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Rare Books and Manuscripts
194
Creator
Cradock-Watson, Jane
8
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Clark, Laurie
2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
Angus, Sarah
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Bush, Tracey
1
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
1
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
1
Hanham, Frederick, 1806–1877
1
Hobson, Edward, 1782–1830
1
Jones, Shirley
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Lady
1
Laskey, Walter
1
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
1
Macgregor, Paula
1
Machin, Liz
1
Made Collective (Artist's group)
1
Mathiss, Madeleine
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2018
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
194
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Under Certain Circumstances
178
Free to Use
16
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Unavailable
122
Available
72
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Prints
97
Books
58
Archives & Manuscripts
25
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
4
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Creator Gender
unknown
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194
Period
19th century
135
20th century
41
21st century
18
18th century
4
Materials & Techniques
wove paper.
1
Work Type
botanical illustration
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194
ephemera
138
memorial card
80
cut-paper work
63
chromolithograph
55
embossed paper
46
valentine
46
memorials (commemorative)
40
memorial work
38
scrap
36
watercolor
25
lithograph
22
herbaria
18
artists' book
16
paperwork (crafts)
14
cupid
13
albums (books)
10
accordion fold format (binding)
9
recreation
9
die cutting
8
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Grief.
80
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
80
Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
46
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
45
Death.
44
Women in natural history.
29
Children -- Death.
18
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
15
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
12
Pressed flower pictures.
11
Amusements -- Great Britain.
10
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
10
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
9
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
7
Love.
7
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
6
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
4
Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
4
Gardens -- Pictorial works.
4
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
4
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19th century
57
18th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
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194
Exeter
1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
1
Scotland
1
Switzerland
1
Yorkshire (England)
1
Associated People
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
2
Ainley, Susannah, -1898
1
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777–1825
1
Angus, Sarah
1
Arthur, Ellen Grace, 1847–1920
1
Arthur, William Stephen, 1853–1918
1
Askew, Mary Ann, -1901
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
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Barrett, Chrystle, -1918
1
Bennett, John, -1894
1
Birchenough, Charles, 1880–1884
1
Bleach, Ben, 1928
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)
12
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jillian Barker, Royal Opera House.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Underwood
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
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Language
English
187
Welsh
3
Efik
2
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Valentine card
mid-19th century
2
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
3
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
4
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
5
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
6
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
7
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
8
Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine
mid-19th century
9
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
10
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
11
Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
12
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
13
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
14
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
15
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London
1848
16
In loving memory of Frederick Charles
1911
17
The gift receive the deed approved ..
mid-19th century
18
What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..
mid-19th century
19
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
20
We must be united!
mid-19th century
21
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
22
I am thine love
mid-19th century
23
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1880]
24
Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
25
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
26
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
27
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
28
In loving memory of George Bye
1895
29
I wait a return of thy love
mid-19th century
30
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake ..
mid-19th century
31
Constant as the sun in heaven above, this heart that thou has won will be to see in love
mid-19th century
32
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
33
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
34
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
35
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Leda and the swan
[2011]
36
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
37
[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]
[approximately 1890]
38
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
39
My memory holds thy form in view ..
mid-19th century
40
My heart is truly thine, dear Valentine
mid-19th century
41
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
42
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
43
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
44
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
45
By penning these misc lines, to prove a pledge of my unceasing love ..
mid-19th century
46
A tribute to beautiful love!
1844
47
A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!
mid-19th century
48
I live for thee only
mid-19th century
49
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat
mid-19th century
50
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
51
To my pretty Valentine!
mid-19th century
52
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ..
mid-19th century
53
If truest love can gain respect I may a mutual love expect ..
mid-19th century
54
I will love thee ever dearly
mid-19th century
55
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell ..
mid-19th century
56
Cupid'a ariel ship
mid-19th century
57
In loving memory of Frederick Callis
1898
58
Thou are all I wish
mid-19th century
59
Will you share these with me?
mid-19th century
60
Cut-paper flower arrangements
London?,
61
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear ..
mid-19th century
62
Can you keep a secret? If so open this
mid-19th century
63
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield
1898
64
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
65
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
66
To my love
[1880?]
67
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
68
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]
[approximately 1880]
69
To my Valentine
mid-19th century
70
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell ..
mid-19th century
71
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
72
To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely
mid-19th century
73
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
74
In loving memory of James Kay
[1891]
75
In loving memory of my dear husband Richard Gilbert
[1934]
76
In loving memory of James Herbert Kelly
1899
77
In loving remembrance of Elizabeth Wickham, of Little Somerford
[1891]
78
In ever loving memory of Sussanah Hamon
[1890]
79
Bush, Tracey
Poppies
London?,
80
Jones, Shirley
Five flowers for my father
[1990]
81
The rose, shamrock, & thistle
[1815]
82
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
83
In affectionate remembrance of William
[1899]
84
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
85
In loving memory of Frances Yates
1898
86
In loving remembrance of John Bennett, the beloved husband of Sarah Malam
1894
87
In loving remembrance of Chrisie Schneider
1892
88
In loving memory of our dear father, Thomas Weeks
89
In affectionate remembrance of Susannah
1898
90
In affectionate remembrance of our dear father, William Albert Croucher
1917
91
[Embossed and metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1875]
92
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
93
In loving remembrance of Mary Ann Lewis
[1888]
94
Cradock-Watson, Jane
The plot
[2011]
95
John Cormack : born 2nd February, 1805 : died 18th September, 1881 at 10, James Street, Aberdeen
1881
96
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
97
In affectionate remembrance of Lewis
1898
98
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Leaves
[2009]
99
[Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap]
[approximately 1880]
100
In loving memory of William, Henry
[1902]
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