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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
A.J.K.H.
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Cowell, John
1
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
1
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
1
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
1
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
1
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
1
Hancock, John, 1804–1839
1
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
1
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
1
Luxmoore, Mary
1
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
1
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
1
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
1
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
1
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
1
Stapley, W. B.
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1995
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Drawings & Watercolors
19
Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
27
18th century
5
20th century
2
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graphite (mineral)
1
watercolor (paint)
1
wove paper
1
Work Type
sketchbook
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watercolor
19
ink drawing
18
graphite drawing
14
botanical illustration
6
albums (books)
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
4
landscape drawing
4
travel sketche
4
engraving
3
view
3
wash drawing
3
caricature
2
children's art
2
diarie
2
drawings (visual works)
2
marine drawing
2
notebook
2
photograph
2
scientific illustration
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Women in natural history.
3
Botany -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Devon (England) -- Pictorial works.
2
Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861.
1
Alnwick (England) -- Pictorial works.
1
Animals -- Pictorial works.
1
Animals in art.
1
Anti-Catholicism.
1
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
1
Art -- Exhibitions -- Great Britain.
1
Artists -- Great Britain -- Diaries.
1
Artists -- Great Britain -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
1
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
1
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
1
Balls (Parties) -- France.
1
Bames, Betty -- Provenance.
1
Belgium -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
1
Belgium -- Pictorial works.
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19th century
4
Associated Places
Great Britain
12
Belgium
2
Devon (England)
2
France
2
Highlands (Scotland)
2
Land's End (England)
2
Scotland
2
Alnwick (England)
1
Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
1
Brabant (Belgium)
1
Cape Town (South Africa)
1
Chudleigh (England)
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Craven (England)
1
Durham (England : County)
1
Exe River Estuary (England)
1
France Great Britain
1
Great Britain France
1
Hastings (England)
1
India
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess family
1
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
1
Cowell, George
1
Cowell, John
1
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
1
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
1
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
1
Dixon family
1
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Fenton family
1
Fenton, Anna H., b. ca. 1851
1
Fenton, Clara Leycetter, b. ca. 1841
1
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
1
Fenton, Evelyn M., b. ca. 1846
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)
4
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
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
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Pierce
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 Fund
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund; Gift of Diane Nixon
1
Language
English
30
French
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Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
3
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
4
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
5
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
6
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
7
Album of drawings after John Flaxman's illustrations for The divine comedy, as engraved by Étienne Achille Reveil
not before 1833
8
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
9
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
10
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
11
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
12
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
13
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
14
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
15
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
16
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
17
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
18
Portraits of Cape Town figures
ca. 1828
19
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
20
Hancock, John, 1804–1839
Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting
circa 1821-1836
21
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
22
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
23
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
24
Cowell, John
Sketches of John & George from home
June 25th, 1842
25
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
26
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
Drawings of London street life
1888
27
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
28
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
29
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
30
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
31
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Record books
1829-1864