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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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K. M. T
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Pease family
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
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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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sketchbook
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watercolor
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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albums (books)
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children's art
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juvenilia
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landscape drawing
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scientific illustration
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caricature
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collages (visual works)
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commonplace book
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cyanotypes (photographic prints)
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engraving
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etching
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exercise book
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exercise books (penmanship)
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gelatin silver print
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Women in natural history.
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Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
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Botany -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Quakers -- Great Britain.
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Animals in art.
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Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879.
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Backhouse, John Mounsey.
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Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872.
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Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898.
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Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857.
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Backus family.
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Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913.
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Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney.
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Birds in art.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Botanizers -- Great Britain.
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Botany -- Great Britain.
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Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9. Introduction to the study of conchology.
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Great Britain
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Scotland
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Highlands (Scotland)
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Land's End (England)
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Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
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Skye, Island of (Scotland)
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Switzerland
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Yorkshire (England)
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
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Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
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Backhouse, John Mounsey
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Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
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Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
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Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
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Backus family
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Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
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Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
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Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burgess family
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
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Cave, Henry, 1779–1836
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Davison, W
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Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
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Gurney, Emma, approximately 1800–1860
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
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Mounsey family
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Mounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840–1911
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
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Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
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Character of forest trees
circa 1817
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Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
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K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
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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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Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856