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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
1
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
3
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
A.J.K.H.
1
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
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
Cowell, John
1
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1
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
129
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1
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Under Certain Circumstances
122
Free to Use
8
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Unavailable
98
Available
32
New Additions
2024-2025
2
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Drawings & Watercolors
79
Archives & Manuscripts
35
Books
2
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
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unknown
130
Period
19th century
116
20th century
13
18th century
12
21st century
2
17th century
1
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wove paper
6
watercolor (paint)
3
graphite (mineral)
2
ink
2
charcoal (material)
1
graphite
1
graphite (color)
1
vellum (parchment)
1
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sketchbook
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130
graphite drawing
75
ink drawing
65
watercolor
58
travel sketche
35
landscape drawing
27
wash drawing
16
children's art
13
albums (books)
12
view
12
botanical illustration
10
portrait
9
caricature
8
drawings (visual works)
8
diarie
7
engraving
7
marine drawing
7
photograph
7
humorous picture
6
armorial bookplates (provenance)
5
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
6
Women in natural history.
6
Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
5
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
5
Italy -- Pictorial works.
5
Ships in art.
5
Devon (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
4
France -- Description and travel.
4
Grand tours (Education)
4
Horses -- Pictorial works.
4
Kent (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
Scotland -- Pictorial works.
4
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
4
Waterfronts.
4
Yorkshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
Animals in art.
3
Castles & palaces.
3
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881.
3
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16
20th century
5
18th century
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Great Britain
41
England
8
France
8
Italy
8
Switzerland
8
Devon (England)
5
Kent (England)
5
Scotland
5
Yorkshire (England)
5
Germany
4
Hampshire (England)
3
Highlands (Scotland)
3
India
3
Belgium
2
Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
2
Bristol (England)
2
Broadstairs (England)
2
Dover (England)
2
Essex (England)
2
Hertfordshire (England)
2
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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
3
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
3
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
2
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
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
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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)
5
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Pierce
1
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, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund; Gift of Diane Nixon
1
Language
English
126
French
3
German
1
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Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
3
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
4
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
5
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
6
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
7
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
8
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
9
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
10
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition
1821-1822
11
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
12
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
13
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
14
Portraits of Cape Town figures
ca. 1828
15
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
16
Hancock, John, 1804–1839
Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting
circa 1821-1836
17
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
18
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
19
Album of drawings after John Flaxman's illustrations for The divine comedy, as engraved by Étienne Achille Reveil
not before 1833
20
Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
21
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
22
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
23
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
24
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
25
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
26
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
27
Cowell, John
Sketches of John & George from home
June 25th, 1842
28
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
29
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
30
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Record books
1829-1864
31
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
Drawings of London street life
1888
32
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
33
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
34
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
35
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
36
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
37
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
38
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
39
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
40
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
41
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
42
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
43
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
44
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
45
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
46
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
47
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
48
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
49
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
50
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
51
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
52
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
53
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
54
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
55
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
56
McHale, John
John McHale archive,
ca. 1950-1978
57
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
58
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
59
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
60
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
61
Smith, Elizabeth, fl. 1822–1825
Sketchbook of a series of tours through England
1822, June 25-1825, May 20
62
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856
63
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
64
Mouton
[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]
[September 1869]
65
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
66
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
67
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
68
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
69
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
70
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
[Drawing book]
1866
71
Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
72
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
73
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
74
Martin, Charles William, 1850–1895
Drawings by Charles William Martin
1866
75
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
76
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
77
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
78
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
79
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
80
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
81
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
82
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
83
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
84
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
85
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
86
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
87
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
88
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
89
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
90
Mountlove, Anna
Sketchbook
1867-1869
91
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
Sketchbook
1835
92
Tompkin, Miss
Isle of Wight sketchbook
1874-1880
93
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
94
[Mr. Brisk's travels in Scotland]
[1845]
95
Dawes, Charles Thomas, 1793–1863
Diary, sketchbook, and translation of Virgil's Aeneid
ca. 1813-ca.1863
96
Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
97
My likes and dislikes
1872?
98
Sketchbook containing views of Boulogne and the south of England, including Folkestone, Dover, and Brighton
1860s
99
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
100
Stanhope, Mary Alexandrina
Sketchbook
1875-1895
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