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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bonnell, Mandy
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B. B. B
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C. P. A. F
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Douglas, Helen, 1952–
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Hamilton, Catherine
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Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
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Mathiss, Madeleine
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Rowe, Miss
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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Prints
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Books
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
Postcards
1
Visual Materials
1
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unknown
73
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19th century
69
21st century
3
18th century
2
20th century
1
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botanical illustration
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ephemera
50
cut-paper work
47
valentine
39
embossed paper
37
scrap
30
watercolor
19
lithograph
16
chromolithograph
13
cupid
11
dove
8
herbaria
8
albums (books)
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greeting card
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paperwork (crafts)
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dresse
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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recreation
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sketchbook
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Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
38
Women in natural history.
10
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
7
Pressed flower pictures.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
6
Amusements -- Great Britain.
5
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
5
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
4
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
4
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
4
Love.
3
Men's clothing.
3
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Botanical specimens -- Ireland.
2
Botany -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
English poetry -- 19th century.
2
Flowers -- Collection and preservation.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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19th century
42
18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
56
Scotland
2
Connecticut
1
Cromarty (Scotland)
1
England
1
Europe
1
Haiti
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Highlands (Scotland)
1
India
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Italy
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Land's End (England)
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New York
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Sark (Guernsey)
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United States
1
Wales
1
Associated People
Albers, Anni
1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
1
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
1
Crowther, Richard William B
1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865
1
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
1
Duffield, George Gordon, -1898
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Hearne, Dorothea Henrietta, 1792–1870
1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
1
Keble, John, 1792–1866
1
Leach, J.,
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
1
Mathiss, Madeleine
1
Montalembert, Eliza Rosée, comtesse de, -1839
1
Napier, Charles, Sir, 1786–1860
1
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
1
Pardoe, Miss (Julia), 1804?-1862
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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)
12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
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German
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Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
2
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
3
The gift receive the deed approved ..
mid-19th century
4
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
5
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
6
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
7
Valentine card
mid-19th century
8
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
9
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
10
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
11
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
12
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
13
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
14
I wait a return of thy love
mid-19th century
15
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake ..
mid-19th century
16
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
17
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
18
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
19
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
20
Bonnell, Mandy
Bethany seeds
2013
21
Jersey algae
1860
22
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1870]
23
A tribute to beautiful love!
1844
24
By penning these misc lines, to prove a pledge of my unceasing love ..
mid-19th century
25
Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine
mid-19th century
26
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
27
I am thine love
mid-19th century
28
We must be united!
mid-19th century
29
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
30
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
31
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
32
C. P. A. F
Album of cut-paper flowers
1842-1849
33
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
34
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1880]
35
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
36
A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!
mid-19th century
37
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Leda and the swan
[2011]
38
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
39
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear ..
mid-19th century
40
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ..
mid-19th century
41
A Merry Christmas to you
[1880?]
42
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
43
Cupid'a ariel ship
mid-19th century
44
Sincere good wishes for Christmas
[1880?]
45
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
46
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
47
To my pretty Valentine!
mid-19th century
48
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
49
My heart is truly thine, dear Valentine
mid-19th century
50
I live for thee only
mid-19th century
51
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat
mid-19th century
52
Thou art my life, my love my heart. Thou art the world. And if thy will show .... I'll do it or die for thee
mid-19th century
53
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
54
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
55
If truest love can gain respect I may a mutual love expect ..
mid-19th century
56
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
57
My memory holds thy form in view ..
mid-19th century
58
Will you share these with me?
mid-19th century
59
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield
1898
60
Thou are all I wish
mid-19th century
61
I will love thee ever dearly
mid-19th century
62
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell ..
mid-19th century
63
To my love
[1880?]
64
Flora
approximately 1860
65
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
66
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
67
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful
[1890?]
68
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
69
Many happy returns of the day
[1896?]
70
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
71
To my Valentine
mid-19th century
72
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell ..
mid-19th century
73
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]