19
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
20
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
21
Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, 1876–1964
Sketchbooks
1892-1896
22
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
23
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
24
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
25
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
26
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
27
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
28
Simpson, Miss
Sketchbook of drawings and designs by Miss Simpson at Mrs Linton's Boarding-school, Foregate Street, Worcester
circa 1795
29
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
30
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
31
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
32
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
33
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
34
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
35
S. J
Architectural sketchbook
1854, May 12-1856, July 29
36
Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
37
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
38
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
39
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
40
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
41
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
42
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
43
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
44
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
45
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
46
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
47
Mouton
[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]
[September 1869]
48
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
49
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
Yorkshire sketchbook
approximately 1880
50
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
[Facsimile of the sketch book containing studies and notes made by Inigo Jones during a visit to Italy in 1614]
[1831 or 1832]
51
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
52
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
53
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
54
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
55
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
56
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
57
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
58
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777
59
[Devon sketchbook]
[not before 1814]
60
Smith, Elizabeth, fl. 1822–1825
Sketchbook of a series of tours through England
1822, June 25-1825, May 20
61
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in Italy
1906-1907
62
Alexander, Mary
Sketchbook
circa 1840
63
Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
64
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
65
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
66
Martin, Charles William, 1850–1895
Drawings by Charles William Martin
1866
67
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
68
Tompkin, Miss
Isle of Wight sketchbook
1874-1880
69
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
Sketchbook
1835
70
[Drawings of English landscapes and villages]
[1864-1865]
71
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
72
Stanhope, Mary Alexandrina
Sketchbook
1875-1895
73
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Sketches of Lynmouth, Bath and Clifton
approximately 1834-approximately 1849
74
Byron, Jane
[Drawing book]
1801
75
Hockney, David, born 1937
220 for 2020
[2021]
76
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
77
D. C
[Sketchbook of views in Britain]
1834-1861
78
Heathorn, Thomas Bridges, 1831–1911
The griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange
1862
79
Vues d'Angleterre
1843
80
Drawings of Swiss costume
ca. 1830?
81
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
82
R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
83
Skelly, Louisa
Sketchbook of a visit to the Continent
[ca. 1850?]
84
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
85
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
86
Humble, Michael M
Sketchbook
1844
87
Davy, Henry, active 1829
Original drawings for A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk
1817-1828
88
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
[Drawing book]
1866
89
[Mr. Brisk's travels in Scotland]
[1845]
90
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
Diary, sketchbook, and translation of Virgil's Aeneid
ca. 1813-ca.1863
91
Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
92
My likes and dislikes
1872?
93
Sketchbook containing views of Boulogne and the south of England, including Folkestone, Dover, and Brighton
1860s
94
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's last sketchbook
[2024]