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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
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Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
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Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
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John Hardman & Co
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
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Paget, John, 1811–1898
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Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
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Pease family
1
R. W.
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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1912
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
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Available
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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18th century
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20th century
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sketchbook
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watercolor
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ink drawing
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graphite drawing
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albums (books)
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botanical illustration
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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children's art
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landscape drawing
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portrait
3
travel sketche
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caricature
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engraving
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etching
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juvenilia
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lithograph
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scientific illustration
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aquatint
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autobiographie
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cartoons (commentary)
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Women in natural history.
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Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813.
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Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941.
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778. Systema naturae.
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Quakers -- Great Britain.
2
Zaehnsdorf (Firm) -- Bookbinder.
2
Amusements -- Great Britain.
1
Animal welfare -- Great Britain.
1
Animals in art.
1
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
1
Art metal-work -- Great Britain.
1
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
1
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
1
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
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Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879.
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Backhouse, John Mounsey.
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19th century
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20th century
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Great Britain
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Broadstairs (England)
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Highlands (Scotland)
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Italy
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Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
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Penmaenmawr (Wales)
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Scotland
1
Switzerland
1
Thames Ditton (England)
1
Yorkshire (England)
1
Associated People
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
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
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Brand, John, 1744–1806
1
Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
1
Burgess family
1
Cave, Henry, 1779–1836
1
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
1
Davison, W
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Language
English
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
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Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
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Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
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Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
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Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
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Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
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John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
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Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
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Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
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Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
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Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
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My likes and dislikes
1872?
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
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R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
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Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856