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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bonnell, Mandy
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
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Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
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Hanham, Frederick, 1806–1877
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Hobson, Edward, 1782–1830
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Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
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Laskey, Walter
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Mathiss, Madeleine
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Paley, Ann
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Stracey, Benard, 1874–1944
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2023-2024
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Books
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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unknown
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19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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21st century
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herbaria
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botanical illustration
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albums (books)
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artists' book
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cut-paper work
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exercise book
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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leaves (plant components)
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patterns (design elements)
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scallop shell
1
watercolor
1
Subject Terms
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Pressed flower pictures.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
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Women in natural history.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Flowers -- Great Britain.
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Grasses -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Mosses -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Mosses -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Botanical specimens -- Ireland.
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Ferns -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Grand tours (Education)
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Grasses -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Leaves -- Great Britain -- Identification.
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Crowther, Richard William B
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Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1687–1747
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
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Hegan, John, 1801–1876
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Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785–1865
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Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
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Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795–1870
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Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
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Mathiss, Madeleine
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Paley, Ann
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Rowe, Miss
1
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Smith, James Edward, 1759–1828
1
Walker, John, 1731–1803
1
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, Gift of John Underwood
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
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English
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Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
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Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
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Album of British grasses
circa 1800
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Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
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Paley, Ann
Fern and flower album
1873-1878
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
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Specimens of Cryptogamia, Filicales, Musci
circa 1850
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Laskey, Walter
Notes on trees, with leaf specimens
ca. 1950
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British algae
circa 1880?
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Pressed botanical specimens
ca. 1825
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Aldhouse family school exercise books
1894-1897
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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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Hanham, Frederick, 1806–1877
Natural illustrations of the British grasses
1846
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Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
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Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
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Stracey, Benard, 1874–1944
Collection of flower, grass, lichen, and tree specimens, collected in Switzerland
1889-1890
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Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
Garden leaves, 1954
1954
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Album of pressed plant and flower specimens
1849-1852
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Hobson, Edward, 1782–1830
A collection of specimens, of British mosses and Hepaticae
1818-1822