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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Hamilton, Catherine
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Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
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Lindley, John, 1799–1865
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Maas, Marie
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Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Books
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unknown
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19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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botanical illustration
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ink drawing
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watercolor
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graphite drawing
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commonplace book
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sketchbook
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albumen print
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children's art
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cut-paper work
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engraving
2
game
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herbaria
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landscape drawing
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photograph
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recreation
2
scientific illustration
2
albums (books)
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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broadside
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caricature
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Women in natural history.
6
English poetry -- 19th century.
5
English poetry -- 18th century.
4
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
3
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
2
Botany -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Flowers -- Great Britain.
2
Pressed flower pictures.
2
Adultery -- Great Britain.
1
Ambassadors -- Great Britain.
1
Amusements -- Great Britain.
1
Animals in art.
1
Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
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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.
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18th century
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19th century
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Great Britain
8
Coonoor (India)
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Cornwall (England : County)
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Haiti
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India
1
Land's End (England)
1
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
1
Backhouse, John Mounsey
1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
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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
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Boden, James
1
Boden, Mary
1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess family
1
Cave, Henry, 1779–1836
1
Davison, W
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
1
Hearne, Dorothea Henrietta, 1792–1870
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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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
17
French
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
2
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
3
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
4
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London
1848
5
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
6
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
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Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
8
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
9
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
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Spring buds and ivy leaves
1860, September 1-1861, January 1
11
Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India
1898-1905
12
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
Susanna Potter commonplace book
1823-circa 1860
13
Commonplace book
circa 1830
14
Commonplace book
approximately 1861-1864
15
Natural history and gardening commonplace book
between 1830 and 1840
16
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919
Little bird red and little bird blue
MDCCCLXI [1861]
17
Maas, Marie
Album of lace and embroidery designs
1869-1875
18
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856