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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bonnell, Mandy
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B. B. B
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
1
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
1
Hodgson, Frances S.
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Laskey, Walter
1
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
1
Mathiss, Madeleine
1
Pease family
1
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
1
Rowe, Miss
1
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
1
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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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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Period
19th century
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20th century
5
18th century
3
21st century
2
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botanical illustration
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watercolor
23
herbaria
21
albums (books)
14
ink drawing
14
graphite drawing
13
commonplace book
10
sketchbook
6
engraving
5
cut-paper work
4
landscape drawing
4
portrait
4
children's art
3
game
3
recreation
3
albumen print
2
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
artists' book
2
exercise book
2
illuminated manuscript
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Pressed flower pictures.
17
Women in natural history.
16
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
13
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
8
English poetry -- 19th century.
7
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
6
English poetry -- 18th century.
6
Flowers -- Great Britain.
5
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
4
Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
4
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
3
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
3
Flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
3
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
3
Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
3
Amusements -- Great Britain.
2
Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
2
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Botanical specimens -- Ireland.
2
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18th century
6
19th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
25
England
3
Europe
2
India
2
Scotland
2
Bristol
1
Coonoor (India)
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Cromarty (Scotland)
1
Haiti
1
Hampshire
1
Italy
1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
1
Sark (Guernsey)
1
Somerset (England)
1
Switzerland
1
Wales
1
Yorkshire (England)
1
Associated People
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
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
Boden, James
1
Boden, Mary
1
Brown, Stanley P
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess family
1
Cave, Henry, 1779–1836
1
Crowther, Richard William B
1
Davison, W
1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865
1
Ellicott family
1
Ellicott, Edward
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)
11
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, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Underwood
1
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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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English
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German
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Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
3
Flora
approximately 1860
4
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
5
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
6
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
7
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
8
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
9
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
10
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
11
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
12
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
13
Jersey algae
1860
14
Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
15
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
16
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
17
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
18
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London
1848
19
Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
20
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
21
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
22
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856
23
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
An illustrated history of the county of Somerset
1862
24
Spring buds and ivy leaves
1860, September 1-1861, January 1
25
Commonplace book
approximately 1861-1864
26
Hodgson, Frances S.
The gathered lilies
not after 1857
27
Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India
1898-1905
28
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
29
Spicilegium florae Hantoniensis
1851-1860
30
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
31
British algae
circa 1880?
32
Laskey, Walter
Notes on trees, with leaf specimens
ca. 1950
33
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
Garden leaves, 1954
1954
34
Commonplace book
circa 1830
35
Aldhouse family school exercise books
1894-1897
36
Natural history and gardening commonplace book
between 1830 and 1840
37
Ocean gems
circa 1850
38
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
39
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
40
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
41
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
42
Commonplace book
1829-1834
43
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
Susanna Potter commonplace book
1823-circa 1860
44
Commonplace book
1874-1924
45
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens
1849-1852
46
Specimens of Cryptogamia, Filicales, Musci
circa 1850