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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
12
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
9
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
8
Paulson, Ronald
6
Alexander, William, 1767–1816
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Alexander, David (David S.)
4
Bindman, David, 1940–
4
Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
4
Pointon, Marcia R
4
Porter, Roy, 1946–2002
4
Ribeiro, Aileen, 1944–
4
Storff, Paul Auguste de
4
Black, Jeremy, 1955–
3
Boydell, John, 1719–1804
3
Bush, Douglas, 1896–1983
3
Craske, Matthew
3
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
3
Engel, Laura
3
Hallett, Mark, 1965–
3
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Unknown
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1,097
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
306
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
1,376
Free to Use
25
Image Available
Unavailable
1,359
Available
42
New Additions
2023-2024
13
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Books
1,259
Archives & Manuscripts
41
Articles & Chapters
35
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
16
Periodicals
13
Prints
12
Maps & Atlas (printed)
10
Videos
10
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
Creator Gender
unknown
1,400
female
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Period
20th century
591
21st century
522
18th century
169
19th century
113
17th century
21
16th century
1
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history
54
engraving
44
ink drawing
32
watercolor
30
exhibition catalog
28
map
28
aquatint
22
wood engraving
21
armorial bookplates (provenance)
18
private press books (publishing)
14
biographie
13
etching
13
commonplace book
10
biography
9
criticism, interpretation, etc
9
ephemera
9
poem
9
graphite drawing
8
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
7
mezzotint
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
45
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
38
Great Britain.
36
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
30
English poetry -- 18th century.
29
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
25
Watercolor painting -- 18th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
23
Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
23
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
22
Art, British -- 18th century.
21
London (England) -- History -- 18th century.
20
England.
17
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714.
17
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref)
17
English literature -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- Bibliography.
16
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
16
Fortification -- Great Britain.
16
Great Britain -- Defenses.
16
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603–1714.
16
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
16
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16th century
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17th century
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
508
England
293
London (England)
50
London
37
United States
36
France
35
Europe
32
Ireland
25
Scotland
24
India
21
Italy
18
Canada
7
China
7
Dublin (Ireland)
7
Rome (Italy)
7
Virginia
7
England London
6
Great Britain America
6
North America
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Russia
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
20
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
18
Blake, William, 1757–1827
17
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
16
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
15
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
11
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
8
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
8
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
8
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
7
Garrick, David, 1717–1779
7
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758–1805
7
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
7
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
6
Swift, Jonathan, 1667–1745
6
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
5
Romney, George, 1734–1802
5
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
4
Canaletto, 1697–1768
4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
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Exhibition History
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
5
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
4
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Div copy 1 Richard DeLong Hymnal Collection;
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara R. and Richard C. Glowacki, Yale BA 1954
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles R. Caldwell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Croome Park.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellie Hughes.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane Aptekar Reeve.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph Reed, Yale BA 1954, and Kit Reed
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
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