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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
3
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
2
A. & S. Henry & Co
1
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Angear, Ethel Beatrice, 1877–1949
1
Bainbridge family
1
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
1
Benedict-Jones, Linda
1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, 1818–1880
1
Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956
1
Brewer, Mary, 1796 or 1797–
1
Britton, John, 1771–1857
1
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
1
Bruce, Robert, 1782–
1
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833–1898
1
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
1
Christie, John, 1945–
1
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
87
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Under Certain Circumstances
85
Free to Use
2
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78
Available
9
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2023-2024
1
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87
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19th century
58
20th century
32
18th century
15
21st century
6
16th century
1
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correspondence
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87
ink drawing
15
photograph
15
graphite drawing
9
watercolor
7
diarie
6
clippings (information artifacts)
5
drawings (visual works)
5
albumen print
4
artists' book
4
commonplace book
4
engraving
4
ephemera
4
notebook
4
photograph album
4
scrapbook
4
clipping
3
prospectuse
3
seal
3
sketchbook
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Painters -- Great Britain.
14
Artists -- Great Britain.
9
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
9
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
6
Painting -- Great Britain.
5
Painting, British -- 19th century.
5
Art, British.
4
Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
4
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
4
Photography.
4
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 -- Correspondence.
4
Sculpture -- Great Britain.
4
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898.
3
Circle Press.
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Painting, British.
3
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
3
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900. Modern painters.
3
Sculptors -- Great Britain.
3
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851.
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20th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
42
England
2
India
2
Africa, North
1
Antwerp (Belgium)
1
Belgium
1
Birmingham
1
Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan)
1
British Isles
1
Brussels (Belgium)
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Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Carthage (Extinct city)
1
Cassiobury Park (Watford, England)
1
China
1
China Sea
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Church buildings Great Britain
1
Cyprus
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Cyrene (Extinct city)
1
East Asia
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East Bergholt (England)
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
3
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
2
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821–1893
2
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–1861
2
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903–1983
2
Constable, John, 1776–1837
2
Courtney, Cathy
2
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321
2
Heaton, Ellen, 1816–1894
2
Hughes, Arthur, 1832–1915
2
Inchbold, John William, 1830–1888
2
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
2
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
17
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
15
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy Linda Benedict-Jones
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cathy Courtney
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Christie
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ken Campbell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda Brownrigg; Friends of British Art Fund
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ron King and Willow Legge
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Salter Family
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
1
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86
French
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29
1773 January 29
3
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
4
Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
Clare Leighton collection,
1949-1953
5
Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital"
1837
6
Field, William, 1854–1932
William Field scrapbook
1895
7
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760–1846
Letter from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Middleditch
1842?
8
Salisbury, Frank O. (Frank Owen), 1874–1962
Album relating to frescoes by Frank Salisbury in Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
1921
9
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Mary Linwood letter, to an unidentified recipient, July 27, about trilobite and fossil specimens she has obtained
circa 1830? July 27
10
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
11
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
12
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
13
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
14
Taylor, W. B., fl. 1854
Letter to Charles Taylor, with watercolor Union Jack
1854 March 31
15
Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,
1767-1917
16
Clifford, Edward, 1844–1907
Edward Clifford scrapbooks
circa 1870-circa 1925
17
Pleasonton, John H.
John H. Pleasonton letter to his father, 1823 June 13
1823 June 13
18
Shirley Smith, Richard
Roger W. Moss collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith,
1961-2011
19
Angear, Ethel Beatrice, 1877–1949
Ethel Beatrice Angear archive
1891-1923 (bulk 1914-1918)
20
Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848
John Le Capelain letter to J.J. Gabousel
1841 May 2
21
Oppé, A. P. (Adolf Paul), 1878–1957
Paul Oppé letters to Janet Camp Troxell,
1950-1957
22
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,
1795, April 16-1816, September 10
23
Fullbrook, Edward, active 1824–1839
Letter from Edward Fullbrook to an unidentified recipient
1836 December 28
24
Garnett-Botfield, Helen Stella Alexandrina, 1887–1962
Alexandrina Garnett-Botfield album of the Aston Hall Auxiliary Military Hospital
1918
25
Art notices
1883-1927
26
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833–1898
Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton,
1886-1896
27
Caldecote Journal
1854-1855
28
Royle, Amy Mabel Fanshawe, 1863–1951
Eaton Mascott alphabet
circa 1894?-1918
29
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
Letter from Albert, Prince Consort, to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1860 April 13
30
Southall, Joseph E
Joseph Southall archive,
1898-1910
31
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
32
Christie, John, 1945–
John Christie archive,
1975-1995
33
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
John Ruskin letters to Thomas Goff Lupton,
1845-1873
34
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Ken Campbell archive,
1975-2003
35
Royal College of Art (Great Britain). Sketch Club
Royal College of Art Sketch Club Collection,
1934-1937
36
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Matthew Shepperson archive,
1810-1869
37
Miles & Edwards (London)
Miles & Edwards and Charles Hindley & Sons correspondence,
1832-1875
38
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, 1818–1880
Album of letters to David Roberts
circa 1813-circa 1864
39
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
40
Hunikin, Ch. L
Ch. L. Hunikin letter to "My Dear Mary" of Castelton near Newport
1814 June 14
41
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
James Bruce archive,
ca. 1750-ca.1850
42
Courtney, Cathy
Cathy Courtney collection of artists' books ephemera,
ca. 1977-2003
43
Smith, Sam, 1908–
Sam Smith collection,
1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979
44
Letters to Richard Redgrave,
ca. 1840-ca. 1880
45
Porcher, Edwin A., 1824–1878
Edwin Augustus Porcher collection
1849-1861
46
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton,
1850-1864,
47
King, Ron, 1932–
Daniel King Circle Press archive,
1967-2003
48
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR
1750-1778
49
Bainbridge family
Bainbridge deer park management archive,
1760-1821
50
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton,
1855-1875
51
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
Poetry Box archive,
ca. 2001-2003
52
Letters concerning paintings in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1828-1841
53
Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892
Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis,
1863-1914
54
Benedict-Jones, Linda
Linda Benedict-Jones archive,
1972-1992 (bulk 1981-1982)
55
Grimston, Rose Armatrude Frances, 1859–1927
Grimston family correspondence,
1872-1889
56
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
John Ruskin letters to John Henry Le Keux,
1854-1860
57
Sandby, Thomas, 1723–1798
Thomas Sandby letter to Sir William Chambers
1769 September
58
Norris, Robert Provo, d. 1851
Robert Provo Norris Collection,
1846-1854
59
Brewer, Mary, 1796 or 1797–
Photography
ca. 1853-1857
60
A. & S. Henry & Co
A. & S. Henry & Co. letter to I. Edmondson & Co., requesting samples of woolen goods
1846 February 6
61
Britton, John, 1771–1857
John Britton archive,
1839-1851
62
Wootton, Stanley, 1895–1986
Stanley Wootton archive,
1933-1934
63
Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956
Frank Brangwyn archive,
ca. 1900-1920
64
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
65
Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors
1838 October 4
66
Clutterbuck, Robert, 1772–1831
Collection of letters to Robert Clutterbuck concerning his History and antiquities of the county of Hertford,
1808-1827
67
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
68
Parker, Henry Perlee, 1795–1873
Henry Perlee Parker collection,
1822-1970
69
Fisher, John, 1788–1832
Archdeacon John Fisher letters to John Constable
1822-1830
70
Pugin family archive,
ca. 1790-1870
71
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient
circa 1590?
72
Whyte family correspondence,
1880-1892
73
Wareing, Alfred, 1876–1942
Alfred Wareing archive,
ca. 1891-2007
74
Pegasus Club (England)
Pegasus
1900 January-1901 March
75
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
76
Bruce, Robert, 1782–
Robert Bruce letter concerning the wax sculpture of his mother, Rose Bruce
1807
77
Love, William, engineer
Patent application for a minesweeping device
1914-1915
78
Letter ordering a camera obscura for Count Alessandro Baldeschi Eugeni
Florence?,
79
Wicksted, Charles, 1796–1870
Charles Wicksted commonplace book
1833-circa 1870
80
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Family records collected by William Dorset Fellowes
circa 1842-circa1845
81
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright of Derby letter to Daniel Daulby
1789 July 15
82
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price,
1852-1862
83
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Edward Burne-Jones letters to John Ruskin,
1862-ca. 1889
84
Riley, Bridget, born 1931
Letter from Bridget Riley to Rose Gerlach, 1964 September 15
1964 September 15
85
Nash, Paul, 1889–1946
Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley
1909-1951, bulk 1909-1912
86
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to William Houghton Clabburn,
1863-1865
87
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
Paul and Rachel Mellon dealer files,
1933-1997