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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873
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Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
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Davison, William, 1798–1870
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Foltz, F. (Friedrich)
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Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
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H. C. B
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Hunter, Florence Louisa, 1884–1926
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Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
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John Hardman & Co
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Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
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Mathiss, Madeleine
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Paget, John, 1811–1898
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Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
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Paley, Ann
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Parker, Henry Perlee, 1795–1873
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Pritchard, John E., 1857–1940
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Sharpe, S
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Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
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2023-2024
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Books
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Prints
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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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albums (books)
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botanical illustration
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herbaria
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sketchbook
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ink drawing
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watercolor
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graphite drawing
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lithograph
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engraving
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clipping
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commonplace book
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caricature
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correspondence
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drawings (visual works)
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landscape drawing
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photograph
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prints (visual works)
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scrapbook
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account book
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Pressed flower pictures.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
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Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
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Grand tours (Education)
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Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
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Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
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Animals in art.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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Botanical specimens -- Ireland.
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Horses -- Pictorial works.
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Marine algae -- Great Britain.
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Marine algae -- Ireland.
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Women in natural history.
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Advertising -- Lotteries.
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Animal welfare -- Great Britain.
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Animals -- Pictorial works.
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Archaeology -- Great Britain.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Europe
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Bristol
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Campania (Italy)
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Cromarty (Scotland)
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England
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Hartlepool (England)
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Highlands (Scotland)
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Liguria (Italy)
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Mediterranean Coast (Italy)
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Naples (Italy)
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Provence (France)
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Rhin, Vallée du
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Rhine River
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Rhine River Valley
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Sark (Guernsey)
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Scotland
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Tuscany (Italy)
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Associated People
Barnett, John
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Brand, John, 1744–1806
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Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
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Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
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Carmichael, J. W., 1799 or 1800–1868
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Crowther, Richard William B
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Davison, William, 1798–1870
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Fairbrother, Louise
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Fearn, William
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Francis I, King of France, 1494–1547
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Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
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Hegan, John, 1801–1876
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
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Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
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Hunter, Florence Louisa, 1884–1926
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Johnson, Nerys
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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)
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Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
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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
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Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
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Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
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Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
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Jersey algae
1860
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Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
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Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
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Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
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Album of printed items documenting English lotteries, 1569-1826
circa 1700-1900
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Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
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Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796–1873
Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver
1821-1871
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Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
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Paley, Ann
Fern and flower album
1873-1878
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Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
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Flora
approximately 1860
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Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
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Sharpe, S
Album
1837
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
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Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
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Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
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British algae
circa 1880?
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
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Foltz, F. (Friedrich)
Halenza's rheinisches Album
1860-1870
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Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
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Hunter, Florence Louisa, 1884–1926
Florence L. Hunter album, Bath War Hospital
1912-1919
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H. C. B
Album and commonplace book
circa 1855
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John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
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Album relating to Richard Parkes Bonington
not before 1827
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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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Album
circa 1855-circa 1880
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Willingale, Mary Celia, born 1829
Album
1853-1860
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Album of pressed plant and flower specimens
1849-1852
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Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
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Parker, Henry Perlee, 1795–1873
Henry Perlee Parker collection,
1822-1970
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Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
Garden leaves, 1954
1954
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Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
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Pritchard, John E., 1857–1940
Collection of clippings about British archaeology and antiquities
approximately 1886-1932
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Album of patriotic poems, ballads and addresses
late 18th century
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Ocean gems
circa 1850