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Rare Books and Manuscripts
191
Creator
Cradock-Watson, Jane
8
Bonnell, Mandy
3
Clark, Thomas A.
3
Clark, Laurie
2
Hyslop, Jane
2
Angus, Sarah
1
B. B. B
1
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
1
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919
1
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
1
Bush, Tracey
1
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
1
C. P. A. F
1
Curtis, Aza
1
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de, 1779–1842
1
Geo. Dalton & Co (Firm)
1
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
1
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191
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156
Available
35
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Books
70
Prints
54
Archives & Manuscripts
41
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
5
Postcards
1
Visual Materials
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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191
Period
19th century
122
20th century
47
21st century
25
18th century
3
Materials & Techniques
wove paper.
1
Work Type
botanical illustration
191
ephemera
100
memorial card
79
chromolithograph
55
memorial work
40
memorials (commemorative)
37
watercolor
28
cut-paper work
25
artists' book
19
herbaria
19
ink drawing
16
graphite drawing
15
albums (books)
14
paperwork (crafts)
12
commonplace book
11
accordion fold format (binding)
10
engraving
10
embossing
8
greeting card
8
recreation
8
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Grief.
79
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
79
Death.
46
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
43
Women in natural history.
41
Pressed flower pictures.
17
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
16
Children -- Death.
16
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
11
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
10
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
10
Amusements -- Great Britain.
9
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
8
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
8
English poetry -- 19th century.
7
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
7
English poetry -- 18th century.
6
Love.
6
Botanical illustration -- Great Britain.
5
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
5
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19th century
13
18th century
6
15th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
135
England
7
Europe
3
Pittenweem, Fife
3
Scotland
3
India
2
Bristol
1
Connecticut
1
Coonoor (India)
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Cromarty (Scotland)
1
Dartington Hall
1
Exeter
1
France
1
Gillingham
1
Haiti
1
Hampshire
1
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
1
Highlands (Scotland)
1
Ipswich
1
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
2
Ainley, Susannah, -1898
1
Albers, Anni
1
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777–1825
1
Angus, Sarah
1
Arthur, Ellen Grace, 1847–1920
1
Arthur, William Stephen, 1853–1918
1
Askew, Mary Ann, -1901
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
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Barrett, Chrystle, -1918
1
Bennett, John, -1894
1
Birchenough, Charles, 1880–1884
1
Bleach, Ben, 1928
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)
16
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jillian Barker, Royal Opera House.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Underwood
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Language
English
180
Welsh
3
French
2
Efik
1
German
1
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I am thine love
mid-19th century
2
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
3
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
4
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
5
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
6
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
7
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
8
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
9
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
10
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
11
C. P. A. F
Album of cut-paper flowers
1842-1849
12
Jersey algae
1860
13
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
14
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1880]
15
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1870]
16
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Leda and the swan
[2011]
17
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
18
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
19
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
20
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
21
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
22
Sincere good wishes for Christmas
[1880?]
23
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
24
Bonnell, Mandy
Bethany seeds
2013
25
A Merry Christmas to you
[1880?]
26
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield
1898
27
To my love
[1880?]
28
Flora
approximately 1860
29
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
30
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
31
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful
[1890?]
32
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
33
Many happy returns of the day
[1896?]
34
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
35
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
36
In loving memory of Matilda Mills-King
1883
37
In affectionate remembrance of Rebecca, the beloved wife of John Teal
1898
38
In loving remembrance of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria
1901
39
In loving memory of [Chrystle Barrett]
1918
40
Clark, Laurie
100 buttercups
2010
41
In loving memory of Edna May
1915
42
In affectionate remembrance of Charles Butterworth
1892
43
In fond remembrance
[approximately 1860]
44
In loving remembrance of Fanny
45
In loving memory of my dear husband Richard Gilbert
[1934]
46
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
47
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
48
In loving remembrance of Mary Ann Lewis
[1888]
49
[Album card with silver edged cut paper overlay]
[approximately 1875]
50
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
51
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Memento
[1885?]
52
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Leaves
[2009]
53
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
54
In affectionate remembrance of Lewis
1898
55
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
56
Cut-paper work
circa 1840
57
A printmakers' flora
1996
58
In loving remembrance of Gracie Schneider
1892
59
Machin, Liz
Working class botanists
2010
60
In loving memory of James Kay
[1891]
61
Hayter, John, d 1755–1818
A report upon the Herculaneum manuscripts
1811
62
Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of John Dwyer
[1908]
63
Made Collective (Artist's group)
Surplus to requirement
21 x 23 x 5 cm
64
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
65
The rose, shamrock, & thistle
[1815]
66
In loving memory of Ellen Grace Arthur
1920
67
In loving mmory of Alfred Sydney Clifton
[1897]
68
Captain Cook's florilegium
1973
69
In loving memory of James Herbert Kelly
1899
70
In loving remembrance of Elizabeth Wickham, of Little Somerford
[1891]
71
In ever loving memory of Sussanah Hamon
[1890]
72
In loving memory of the victims of the fire drama at Gillingham, Kent
[1929]
73
Er serchus gof am Charlotte Anne, anwyl ferch
[1902]
74
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
75
Clark, Laurie
100 harebells
2012
76
Specimens of Cryptogamia, Filicales, Musci
circa 1850
77
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Time waits for no man
[2012]
78
In loving memory of Arthur Charles
1922
79
Cradock-Watson, Jane
The plot
[2011]
80
John Cormack : born 2nd February, 1805 : died 18th September, 1881 at 10, James Street, Aberdeen
1881
81
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Skeleton
[2010]
82
In affectionate remembrance of William
[1899]
83
Hyslop, Jane
Buttercup
2009
84
In loving remembrance of Chrisie Schneider
1892
85
In loving memory of our dear father, Thomas Weeks
86
In affectionate remembrance of Susannah
1898
87
In affectionate remembrance of our dear father, William Albert Croucher
1917
88
Bush, Tracey
Poppies
London?,
89
Commonplace book
1874-1924
90
In loving remembrance of the Rev. James White, M.A.
[1906]
91
[Embossed and metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1875]
92
Commonplace book
1829-1834
93
In loving memory of Henry Hylands
1902
94
Cut-paper doily
approximately 1820
95
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap]
[approximately 1880]
96
Jones, Shirley
Five flowers for my father
[1990]
97
In loving memory of William, Henry
[1902]
98
British algae
circa 1880?
99
Laskey, Walter
Notes on trees, with leaf specimens
ca. 1950
100
In loving remembrance of John Bennett, the beloved husband of Sarah Malam
1894
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