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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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Birch, G
1
Cameron, Emy E.
1
Carr family
1
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
1
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
1
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
1
Davy, Henry, active 1829
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
1
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
1
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
1
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
1
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
1
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
1
Hammer, G
1
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
1
Humble, Michael M
1
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
1
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
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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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19
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2024-2025
1
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Drawings & Watercolors
36
Archives & Manuscripts
19
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
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unknown
58
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19th century
52
18th century
11
20th century
6
17th century
1
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vellum (parchment)
1
watercolor (paint)
1
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sketchbook
58
watercolor
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58
ink drawing
37
graphite drawing
36
travel sketche
17
landscape drawing
14
albums (books)
9
botanical illustration
8
children's art
7
engraving
6
view
6
wash drawing
6
armorial bookplates (provenance)
5
portrait
5
lithograph
4
caricature
3
marine drawing
3
photograph
3
scientific illustration
3
albumen print
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Women in natural history.
6
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
4
Germany -- Pictorial works.
3
Italy -- Pictorial works.
3
Ships in art.
3
Women travelers -- Great Britain.
3
Amusements -- Great Britain.
2
Animals in art.
2
Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813.
2
Butterflies -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Caterpillars -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Devon (England) -- Pictorial works.
2
Domestic space -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
2
Entomology -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
France -- Description and travel.
2
Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Germany -- Description and travel.
2
Grand tours (Education)
2
Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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19th century
7
20th century
2
18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
20
Switzerland
5
Germany
4
Italy
4
France
3
Belgium
2
Devon (England)
2
Land's End (England)
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Naples (Italy)
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Scotland
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Yorkshire (England)
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Alnwick (England)
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Barnstaple (England)
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Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
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Brabant (Belgium)
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Bristol (England)
1
Broadstairs (England)
1
Calabria (Italy)
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Campania (Italy)
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Chudleigh (England)
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
1
Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
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
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
1
Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
1
Burgess family
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
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
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English
57
German
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Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
2
Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
3
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
4
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
5
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
6
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
7
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
8
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
9
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
10
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
11
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
12
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
13
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
14
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
15
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
16
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
17
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
18
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
19
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
20
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
21
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
22
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
23
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
24
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
25
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
26
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
27
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
28
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
29
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
30
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
31
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
32
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
33
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
34
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
35
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
36
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
37
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
38
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
39
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
40
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
41
Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
42
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
43
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
44
Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
45
My likes and dislikes
1872?
46
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
47
R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
48
Skelly, Louisa
Sketchbook of a visit to the Continent
[ca. 1850?]
49
Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
50
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
51
Humble, Michael M
Sketchbook
1844
52
Davy, Henry, active 1829
Original drawings for A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk
1817-1828
53
Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
54
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
55
Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
56
Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
57
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777
58
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856