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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Galt, John, 1779–1839
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Hamilton, James, 1948–
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Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948–
1
Baird, William, active 1898
1
Berry, Claude
1
Bindman, David, 1940–
1
Blayney, Peter W. M., 1944–
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Bond, Barbara A.
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Bowness, Sophie
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Cahill, James
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Chapman, John Stewart
1
Cohen, David, 1955–
1
Cole, Roger, 1922–
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Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941
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Day, William, 1823–1908
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De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
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De Heriz, Patrick
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Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
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Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
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biographie
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exhibition catalog
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Brown, Lancelot, 1716–1783.
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Chris Beetles Limited -- Catalogs.
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Brown, Lancelot, 1716–1783
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Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543
3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
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Hockney, David, born 1937
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1982–
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Aitchison, Craigie, 1926–2009
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Angas, George French
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Angas, George French, 1822–1886
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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766–1815
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Bartram, John, 1699–1777
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Bartram, William, 1739–1823
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Bawden, Edward, 1903–1989
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Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
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Behan, John, 1938–
1
Bonington, Richard Parkes
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Broome, Myrtle, 1888–1978
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
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Yale Center for British Art, BAC: Copy 1 is a gift of Paul Mellon and copy 2 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gill Gregory.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules Prown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Leara Kuffer.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Stansky Yale BA 1953.
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Yale Center for British Art, Vol. 1 is a gift of Jules David Prown.
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De Heriz, Patrick
La belle O'Morphi
[1947]
2
Hayley, William, 1745–1820
Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq.
1823
3
Day, William, 1823–1908
William Day's reminiscences of the turf
1886
4
Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
5
Garner, Valerie
Prince William
1998
6
Greenwood, Jeremy
Edward Bawden
2005
7
Galt, John, 1779–1839
The progress of genius, or, Authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq.
1832, c1830
8
Galt, John, 1779–1839
The life, studies, and works of Benjamin West, Esq.
1820
9
Shanes, Eric
Young Mr Turner
[2016]
10
Artists who make books
2017
11
Holloway, Jennifer
Against the odds
2014
12
Lesser, Wendy
You say to brick
2017
13
The illustrators
[2016]
14
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Constable
2022
15
Young, Lee
An artist in Abydos
2021
16
Orr, Clarissa Campbell
Mrs Delany
[2019]
17
Bowness, Sophie
Barbara Hepworth
2017
18
Bindman, David, 1940–
Hogarth
2021
19
Goldring, Elizabeth, 1970–
Nicholas Hilliard
2019
20
Blayney, Peter W. M., 1944–
The Stationers' Company and the printers of London, 1501-1557
2013
21
Frazier, Adrian Woods
John Behan
2015
22
Hicks, David, 1929–1998
David Hicks scrapbooks
2017
23
Thuillier, Rosalind
Graham Sutherland
2015
24
Kitaj, R. B
R.B. Kitaj
[2017]
25
Goodden, Henrietta
Robin Darwin
2015
26
Baird, William, active 1898
John Thomson of Duddingston, pastor and painter
1895
27
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
The Pre-Raphaelite circle
2013
28
Montfort, Patricia de
Louise Jopling
2017
29
Turner, Roger, 1943 November 17–
Capability Brown
2013
30
In praise of Paul Mellon
[1987]
31
Pre-Raphaelite papers
[1984]
32
Hamilton, James, 1948–
Gainsborough
2017
33
Modern Scottish women
2015
34
Oakley, Maroussia
The book and periodical illustrations of Arthur Hughes
2016
35
Lewis, Adrian, 1951–
The drawings of Roger Hilton
2017
36
The illustrators
2015
37
Tregenza, John
George French Angas, artist, traveller and naturalist 1822-1886
1980
38
Malcomson, A. P. W.
Nathaniel Clements 1705-77
[2015]
39
Norrington, Ruth
The household of Sir Thomas More
1985
40
Whitley, William T. (William Thomas), 1858–1942
Thomas Gainsborough
2016
41
Cole, Roger, 1922–
Burning to speak
1978
42
Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543
Holbein
1985
43
Hervey, Mary F. S. (Mary Frederica Sophia), 1853–1920
Holbein's "Ambassadors"
1900
44
King, James, 1942–
Roland Penrose
[2016]
45
Ronald Searle remembered, (1920-2011)
[2012]
46
Hockney, David, born 1937
David Hockney
2021
47
Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian architects
2009
48
Hunt, Tristram, 1974–
The radical potter
2021
49
Sikander, Shahzia, 1969–
Roots and wings
[2021]
50
Schama, Simon
The face of Britain
[2016]
51
Lees-Milne, James
William Beckford
1979
52
Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948–
Peter Shelton
[1998]
53
Peacock, Carlos
Richard Parkes Bonington
1980
54
Parkin, Sophie
Colony Room Club, 1948-2008
[2013]
55
Bond, Barbara A.
Great escapes
2015
56
Kitson, Sydney D. (Sydney Decimus), 1871–1937
The life of John Sell Cotman
1982
57
Cahill, James
David Hockney
2021
58
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
59
Russell, James
Ravilious
2015
60
Llewellyn, Sacha
Winifred Knights, 1899-1947
2016
61
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]
62
Hopkins, Owen, 1984–
From the shadows
2015
63
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821
The Farington diary
[1923-28]
64
Smart, Tom
Peter Clapham Sheppard
[2018]
65
Sammons, Sandra Wallus
John and William Bartram
2015
66
Ewan, Joseph, 1909–1999
Benjamin Smith Barton
2007
67
Howard, Clare (Archaeologist)
The church and chapel interiors of John Loughborough Pearson
[2016]
68
Hilton, Timothy, 1941–
John Ruskin
[1985]-[2000]
69
Rutherford, Sarah (Freelance consultant)
Capability Brown and his landscape gardens
2016
70
Berry, Claude
Lionel Edwards, 1878-1966
2002
71
Chapman, John Stewart
Byron and the Honourable Augusta Leigh
1975
72
Sheldon, Esther K.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
1967
73
Gregory, Gill
The studio
2015
74
Wootton, David, 1963–
The illustrators
[2018?]
75
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941
On being an artist
[2015]
76
Turner, Sarah A. M.
Percy Moore Turner
2018
77
Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–1990
Savage messiah
1931
78
Moyle, Franny, aut
The King's painter
2021
79
Wakeling, Edward
The photographs of Lewis Carroll
2015
80
Haste, Cate, 1945–
Craigie Aitchison
2014
81
Webb, Valerie
Edward Stott (1855-1918)
2018
82
Knapp, Lewis M. (Lewis Mansfield)
Tobias Smollett
1949
83
The inking woman
2018
84
Jones, Jonathan, 1976–
Tracey Emin
2020
85
Kenneth Clark
[2014]
86
Seebohm, Caroline
Edwina Sandys art
2011
87
Powers, Alan, 1955–
Enid Marx
2018
88
De Beer, Gavin, Sir, 1899–1972
Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum
1953
89
Hinde, Thomas, 1926–2014
Capability Brown
1986
90
Voysey, Charles F. A., 1857–1941
The art and architecture of C.F.A. Voysey, English pioneer modernist architect and designer
2015
91
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
The life, letters and table talk of Benjamin Robert Haydon
1876
92
George the faithful
[1936]
93
Garlick, Kenneth, 1916–2009
Sir Thomas Lawrence
1954
94
Miller, Lee, 1907–1977
Lee Miller and surrealism in Britain
2018
95
Scarisbrick, Diana
Elihu Yale
2014
96
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891–1959
Stanley Spencer
2016
97
McGregor, Alasdair, 1954–
A forger's progress
2014
98
Lambirth, Andrew, 1959–
Rose Hilton
2009
99
William Morris
2021