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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
2
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Alexander, Mary
1
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
1
Birch, G
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
1
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
1
Byron, Jane
1
Cameron, Emy E.
1
Carr family
1
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
1
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
1
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
1
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
1
D. C
1
Davison, William, 1798–1870
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97
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98
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98
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2023-2024
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Drawings & Watercolors
60
Archives & Manuscripts
23
Books
2
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
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unknown
98
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19th century
88
20th century
11
18th century
6
21st century
2
17th century
1
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wove paper
5
ink
2
watercolor (paint)
2
charcoal (material)
1
graphite
1
graphite (color)
1
graphite (mineral)
1
vellum (parchment)
1
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sketchbook
98
graphite drawing
60
ink drawing
47
watercolor
39
travel sketche
29
landscape drawing
22
wash drawing
13
children's art
11
portrait
8
view
8
albums (books)
7
caricature
6
drawings (visual works)
6
diarie
5
figure drawing
5
humorous picture
5
marine drawing
5
photograph
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4
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
5
Italy -- Pictorial works.
5
France -- Description and travel.
4
Kent (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
Ships in art.
4
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
4
Drawing -- Technique.
3
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
3
Germany -- Pictorial works.
3
Grand tours (Education)
3
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
3
Hampshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
3
Horses -- Pictorial works.
3
Italy -- Description and travel.
3
Quakers -- Great Britain.
3
Scotland -- Pictorial works.
3
Switzerland -- Description and travel.
3
Women in natural history.
3
Yorkshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
3
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19th century
12
20th century
5
18th century
1
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Great Britain
30
England
8
Italy
8
Switzerland
8
France
6
Kent (England)
5
Germany
4
Yorkshire (England)
4
Devon (England)
3
Hampshire (England)
3
Scotland
3
Bristol (England)
2
Broadstairs (England)
2
Dover (England)
2
Essex (England)
2
Hertfordshire (England)
2
India
2
Normandy (France)
2
Ramsgate (England)
2
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Alloway, Lawrence, 1926–1990
1
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
1
Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
1
Backhouse, John Mounsey
1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
1
Backus family
1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
Brand, John, 1744–1806
1
Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
1
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Byron, Jane
1
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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)
1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
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
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Binder
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Language
English
95
French
2
German
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Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
2
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
3
McHale, John
John McHale archive,
ca. 1950-1978
4
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
5
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
6
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
7
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
8
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
9
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
10
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
11
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
12
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
13
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
14
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
15
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
16
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
17
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
18
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
19
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
20
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
21
Mouton
[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]
[September 1869]
22
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
23
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
24
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
25
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
26
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
27
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
28
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
29
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
Yorkshire sketchbook
approximately 1880
30
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
31
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
32
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
33
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
34
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
35
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
36
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
37
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
38
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
39
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
40
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
41
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
42
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
43
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
44
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
45
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
46
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
47
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
48
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
49
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
50
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
51
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
52
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
53
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
54
Byron, Jane
[Drawing book]
1801
55
Hockney, David, born 1937
220 for 2020
[2021]
56
Stanhope, Mary Alexandrina
Sketchbook
1875-1895
57
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
58
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
59
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Sketches of Lynmouth, Bath and Clifton
approximately 1834-approximately 1849
60
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
61
Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
62
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
63
S. J
Architectural sketchbook
1854, May 12-1856, July 29
64
Tompkin, Miss
Isle of Wight sketchbook
1874-1880
65
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in Italy
1906-1907
66
Vues d'Angleterre
1843
67
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
Sketchbook
1835
68
Alexander, Mary
Sketchbook
circa 1840
69
Drawings of Swiss costume
ca. 1830?
70
[Mr. Brisk's travels in Scotland]
[1845]
71
My likes and dislikes
1872?
72
Sketchbook containing views of Boulogne and the south of England, including Folkestone, Dover, and Brighton
1860s
73
D. C
[Sketchbook of views in Britain]
1834-1861
74
Heathorn, Thomas Bridges, 1831–1911
The griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange
1862
75
[Drawings of English landscapes and villages]
[1864-1865]
76
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
77
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
Diary, sketchbook, and translation of Virgil's Aeneid
ca. 1813-ca.1863
78
Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
79
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
80
R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
81
Skelly, Louisa
Sketchbook of a visit to the Continent
[ca. 1850?]
82
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
83
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
84
Humble, Michael M
Sketchbook
1844
85
Davy, Henry, active 1829
Original drawings for A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk
1817-1828
86
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
87
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
88
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
[Drawing book]
1866
89
Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
90
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
91
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
92
Martin, Charles William, 1850–1895
Drawings by Charles William Martin
1866
93
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
94
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777
95
[Devon sketchbook]
[not before 1814]
96
Smith, Elizabeth, fl. 1822–1825
Sketchbook of a series of tours through England
1822, June 25-1825, May 20
97
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856
98
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Turner's last sketchbook
[2024]