By Medium

Painting: Identification and Valuation Sources.

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library.

British 18th Century Painters, N6766 .W29

Bryan's  Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, N40 .B945 v.1-5

Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, ND669 .F5 M34 1994 3 vols.

Dictionary of British Watercolor Artists up to 1920, ND1928 .M27 2002 v. 1-2

Dictionary of Scottish Painters1600-1960, ND475 .H35 1990

The Women Impressionists: a Sourcebook, Z5961 .F7 C58 2000

A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists, with

References to Their Works, and Notices of Their Patrons, from the Establishment of Christianity to the Eighteenth Century, ND2890 .B8 vols. 1-3

Located 3rd floor, Willis Library.

Sculpture: Identification and Valuation Sources

Sculpture is included in all other categories on the subject guide Art Sources for the Identification and Valuation of Fine and Decorative Arts, except other specific mediums.

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library, unless otherwise noted.

Bronzes: Sculptors & Founders, 1800-1930, (includes marks), NK7909.8 .B47 vols. 1-4

Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, NB496 .G85 1954 (3rd floor, Willis Library)

Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole Française, NB552 .L29 1970 vols. 1-8 (3rd floor, Willis Library)

Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to the Present, NB236 .O64 1984 (3rd floor, Willis Library)

French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: the Reign of Louis XIV, NB546 .S6813 vols. 1-4

Contemporary American Women Sculptors, NB212 .W37 1986 (3rd floor, Willis Library)

Fine Art Prints: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library or 3rd floor Willis if indicated.

How to Identify Prints: a Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Ink Jet, NE850 .G37 2004

Bryan's  Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, N40 .B945 vols. 1-5

Iconoclass Index. Early German Prints, NE651 .L386 1995 vols. 1-4

The Seventeenth Century: an Iconographic Index to A. Bartsch, Le Peintre-Graveur, NE90 .B2377 1990 vols. 19-21 (See Iconclass index for codes used to index subjects in the Illustrated Bartsch)

Marcantonio Raimondi and His School: an Iconographic Index to A. Bartsch, Le

Peintre-Graveur, NE90 .B2135 1988 vols. 14-16 (See Iconclass index for codes used to index subjects in the Illustrated Bartsch)

Antonio Tempesta and His Time: an Iconographic Index to A. Bartsch, Le Peintre-Graveur, NE90 .B2137 1987 (See Iconclass index for codes used to index subjects in the Illustrated Bartsch)

Italian Printmaking, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: an Annotated Bibliography, Z5947.3 .I8 K37 1987

Early Italian Engraving: an Iconographic Index to A.M. Hind, Early Italian Engraving, NE659 .H48 index

Old Master Print References: a Selected Bibliography, Z5947.3.E85 M37 1986

Fine Print References: a Selected Bibliography of Print-Related Literature, Z5947.A3 L82 1982

Print Reference Sources: a Selected Bibliography, 18th-20th Centuries, Z5947.A3 M37 1979

The Illustrated Bartsch, NE90 .B213 vols. 1-7 (3rd Floor), (See Iconclass index for codes used to index subjects in the Illustrated Bartsch)

American Lithographers, 1900-1960: the Artists and Their Printers,
NE2304 .A3 1983 (3rd floor)

Who's Who in Graphic Art, NC45 .W5 1982 (3rd floor)

The German Single-Leaf Woodcut, 1550-1600, NE1150 .G47 vols. 1-3 (3rd floor)

Early Italian Engraving: An Iconographic Index To A.M. Hind, Early Italian Engraving, NE659 .H48

Early Italian Engraving: a Critical Catalog... NE 659 .H48 (index to catalog listed above)   

Prints of the Twentieth Century: a History, NE490 .C27 (3rd floor)

The Art of the Print: Masterpieces, History, Techniques, NE400 .E32 (3rd floor)

The History of the Illustrated Book: the Western Tradition,  Z1023 .H387 (3rd floor)

A History of Engraving and Etching, from the 15th Century to the Year 1914, NE400 .H66 1930, (3rd floor)

An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, with a Detailed Survey of Work Done in the Fifteenth Century, 761 H584 vols. 1-2 (3rd floor)

American Printmaking: a Century of American Printmaking, 1880-1980, NE507 .W37 1984 (3rd floor)

A Guide to Collectors. 3,500 Illustrations. English Furniture, Decoration, Woodwork & Allied Arts during the Last Half of the Seventeenth Century, the Whole of the Eighteenth Century, and the Earlier Part of the Nineteenth, 749 St81e (3rd floor)

Watermarks

Watermarks are the impressed mark or logo of paper makers.  Watermarks reveal the paper maker or manufacturer.  This knowledge may give some insight into the history, place and time period when the work was created.

*To look for a watermark, hold the work up to the light and tilt in various degrees while looking for the impression of the watermark.  Watermarks will usually be located in the corner of the paper.  If you do find a watermark, visually match the mark to examples shown in the sources listed below.

Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France, etc. in the XVII and XVIII Centuries and Their Interconnection, Z237 .C56 1967 (Eagle Commons Library)

Papermaking: the History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, TS1090 .H816 1943, (Rare Books, 4th floor, Willis Library)

American Prints in the Library of Congress; a Catalog of the Collection, NE505 .A47 1970

Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire Historique des Marques du Papier dès Leur Apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, Z237 .B845 1985 vols. 1-4 (Rare Books, 4th floor, Willis Library)

Photography: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, Eagle Commons Library, unless otherwise noted.

Contemporary Photographers, TR139 .C663 1995

American Photographers: an Illustrated Who's Who Among Contemporary...TR13.9 .A46 1989

Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers 1940-1988, TR139 .W55 1989

Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators, TR139 .B767 1983

Collectors' Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographs, TR6.5 .W44 1975  

Black Photographers, 1840-1940: an illustrated bio-bibliography, TR139 .W55 1985

The Photograph Collector's Guide, TR6.5 .W57

Photographers: a Sourcebook for Historical Research, TR15 .P477 2000

Index to American Photographic Collections, TR12 .E85 1996

Photographic Collections in Texas: a Union Guide, TR12 .P43 1987 (Eagle Commons Library regular shelves)

Ceramics, Porcelain and Glass: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library, or 3rd floor Willis Library (if noted).

NK4390 .D38 1986

Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks NK4085 .G63 1964b

Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers NK4485 .G592 1988

Warman's English & Continental Pottery & Porcelain NK4083 .B34 2004

Dictionary of Marks: Pottery and Porcelain (Kovels), NK4215 .K68

Collector's Handbook to Marks on Porcelain and Pottery NK4215 .B8 1974,  (3rd Floor)

Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks, NK4215 .C8 1980 (3rd Floor)

Collector's Handbook to Marks on Porcelain and Pottery NK4215 .B8 1974 (3rd Floor)

Lehner's Encyclopedia of U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain and Clay NK4215 .L36 1988

Art Pottery of the United States: an Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks NK4007 .E92 1974, (3rd Floor)

The Kovels' Collector's Guide to American Art Pottery NK4005 .K68 1974, (3rd Floor)

Warman's American Pottery & Porcelain NK4005 .A1 B35 2000 (3rd floor)

Encyclopedia of Pottery & Porcelain, 1800-1960 NK3920 .C36 1986

Twentieth Century Glass  NK5110 .M55 2004

Kovels' Depression Glass and Dinnerware Price List NK5439.D44 K67 2004 

The Collector's Encyclopedia of American Art Glass NK5439.A77 S58 2006

Warman's Glass: Values and Identification NK5104 .S37 2002 (3rd floor)

The Ceramic, Furniture, and Silver Collectors' Glossary NK3770 .C46

A Guide to Collectors. 3,500 Illustrations. English furniture, decoration, woodwork & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth 749 St81e, (3rd Floor)

The Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain NK3770 .B64, (3rd Floor)

Five Thousand Years of Glass NK5106 .G54 2004 (3rd Floor)

World Ceramics: from Prehistoric to Modern Times NK3780 .M86 1998 (3rd Floor)

An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass TP788 .N48 (Eagle Commons Library, Reference)

The Concise Encyclopedia of Continental Pottery and Porcelain NK4083 .H3 1960, (3rd Floor)

European Ceramic Art, from the End of the Middle Ages to about 1815 NK4083 .H63 1963, (3rd Floor)

Glass Throughout Time: History and Technique of Glass making from the Ancient World to the Present, NK5106 .E7213 2003 (3rd Floor)

Gold, Silver, Pewter Art and Jewelry: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, 1st floor of the Willis Library or the 3rd floor of the Willis Library, (if noted).
 
The Ceramic, Furniture, and Silver Collectors' Glossary NK3770 .C46

The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940 NK7142 .B74 1986

The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and gold of Great Britain and North America NK7143 .C55 1985

The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America NK7143 .C55 1985

Old Pewter, Its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland, and Ireland NK8415.G7 C6 1963

Directory Of Gold And Silversmiths, Jewelers and Allied Traders 1838 1914 NK7143 .C924 1987

A Directory of American Silver, Pewter, and Silver Plate NK7112 .K66

An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware: 2,373 entries relating to British and

North American wares, decorative techniques and styles, and leading designers and makers, from c.1500 to the present NK7104 .N49 1987

Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers NK7112 .R3 1986

American Silver Flatware, 1837-1910 NK7112 .T8 1972

The Book of Old Silver, English, American, Foreign, 739 W977 1937 (3rd Floor)

An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelery NK7304 .M37 1974 (3rd Floor)

Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry: a Guide to History, People, and Terms NK7311 .B38 2000

Warman's Jewelry NK7104 .R66 2002

Antiques and Collectibles: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library.

NK1133 .W33

NK1133 .M53

Furniture: Identification and Valuation Sources

Located in General Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library, unless otherwise indicated.
 
The Furniture Collector's Glossary NK2240 .L75 1967

The Dictionary of English Furniture, from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period NK2529 .M32 1954, vols. 1-3

Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 TS810.G7 D52 1986 (Science Library)

A History of English Furniture NK2529 .M3232 1972, vols. 1-4

Collector's Encyclopedia of American Furniture NK2405 .S894 1998

Dictionary of Furniture NK2205 .D5 2000

Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades, and Techniques NK2205 .E34 2000 

The Complete Guide to Furniture Styles NK2270 .B63 1997

Western Furniture: 1350 to the Present Day in the Victoria and Albert Museum NK2260 .V53 1996

The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture NK2407 .R54 1993

Collector's Encyclopedia of American Furniture NK2405 .S894 1991

Furniture & Furnishings: a Visual Guide NK2230 .W48 1990

Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture NK2235 .S68 1989

American Furniture & the British Tradition to 1830 NK2406 .K55 1982

American Painted Furniture, 1660-1880 NK2406 .F3 1972

The Encyclopedia of Furniture NK2205 .A7 1965

The Antiques Directory. Furniture NK2206 .A57 1985

The Cabinetmakers of America NK2406 .B55 1978

Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers NK2350 .H6 1972

A Short Dictionary of Furniture NK2205 .G55 1977