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Reference Library
37,237
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,474
Archives
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
136
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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624
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315
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Books
48,717
Articles & Chapters
1,549
Periodicals
901
Archives & Manuscripts
728
Prints
569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
562
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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54,569
female
13
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20th century
26,007
21st century
13,923
19th century
12,152
18th century
2,234
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)
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wood engraving
1,753
exhibition catalog
1,209
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
359
armorial bookplates (provenance)
320
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
308
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
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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
1,378
17th century
624
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
9,022
England
5,929
London
1,891
London (England)
1,216
Scotland
682
United States
613
Ireland
467
Europe
446
Italy
344
France
306
India
287
Wales
280
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
132
Oxford (England)
121
Middle East
112
Canada
109
Germany
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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
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
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
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
3
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
4
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
5
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
6
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
7
Bill for building expenses
1760
8
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
9
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
10
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
11
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
12
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
13
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
14
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
15
Valentine card
mid-19th century
16
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
17
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
18
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
19
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
20
Open house London
[2011]
21
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
22
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
23
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
24
S.A., her book
approximately 1920?
25
We must be united!
mid-19th century
26
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
27
[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]
1939
28
Main Vista South
1951
29
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
30
Rawstorne, John, 1761?-1832
Rawstorne, architect, Birmingham
approximately 1800
31
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
32
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955
1955
33
Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
not before 1787
34
Salisbury, W. T
Select meditations and reflections on death
circa 1782-1792
35
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
36
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794
Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge
[approximately 1845]
37
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
38
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
39
Wenger, Albert Francis, 1837 or 1838–1924
Photograph album of pottery manufactured by Albert Wenger
1888
40
John Thridgould & Co.
Rock me to sleep Teddy
[approximately 1905]
41
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise
[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]
1809
42
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Monsieur Nattes, no. 41, Charles Street, Westminster
[approximately 1781?]
43
Royal Academy (Gosport, England)
Bill for school expenses from the Royal Academy for Lord Augustus Beauclerk
August 2nd, 1834
44
Eastwood and Taylor (Firm)
Eastwood and Taylor
[approximately 1870]
45
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
46
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
47
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
48
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
49
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
50
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
51
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
52
I am thine love
mid-19th century
53
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
54
Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
55
Mockett, Andrew
A chapbook of English tat
[2002]
56
Nurse's photograph album from Kinmel Park Military Training Camp
1917
57
M. &. H. Corps
Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps
[1848]
58
The royal wedding official programme
2011
59
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
60
J. Grossmith & Son
Phul-nana perfume
[ca. 1926?]
61
Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting
1890
62
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)
Wm. Walker & Son
1891
63
The gift receive the deed approved ..
mid-19th century
64
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)
Clarke S. Mallett
[188-?]
65
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)
[188-?]
66
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield
[approximately 1840?]
67
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
68
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
69
Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester
approximately 1825
70
Reece & Co. (London, England)
[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society]
1838-1839
71
Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)
Golden Lion Hotel
[192-?]
72
[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
1814
73
In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917
1917
74
Molay, A. Jacques
A. Jacques Molay
[1870?-1890?]
75
London & County Banking Company
A couple of hundred just to go with
1900
76
Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
77
Herring, Francis M.
[Billhead of Francis M. Herring, chemist]
1849
78
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
79
Turrill, John
J. Turrill, manufacturer of dressings cases, writing desks, leather travelling cases, work boxes, &c.
[between 1830 and 1840?]
80
King's Lodge Academy (Exeter, England)
Bill for school expenses at King's Lodge Academy, Exeter, to be paid to the Messrs. Quicke
1850
81
Bill from the Daily Post Waggon Office, Edinburgh for carriage expenses fo Mr. G. Alexander, Banff
4th November, 1812
82
Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)
A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters
[1712]
83
Holmes & Griffin (Firm : London, England)
[Bill of receipt for the purchase of a sedan chair by W. Murdoch of Madeira, London, 1788]
1788
84
Frock me (London, England)
Frock me
[2013]
85
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Journal in Portugal, Spain and France
1812-1814
86
Notebook of recipes and taxidermic instructions
1830-1834
87
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
88
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
89
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
The poetry box
[2003]
90
Morrison, S. G.
[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Bird, 1911 : with advertisement for Lipton's Tea]
1911
91
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
92
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
93
J. Smithson, dealer in every description of watches, jewellery, plated goods &c.
[1850?]
94
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850
1850
95
For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester
May 1792
96
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
97
Nicklin & Son (Birmingham, England)
Nicklin & Son
[approximately 1817]
98
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
99
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
100
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
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