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Rare Books and Manuscripts
777
Archives
41
Reference Library
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Yale Center for British Art. Institutional Archives
6
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
5
Prown, Jules David
4
Bonnell, Mandy
3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
3
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
2
Bush, Tracey
2
Cracknall, James
2
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
2
East India Company. Army
2
Great Britain. Admiralty
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
2
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
2
Orlebar, Frederica St. John, 1838–1928
2
Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
2
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818
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1
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Under Certain Circumstances
777
Free to Use
41
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Unavailable
591
Available
227
New Additions
2024-2025
4
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Period
19th century
542
20th century
161
18th century
121
21st century
48
17th century
17
15th century
9
16th century
8
14th century
1
Materials & Techniques
felt (textile)
1
lithography
1
Work Type
ephemera
157
ink drawing
148
watercolor
137
blank form
97
diarie
95
financial record
90
correspondence
87
billhead
74
engraving
71
receipts (financial records)
71
graphite drawing
69
botanical illustration
46
photograph
45
commonplace book
39
invoice
39
sketchbook
36
travel literature
32
notebook
30
account book
28
herbaria
26
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Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
54
Clothing trade -- Great Britain.
39
Yale Center for British Art.
36
Art, British.
28
English poetry -- 19th century.
26
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
22
Pressed flower pictures.
22
Women in natural history.
21
Grand tours (Education)
19
Italy -- Description and travel.
19
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
19
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
17
Painters -- Great Britain.
17
France -- Description and travel.
16
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
16
Art -- Collectors and collecting.
15
Fashion -- Great Britain.
15
Woolen goods industry -- Great Britain.
14
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
13
Food -- Great Britain.
12
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Subject Period
19th century
161
18th century
42
20th century
35
17th century
3
16th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
339
England
44
London (England)
32
Italy
30
France
29
Switzerland
18
Europe
17
India
14
Belgium
12
Germany
12
London
12
United States
12
Scotland
10
Manchester (England)
9
Rome (Italy)
9
Egypt
6
Ireland
6
Yorkshire (England)
6
Liverpool (England)
5
Paris (France)
5
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Associated People
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
9
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
8
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
6
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
6
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
6
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
5
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
4
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
4
Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
4
Prown, Jules David
4
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
4
Stevenson, Robert W., active 1881–1891
4
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
4
Hunt, William Holman, 1827–1910
3
King, Ron, 1932–
3
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
3
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
3
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
3
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
3
Robertson, Andrew, 1777–1845
3
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
21
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
14
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
“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)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
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
29
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
20
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
4
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
2
Yale Center for British Art, John F. O'Brien Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale BA 1952
1
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 Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Greer Allen
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
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Language
English
774
French
9
Italian
6
Latin
5
English, Middle (1100-1500)
3
German
3
No linguistic content
2
Danish
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
1
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
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Japanese
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Exhibition of Mr. Wright's Pictures at Robin's Rooms, Great Piazza, Covent Garden
1785
402
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856
403
Diary of an English woman
1872 June 17-1876 September 19
404
Wilkinson, Samuel A
A day with nature, etc.
1884
405
Burgess, George
Varnish maker's recipe book
approximately 1871-1874
406
Porcher, Edwin A., 1824–1878
Edwin Augustus Porcher collection
1849-1861
407
Haywood, Helen, 1908–1995
Helen Haywood archive,
ca. 1960-ca. 1970
408
North Eastern Railway inspectors notebook
circa 1927
409
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR
1750-1778
410
Coppin, Edward
Sketch of a tour through Holland, Oct. 1816
1816 October 22-27
411
Drew, Audrey
Audrey Drew diaries
1941-1945
412
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
413
Marshall, Keith
Keith Marshall collection of photographs,
circa 1880-circa 1920
414
Sa-li-ho-tra
Feresnámé
circa 1785
415
Lupson, Henry Charles
Notebook of magic tricks and recipes
circa 1870
416
Bainbridge family
Bainbridge deer park management archive,
1760-1821
417
F. M. & Co
Fabric sample book
ca. 1860
418
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Traité d'architecture civile
1743
419
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton,
1855-1875
420
Notebook on poisonous gases
circa 1916
421
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633–1695
Contract appointing Richard Beaumont as gamekeeper to the Marquis of Halifax
1686 November 15
422
Turnbull, Stephanie
Nursery rhymes
[2010]
423
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
Susanna Potter commonplace book
1823-circa 1860
424
Letters to Richard Redgrave,
ca. 1840-ca. 1880
425
Bonnell, Mandy
Ant slug moth beetle millipede spider
2006
426
Stokes, H. R
Log kept by H.R. Stokes, midshipman, aboard H.M.S. Hood
1897-1900
427
Gosling & Bennet (London, England)
Gosling & Bennet account book
1751 September 28-1756 March 24
428
Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Diary in Turkey and Greece
1794-1796
429
Bruce, Robert, 1782–
Robert Bruce letter concerning the wax sculpture of his mother, Rose Bruce
1807
430
Hunter, Florence Louisa, 1884–1926
Florence L. Hunter album, Bath War Hospital
1912-1919
431
Slatter & Willes (London, England)
Billhead of Slatter & Willes, London, for purchases made by R.D. Fraser in 1912
1913
432
Watt, Alexander George
Landscape & velvet painting
circa 1819?
433
Company book, 1878
circa 1878
434
Stracey, Benard, 1874–1944
Collection of flower, grass, lichen, and tree specimens, collected in Switzerland
1889-1890
435
Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India
1898-1905
436
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
437
Elkington & Co. (London, England)
Elkington & Co.
1876
438
Pugin family archive,
ca. 1790-1870
439
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient
circa 1590?
440
Berrington, John, -1743
An account of what workmen hath bin imployed about the building at Greate Bathampton since February the 4, 1694/5
1694-1721
441
[Notice for permission to open grave for burial]
18 February, 1864
442
Aldhouse family school exercise books
1894-1897
443
Hingston, Louisa Jane, 1848–1920
Diary of Louisa Jane Hingston during a tour of Europe
1880-1881
444
J. S. K
Notes by way of remembrance of a trip to France and Belgium at Easter, 1882
1882, April 7-16
445
Lefort, Pierre Alexandre Francisque, 1809–1878
Notes sur mon voyage en Angleterre (Ier) et ... en Irelande et Ecosse
1835, June 3-1851, September 12
446
Directions for numbering and detaching 15 men to the service of a light 6 pounder mounted upon a new pattern carriage
1807
447
Smith, Elder, and Co
Smith, Elder, and Co. advertisements and prospectus
1831-1834
448
Henney, John, 1791–1869
Diary of John Henney
1814
449
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton,
1850-1864,
450
Album of embroidered fabric samples
ca. 1900
451
Diary of a tour of Germany and the Rhine
1877
452
East India Company. Army
Commission appointing John Crossdill as Captain of Artillery in the Army of the East India Company
1801
453
Edgar, Smith, 1865–1928
Te deum laudamus
1888
454
Woodman, William, ca. 1654–1731?
Masons' report concerning the roof-line balustrade of St. Paul's Cathedral
1719 January 26
455
Smith, Sam, 1908–
Sam Smith collection,
1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979
456
Holmden, Richard, 1813–1890
Specimens of penmanship
Christmas, 1825
457
Appointment and release of a messuage etc. in the parish of Beckenham, Kent
1827 June 9
458
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
459
Mallender, Fred, 1930–2003
Fred Mallender Collection of British Commonwealth postage stamps,
1937-1992
460
Young, William
Remedies for ailments in horses and cattle
circa 1826
461
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
462
Raffé, W. G. (Walter George), 1888–
Mock-up for a volume of woodcuts by W.G. Raffé in the series Modern woodcutters
[1921?]
463
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Family records collected by William Dorset Fellowes
circa 1842-circa1845
464
Diary describing travels in Italy and Switzerland
1906
465
The visit of a week
circa 1835?
466
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660–1685 : Charles II)
His Majesties commission concerning the reparation of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul in London
1663
467
Wager, John
Journal of summer excursions, John Wager, 1839 to 1843
468
Hogg & Starkey
[Billhead of Hogg & Starkey, linen, woolen, drapers, and dealers in British lace for cloth and ribbons purchased by George Pearson]
[1823]
469
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright of Derby letter to Daniel Daulby
1789 July 15
470
Morphett, John
John Morphett drawing and writing exercise book
1799
471
Binstead, Frederick W
The sunbeam
1882 February 24-April 20
472
Swinton, George, 1780–1854
Papa's keepsake
1829
473
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
474
Album of pressed botanical specimens from the county of Suffolk
circa 1830-1831
475
Hockley, Edgar, 1860–1938
Edgar Hockley collection,
1886-1924,
476
Diary and account book of a military officer and cricket player
1854-1855
477
Hordern, Francis
[Billhead of Francis Hordern, chemist, druggist, and grocer, of Cheadle, for purchases made by Thomas Honeyborne, 1823]
Nov. 17, 1823
478
Forbes, Miss
Grand tour diary of Miss Forbes
1780-1781
479
Account book
1839-1851
480
[Notice of instruction for future use of grave in Charlton Cemetery]
1st May, 1867
481
Grimwades (Firm)
Album of ceramic designs for Grimwades Ltd
circa 1945-circa 1965?
482
Harvey, Sylvia M
Sylvia Harvey fashion pattern book
1934
483
Humphrey, George, active 1853
Common place book
1853-1879
484
Journal in France
circa 1753
485
J. Campbell & Son, (Butchers)
[Billhead of J. Campbell & Son, fleshers, of Oban, Scotland, for purchases made by the Lorn Combination Poorhouse, 1869-1870]
1870
486
Fitzcook, Henry, 1824–
Illustrations for Divine and moral songs for children
1865-1867
487
Bush, Tracey
Printed upon the ice, on the river Thames
1996?
488
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Matthew Shepperson archive,
1810-1869
489
Oppé, A. P. (Adolf Paul), 1878–1957
Paul Oppé letters to Janet Camp Troxell,
1950-1957
490
Kirk, Thomas, 1781–1845
Thomas Kirk letters concerning commissions and exhibitions
1845 March
491
Treatise on perspective
circa 1770
492
Coppinger, Robert Edward Murray, 1827 or 1828–
Songs, sonnets and short poems written for and dedicated to Allen Field
1867
493
Thomson, Charles, fl. 1812–1849
Watch, quarter and station bill of H.M.S. Britannia
circa 1830
494
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
495
Eaton, Sarah Anne
Knitting instructions
[1846?]
496
Gibbs, Mary Ann, born 1848?
Mary Ann Gibbs commonplace book
1862-1877
497
[Notice for permission to open grave for burial]
22 July, 1868
498
Pearce, Stephen, 1864–1955
Register of burials, baptisms, and marriages at St. James' Church, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Lincolnshire
1897-1918
499
Stacey, Deborah Lloyd, 1796–1841
Deborah Lloyd diary
1814, 1816
500
Gladstone, Catherine Glynne, 1812–1900
Catherine Gladstone account book
1892-1894
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