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Reference Library
37,209
Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,478
Archives
41
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
159
Victoria and Albert Museum
153
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
John Murray (Firm)
143
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
136
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
114
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
88
Blake, William, 1757–1827
79
Arts Council of Great Britain
70
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Ward, Lock & Co
67
Fine Art Society
65
Tate Gallery
64
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
64
Britton, John, 1771–1857
54
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
53
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
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620
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2023-2024
291
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Books
48,651
Articles & Chapters
1,587
Periodicals
901
Archives & Manuscripts
728
Prints
569
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
562
Maps & Atlas (printed)
362
Music (printed)
222
Videos
208
Postcards
125
Drawings & Watercolors
123
Photographs
114
Visual Materials
62
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
30
Dissertations & Theses
23
Computer Files
18
Musical Sound Recordings
5
Nonmusical Sound Recordings
3
Paintings
3
Kits
1
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unknown
54,542
female
13
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20th century
26,008
21st century
13,897
19th century
12,153
18th century
2,234
17th century
306
16th century
57
15th century
34
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
17
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
ink
6
watercolor (paint)
6
albumen process
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
silk (textile)
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
lithography
2
photographic paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
albumen process.
1
casting (process)
1
charcoal (material)
1
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wood engraving
1,755
exhibition catalog
1,197
engraving
1,100
lithograph
1,096
auction catalog
1,075
ephemera
1,056
aquatint
989
artists' book
886
chromolithograph
608
history
570
etching
473
catalog
408
map
358
armorial bookplates (provenance)
320
private press books (publishing)
314
photograph
309
accordion fold format (binding)
292
photomechanical print
290
drawing book
265
recreation
256
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,039
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
852
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
839
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
679
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
596
Rare books -- Catalogs.
583
Great Britain.
554
Art, British -- Catalogs.
492
Furniture -- Catalogs.
429
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
427
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Auction catalogs.
340
Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
339
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900- -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
325
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
321
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
275
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
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19th century
3,572
20th century
3,485
18th century
1,375
17th century
624
21st century
319
16th century
246
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
21
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D
2
Silurian
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Great Britain
9,019
England
5,926
London
1,890
London (England)
1,216
Scotland
680
United States
614
Ireland
466
Europe
445
Italy
343
France
306
India
287
Wales
279
Australia
234
Edinburgh (Scotland)
206
Edinburgh
182
England London
130
Oxford (England)
121
Middle East
112
Canada
108
Germany
100
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
372
Blake, William, 1757–1827
355
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
195
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
175
Constable, John, 1776–1837
162
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
148
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
138
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
132
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
131
Morris, William, 1834–1896
131
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
120
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
117
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
113
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
93
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
93
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
84
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
83
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
76
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
75
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
74
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
112
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
82
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
74
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
59
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
43
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
35
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
14
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
12
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
12
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
4
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
4
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
199
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
157
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
107
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
54
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
35
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
3
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
4
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
5
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
6
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
7
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
8
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
9
Open house London
[2011]
10
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
11
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
12
Valentine card
mid-19th century
13
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
14
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
15
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
16
In remembrance of the late Robert Minto of Barton-Upon-Humber
1857
17
May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys con-neck-tie-dly be collared all by thee!
[approximately 1875?]
18
Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne
between 1870 and [1890?]
19
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
20
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
21
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
22
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
23
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
24
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
25
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
26
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
27
In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875
1892
28
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
29
Bill for building expenses
1760
30
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
31
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
32
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
33
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
34
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
35
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
36
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
37
In memory of the late John Distance
1854
38
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
39
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
40
A booke of secrets
1596
41
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
42
The royal wedding official programme
2011
43
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Are you ready?
[1880]
44
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
45
C. Goodall & Son
Flower time & fruit time
[approximately 1880]
46
In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth
1944
47
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
48
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
49
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
50
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
51
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
52
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
53
Valentine card
mid-19th century
54
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
55
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
56
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
57
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
58
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
59
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
60
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake ..
mid-19th century
61
Haldane, James (Tailor)
Billhead of James Haldane, London tailor, recording services rendered to Viscount Strathallan, 1843
1843
62
Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith
63
Bailie Nicol Javie Hotel (Aberfoyle, Scotland)
Bailie Nicol Javie Hotel, Aberfoyle
[188-?]
64
Salt, Henry, 1780–1827
Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt
1809
65
Cunard White Star, ltd
Menu
[1935]
66
Sarah Annette Jones photograph album
1853-1855
67
Bonnell, Mandy
The second life of shells
2001
68
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Carte du jour
1955
69
Smallwood, B.
Billhead of B. Smallwood, London haberdasher, for purchase of ribbon by an unidentified buyer
180-?
70
Godfreys, Amy, active 1879
Bills for school expenses for Miss Gleason, to be paid to Amy Godfreys, Vernon Street, Derby
1878-1879
71
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party
between 1792 and 1818?
72
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Follow the river
2015-2017
73
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956
Rossetti and his circle
[1922]
74
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Label for Bacon Brothers Ye Golden Pride
[approximately 1905]
75
Sincere good wishes for Christmas
[1880?]
76
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
77
Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)
[Original Calverley cigarette packet manufactured by Bacon Brothers of Cambridge England]
[approximately 1930]
78
The destruction of Jerusalem
[ca. 1824?]
79
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
80
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
81
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
82
I am thine love
mid-19th century
83
John R. Purssell & Comp.
John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey
[between 1850 and 1875?]
84
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794
Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge
[approximately 1845]
85
Thompson, Miss, active 1889
Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton
April 1889
86
Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one
1879
87
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
88
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps
1836
89
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
90
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
91
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
92
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Field notes
2006
93
White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)
Clarke S. Mallett
[188-?]
94
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)
[188-?]
95
In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks
[1904]
96
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
97
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street
[1748]]
98
Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)
Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler
[approximately 1870?]
99
Mintons Ltd
Minton English bone china
[between 1960 and 1980]
100
Rook, Anne
Virtual orchard
2009
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