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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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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
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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
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2023-2024
4
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Drawings & Watercolors
77
Archives & Manuscripts
35
Books
3
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
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unknown
130
Period
19th century
115
18th century
13
20th century
13
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
74
ink drawing
66
watercolor
59
travel sketche
36
landscape drawing
27
wash drawing
16
children's art
13
albums (books)
12
view
11
botanical illustration
10
portrait
9
caricature
8
drawings (visual works)
8
diarie
7
engraving
7
marine drawing
7
photograph
7
figure drawing
6
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Grand tours (Education)
6
Italy -- Pictorial works.
6
Women in natural history.
6
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
5
Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
5
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
5
Ships in art.
5
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
5
Devon (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
4
France -- Description and travel.
4
Horses -- Pictorial works.
4
Scotland -- 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
Drawing -- Technique.
3
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20th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
42
France
9
Italy
9
Switzerland
9
England
8
Devon (England)
5
Scotland
5
Yorkshire (England)
5
Germany
4
Kent (England)
4
Belgium
3
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3
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3
India
3
Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
2
Bristol (England)
2
Broadstairs (England)
2
Dover (England)
2
Essex (England)
2
Hertfordshire (England)
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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
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
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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
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
2
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
3
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
4
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition
1821-1822
5
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
6
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
7
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
8
Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
9
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
10
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
11
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
12
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
13
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
14
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
15
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
16
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
17
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
18
Portraits of Cape Town figures
ca. 1828
19
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
20
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
21
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
22
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
23
Hancock, John, 1804–1839
Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting
circa 1821-1836
24
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
25
Cowell, John
Sketches of John & George from home
June 25th, 1842
26
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
27
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
28
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Record books
1829-1864
29
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
30
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
31
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
32
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
Drawings of London street life
1888
33
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
34
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
35
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
36
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
37
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
38
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
39
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
40
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
41
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
42
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
43
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
44
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
45
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
46
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
47
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
48
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
49
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
50
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
51
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
52
McHale, John
John McHale archive,
ca. 1950-1978
53
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
54
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
55
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
56
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
57
Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, 1876–1964
Sketchbooks
1892-1896
58
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
59
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
60
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
61
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
62
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
63
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
64
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
65
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
66
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
67
Simpson, Miss
Sketchbook of drawings and designs by Miss Simpson at Mrs Linton's Boarding-school, Foregate Street, Worcester
circa 1795
68
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
69
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
70
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
71
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
72
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
73
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
74
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
75
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
76
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
77
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
78
S. J
Architectural sketchbook
1854, May 12-1856, July 29
79
Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
80
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
81
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
82
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
83
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
84
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
85
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
86
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
87
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
88
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
89
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
90
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
91
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
92
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
93
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
[Drawing book]
1866
94
My likes and dislikes
1872?
95
Sketchbook containing views of Boulogne and the south of England, including Folkestone, Dover, and Brighton
1860s
96
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
97
R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
98
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in Italy
1906-1907
99
Alexander, Mary
Sketchbook
circa 1840
100
D. C
[Sketchbook of views in Britain]
1834-1861
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