Rare Books and Manuscripts

A True description of the naval expedition of Francis Drake, Englishman & Knight, who with five ships departed from the western part of England on 13 December 1577, circumnavigated the globe and returned on 26 September 1580 with one ship remaining, the others having been destroyed by waves or fire
ca. 1587
Pen and ink and watercolor on parchment
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Folio C, Cabinet G

Alexander Marshal, ca. 1620–1682
“St. George and the Dragon,” inlaid to size and bound in vol. 3 of Anecdotes of Painting in England, with some Account of the Principal Artists, and Incidental Notes on Other Arts, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797), Strawberry-Hill, 1762–71 [i.e. 1780], 4 vols.
Watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Folio A N 82

Thomas Badeslade, fl. 1712–1742
“A Chart Showing the Sea Coast of England and Wales,” from A Compleat Sett of Mapps of England and Wales in General, and of Each County in Particular, Accurately Projected in a New Method and All of Them Original Drawings: Most Humbly Inscribed to His Majesty King George by Francis Negus, Commissioner for Executing the Master of the Horse to His Majesty
1724
Manuscript, in pen and ink and watercolor, on parchment
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
G1808 B32 1724

William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Leaves 33v–34r (with color chart laid in) from Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching Landscape
ca. 1790
Manuscript, in pen and ink, with watercolor
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
ND1340 G5 1790

Humphry Repton, 1752–1818
No. V. [“The Water”] from Red Book for Vinters in Kent, A Seat of James Whatman Esqr.
1797
At top, original view, with overlay;
at bottom, proposed view, without overlay, watercolor and pen and ink over graphite
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
SB473.R4 V56 1797+

David Roberts, 1796–1864
Pages 125v–126r, showing sketch of Roberts’s painting “Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus,” from vol. 1 of his Record Books, 2 vols.
1817–64
Manuscript, in pen and ink, with newspaper clippings
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
ND497 R63 R43 1833

John Constable, 1776–1837
Autograph letter from Constable to John Thomas Smith (1766–1833), dated between 16 January and 23 March 1797, inlaid to size and bound in Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, by Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859)
London, James Carpenter, 1843
Manuscript, in pen and ink
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
ND497 C7 L47 1843+

Detail of “Panoramic view, Zoulla Camp” from Abyssinian Campaign Photograph Album
1867
Albumen print
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Folio A 2010 72

Naval woolwork
1891
Embroidered panel incorporating a tintype, wool, and silk on linen backing
38 x 34 cm
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Folio A 2010 50