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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
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1768
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Ants -- Pictorial works.
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Birds -- Pictorial works.
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Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793.
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Fragaria -- Pictorial works.
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Red admiral (Insect) -- Pictorial works.
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Strawberries -- Pictorial works.
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Subalpine warblers -- Pictorial works.
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Sylvia cantillans -- Pictorial works.
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Vanessa atalanta -- Pictorial works.
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Wasps -- Pictorial works.
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Women in natural history.
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Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
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"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, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
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Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria L.), and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), both closed and open, with wasp cocoon, ants and cocoons, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768