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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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16,876
Reference Library
172
Creator
Christie & Manson
123
Christie, James, 1773–1831
115
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
104
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
69
Britton, John, 1771–1857
52
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
50
Clark, Thomas A. no_linkage
42
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Rocque, John, -1762
34
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
30
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
30
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
30
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Sackett, Colin. no_linkage
28
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
27
King, Ronald, 1932–
26
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
26
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16,870
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6
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2024-2025
48
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Books
13,898
Archives & Manuscripts
527
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
517
Prints
452
Maps & Atlas (printed)
334
Music (printed)
220
Periodicals
165
Articles & Chapters
162
Postcards
117
Drawings & Watercolors
108
Photographs
92
Visual Materials
53
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
25
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Videos
4
Paintings
2
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
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unknown
16,873
female
3
Period
19th century
9,971
20th century
3,783
18th century
2,092
21st century
839
17th century
275
16th century
51
15th century
35
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
26
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
drawings
6
ink
6
watercolors
6
watercolor (paint)
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
albumen process
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
lithography
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
vellum (parchment)
2
casting (process)
1
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wood engraving
1,734
lithograph
1,051
engraving
1,032
aquatint
987
artists' book
840
auction catalog
751
ephemera
736
chromolithograph
563
etching
463
map
329
armorial bookplates (provenance)
313
private press books (publishing)
312
exhibition catalog
298
photograph
277
photomechanical print
276
accordion fold format (binding)
273
drawing book
265
chromoxylograph
234
memorial card
223
recreation
219
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
798
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
668
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
661
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
425
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
269
Drawing -- Technique.
242
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
240
Grief.
226
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
224
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
186
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
177
Satire, English.
177
Women in natural history.
173
Drawing books -- Specimens.
165
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
159
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
157
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19th century
1,151
20th century
462
18th century
265
17th century
68
16th century
41
21st century
33
15th century
16
11th century
7
Alfred, 871-899
3
14th century
2
15th and 16th centuries
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
12th century
1
13th century
1
17th cenury
1
18h century
1
18th centtury
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,882
England
1,870
London
1,146
London (England)
433
United States
227
Edinburgh (Scotland)
183
France
172
Italy
166
Scotland
162
Edinburgh
123
Ireland
112
India
110
Wales
108
Europe
104
Oxford (England)
86
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Egypt
56
Spain
54
Brighton (England)
53
Bath (England)
52
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
84
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
64
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
35
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
28
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Shirley Smith, Richard
23
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
20
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
19
Jesus Christ
19
Raphael, 1483–1520
19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
18
Blake, William, 1757–1827
17
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
72
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
58
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
40
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
34
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
17
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
14
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
11
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Tony Foster : Watercolor Diaries, Cornwall to Colorado (Yale Center for British Art, May 30, 2019-August 25, 2019)
6
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
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
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
2
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22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
15
22960409440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
10
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
6
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
6
22960469820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, Yale BA 1975, Yale MPH 1980
6
22651991360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
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22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
4
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Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant letters to Kenneth Clark and Jane Clark,
ca. 1920-1969
2
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene
1788 August 19-1798 April 6
3
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773
1773
4
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams
1794-1796
5
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
[1819?]
6
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
7
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A.
1819
8
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour
[between 1862 and 1868]
9
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Stubbs
1984
10
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl
ca. [1798?]
11
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Constable with his friends in 1806
1981
12
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery
1833
13
Constable, John, 1776–1837
English landscape
[1845]
14
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James Heath, Esq., R.A.
[1837?]
15
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized
[183-?]
16
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake
1965
17
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Prints published by W. Hogarth
1762
18
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
1838
19
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
20
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The complete works of William Hogarth
[between 1860 and 1870?]
21
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1833]
22
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
23
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
[1849?]
24
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
MDCCLII. [1753]
25
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth,
[between 1837 and 1848]
26
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen
1973
27
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.
1851
28
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots
1978
29
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Teapots and quails
1953
30
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"
[approximately 1908?]
31
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
The book of nonsense
[approximately 1916?]
32
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense
[1846]
33
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear archive,
ca. 1840-1985
34
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Views in the seven Ionian islands
December 1st, 1863
35
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[1863]
36
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Nonsensus
1988
37
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
A book of nonsense
[between 1868 and 1871]
38
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Book of nonsense ..
1856]
39
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Edward Lear's journals
1952
40
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Lear in Sicily
1938
41
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Indian Journal
1953
42
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.
1852
43
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Illustrated excursions in Italy
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
44
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1776
M DCC LXXVII [1777]
45
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1778
M DCC LXXIX [1779]
46
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Manuscript notebook
1781
47
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 14, 1770
MDCCLXXI [1771]
48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
1929
49
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
50
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1782
M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]
51
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,
1801
52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. the 10th, 1774
MDCCLXXV [1775]
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
1797
54
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures
1859
55
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, October 16, 1780
M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
56
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1772
M DCC LXIII. [i.e. 1773]
57
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1786
M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
58
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1769
MDCCLXIX [1769]
59
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds
1842
60
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769
MDCCLXIX [1769]
61
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. 10, 1790
M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
62
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds
July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
63
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1771
MDCCLXXII [1772]
64
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
1798
65
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1784
M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]
66
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Johnson and Garrick
1816
67
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ..
1819
68
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, Dec. 10th, 1788
M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
69
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy
1778
70
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
An antiquarian and picturesque tour round the Southern Coast of England
MDCCCXLIX [1849]
71
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Picturesque views in England and Wales
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
72
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's Rivers of France
[1887]
73
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
The harbours of England
1856
74
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Fifty-six engravings illustrative of The pleasures of memory and other poems
1834
75
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Views in Sussex
1819
76
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's rivers of England
1883
77
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's rivers of France
[between 1850 and 1859?]
78
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
The Turner gallery
[1878?]
79
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Liber fluviorum, or, River scenery of France
MDCCCLVII [1857]
80
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Illustrations of the book of Job by William Blake;
1935
81
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The note-book of William Blake
MCMXXXV [1935]
82
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil
1937
83
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Blake's pencil drawings
1956
84
Blake, William, 1757–1827
William Blake's designs for Edward Young's Night thoughts
1980-
85
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The complete writings of William Blake
MCMLVII [1957]
86
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Spring
1993
87
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poems of Thomas Gray
[2013]
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Pencil drawings by William Blake
1927
89
Blake, William, 1757–1827
William Blake's water-colour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray
1972
90
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poetry and prose of William Blake
1935
91
Blake, William, 1757–1827
The Blake-Varley sketchbook of 1819
1969
92
[Metamorphic pictures of a cherub of health and other figures]
[19th century?]
93
Hearld, Mark, no_linkage
[Strawberry plant]
[2009]
94
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
The analysis of the hunting field
1846 [i.e. 1847]
95
Griffith, J. K. no_linkage
A general Cheltenham guide upon an entirely new plan
[1815]
96
Ashmore, no_linkage
[Views in Scotland]
Decr. 1793
97
Broome, John H. 1801?-1887
Houghton and the Walpoles
1865
98
Vyner, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1804–1879
Notitia venatica
1847
99
Dyson, Will, 1880–1938
Kultur cartoons
1915
100
Blunden, Edmund, 1896–1974
Undertones of war
1928
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