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Reference Library
37,245
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,479
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44
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
159
Victoria and Albert Museum
153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
John Murray (Firm)
143
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
137
Christie & Manson
126
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
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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626
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323
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Books
48,724
Articles & Chapters
1,549
Periodicals
901
Archives & Manuscripts
735
Prints
569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
561
Maps & Atlas (printed)
361
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
125
Drawings & Watercolors
123
Photographs
114
Visual Materials
61
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
30
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
18
Musical Sound Recordings
5
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3
Paintings
3
Kits
1
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54,582
female
13
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20th century
26,007
21st century
13,931
19th century
12,157
18th century
2,233
17th century
305
16th century
57
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
18
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
6
albumen process
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
lithography
2
photographic paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
albumen process.
1
casting (process)
1
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wood engraving
1,753
exhibition catalog
1,210
engraving
1,100
lithograph
1,096
auction catalog
1,075
ephemera
1,056
aquatint
989
artists' book
886
chromolithograph
608
history
575
etching
474
catalog
410
map
360
armorial bookplates (provenance)
320
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
308
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
255
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
839
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
558
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
425
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
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
275
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
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19th century
3,571
20th century
3,487
18th century
1,379
17th century
625
21st century
321
16th century
246
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
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Great Britain
9,024
England
5,929
London
1,891
London (England)
1,216
Scotland
682
United States
612
Ireland
467
Europe
446
Italy
344
France
306
India
287
Wales
279
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
132
Oxford (England)
121
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112
Canada
109
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
195
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
163
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
121
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
114
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
94
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
93
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
77
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
75
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
84
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
74
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
59
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
43
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
35
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
14
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
12
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
12
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
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
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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
199
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
157
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.
127
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.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
54
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
45
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.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
3
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
4
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
5
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
6
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
7
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
8
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
9
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
10
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
11
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
12
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
13
In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875
1892
14
Valentine card
mid-19th century
15
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
16
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
17
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
18
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
19
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
20
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
21
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
22
C. Goodall & Son
Flower time & fruit time
[approximately 1880]
23
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
24
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
25
John R. Purssell & Comp.
John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey
[between 1850 and 1875?]
26
Thompson, Miss, active 1889
Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton
April 1889
27
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
28
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794
Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge
[approximately 1845]
29
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
30
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
31
Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one
1879
32
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
33
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
34
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
35
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
36
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
37
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
38
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
39
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
40
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
41
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
42
Valentine card
mid-19th century
43
A booke of secrets
1596
44
The royal wedding official programme
2011
45
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
46
Mockett, Andrew
A chapbook of English tat
[2002]
47
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
48
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
49
Eastwood and Taylor (Firm)
Eastwood and Taylor
[approximately 1870]
50
Wenger, Albert Francis, 1837 or 1838–1924
Photograph album of pottery manufactured by Albert Wenger
1888
51
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
52
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps
1836
53
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise
[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]
1809
54
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
55
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster
[approximately 1781?]
56
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
57
Royal Academy (Gosport, England)
Bill for school expenses from the Royal Academy for Lord Augustus Beauclerk
August 2nd, 1834
58
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)
Dison & Co., lace manufacturers
[circa 1850?]
59
H.R.H Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton on the occasion of their engagement, 16th November 2010
2010
60
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
61
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield
[approximately 1840?]
62
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-
Edward Gilks, ornamental designer
[1840?]
63
Lynch, Richard, -1781
Will of Patrick Lynch
1781
64
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
65
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Field notes
2006
66
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)
Clarke S. Mallett
[188-?]
67
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
68
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
The poetry box
[2003]
69
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly
[191-?]
70
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927
Westminster Abbey fund
1920
71
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
72
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
73
John Sanderson & Co
Splendid show of spring fashions
[1890?]
74
South Bank Centre
Summer of smiles
2011
75
G. W.'s transparencies
[approximately 1840?]
76
Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843
1843
77
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
To George Dance Esquire R.A., architect to the city of London, &c., these six views of the metropolis of the British Empire are respectfully dedicated
January 1st, 1805
78
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition
1821-1822
79
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802
Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime
circa 1763
80
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
81
J. Fallon & Co. (Leek, England)
[Billhead of J. Fallon & Co., fish merchant, Leek, Staffordshire, for purchases made by Mr. Russell, 1887]
1887
82
Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
83
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
84
Main Vista South
1951
85
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
86
Siddall, Charles, 1804–
Charles Siddall, tailor, &c., Eppleby
March 31st 1840
87
Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)
Stevens Art Gallery
early 20th century
88
Rawstorne, John, 1761?-1832
Rawstorne, architect, Birmingham
approximately 1800
89
Alfred Savage Ltd.
Oxford University
[between 1961 and 1963]
90
[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people and 4 wheeled wagon]
[approximately 1880-1900?]
91
Herring, Francis M.
[Billhead of Francis M. Herring, chemist]
1849
92
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
93
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
94
Notebook of recipes and taxidermic instructions
1830-1834
95
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
96
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
97
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
98
De Worms, Louisa Matilda, 1876–1948
De Worms family scrapbook
1912-1913
99
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
100
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)
[188-?]
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