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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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watercolor
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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botanical illustration
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Flowers -- Pictorial works.
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Women in natural history.
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Botanical illustration -- Great Britain.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 -- Portraits.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813.
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Burgess family.
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Burleigh, Richard.
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Color in art -- Technique.
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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788.
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832.
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Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804. Three essays.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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Grey, Booth, 1740–1802.
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941.
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Isle of Wight (England) -- History.
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Landscape drawing -- Early works to 1800.
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Landscape drawing -- Technique -- Early works to 1800.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burgess family
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Burleigh, Richard
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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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Grey, Booth, 1740–1802
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
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Leigh, William, 1802–1873
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
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Oglander, John, Sir, 1585–1655
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Phillipps, Ambrose Lisle, 1809–1878
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Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
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Pugin, Catherine Welby, 1768–1833
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Russell, John Fuller, 1814–1884
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Somerville, Julia Valenza, 1792–1879
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Welby, Adlard
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Welby, Selina
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Withering, William, 1741–1799
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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)
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Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford
circa 1790-1810
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Pugin family archive,
ca. 1790-1870
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Grey, Booth, 1740–1802
Botanical collages from the circle of Booth Grey
1790s