Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Language: English / Work Type: watercolor

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881

North & south Devonshire

1840

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape

circa 1790

Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853

Sketchbooks

1826-1851

Stapley, W. B.

Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley

1855-1870

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

W., Ellen

Album of cut-paper flowers

circa 1835

Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent

mid-19th century

Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks

1805-1822

B. B. B

Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn

1860

Walter, John

A tour in North Wales

1817

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799

A faithful tribute of affection! To my love

mid-19th century

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Luxmoore, Mary

Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay

circa 1830

Grand tour watercolor albums

1793-1842

Rowe, Miss

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862

Muriel, Catharine

Catharine Muriel commonplace book

1825-circa 1840

Trollope, Robert, -1686

Osbourne's Fort

1676

Rose, Richard, 1728–1770

A journal of a voyage to Madrass

1761

My heart is where thou art!

mid-19th century

Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920

Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer

1853-1898

T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you

mid-19th century

Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine

mid-19th century

Great Britain. Admiralty

Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet

[approximately 1711]

Map of North America

not before 1634

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the rose family (Rosaceae), Peacock butterflies (Nymphalis io), both closed and open, and butterfly chrysalis, larva caterpillar, daddy longlegs spider (Phalangida) egg case, and snout beetle, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840

Yelloly family watercolor albums

1827-1839

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp (Hymenoptera ?Tiphidae), Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), soldier fly (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae), longhorned beetle (Chlorida festiva), and shell (Natica euzona Récluz 1844) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?

Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

1854-1862

Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747

Drawings of houses and gardens

1736-1743

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Field, William, 1854–1932

William Field scrapbook

1895

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500

Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849

John Hearne commonplace book

1820-1849

Lucknow from the Gomti

1826

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

cf. Soldanella L., with holly blue (Celastrina argiolus) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae ?Danaus sp.), Amazon angel (Chorinea amazon) and (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae) with net-winged beetle (?Calopteron sp.) and shells, from the left, (Cypraea stolida L. 1758) and (Cypraea asellus L. 1758) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female, and eggs, with Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) and Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis Paphia), both closed and open, with Long-legged Fly from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Cobweb three-dimensional watercolor

Hamilton, Catherine

Catherine Hamilton commonplace book

1822-1880

Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

1796-1803

Crowquills and goosequills

circa 1855-1857

A survey of the estate of Richard Moore, Esq., Kentwell Hall, Suffolk

1777

Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853

Haustellata lepidoptera diurna

circa 1839

Jervis, Anne Sarah Paget, 1801–1886

Drawings of England and India

1817-1852

Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866

May mutual loves count us blest

mid-19th century

Irby family commonplace book

1823-1852

Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined

mid-19th century

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) and eggs, with bramble (Rubus L.) and Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) and longhorned beetle (?Desmocerus sp.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889

Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects

circa 1841-1872

Quartettes

circa 1860?

Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife

1765

Hammerton, William, -1732

Map of the southeastern part of North America

1721

Gyfford, E

Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes

[not after 1807]

Album of watercolors of British birds

circa 1820-circa 1830

St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear

mid-19th century

Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott

1830s?

Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815

[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]

[1790]

The young companion

1897 January-1898 December

Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?

Sketchbook

circa 1811

Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus), with bramble (Rubus fruticosus L.), and Eurasian Comma (Polygonia c-album), both closed and open, and Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata) on leaf, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Drawing folder with watercolors

ca. 1850

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak (Quercus L.) and bramble (cf. Rubus), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress

circa 1860

Beckman, Martin, -1702

Plans for the fortifications at Hull

1681-1682

Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

A collection of English grasses

circa 1792-1808

Smith, Robert, 1792–1882

Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826

1826

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

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Double flower cultivar of Wood anemone (Anemone cf. nemorosa L. cultivar), with Painted handmaiden moth (Euchromia polymena), both open and closed, with Blister beetle / Spanish fly (Myalabris sp.), Sawyer beetle (?Monochamus sp.) and (Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877

Album of maritime and figure sketches

1849 September 4-1850 April 22

Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892

Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books

ca. 1844-1865

Hadfield, James, approximately 1772–1841

Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel

1826?

Ball, Mary Anne

A selection of maps

1818

Edwards, George, 1694–1773

Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds

approximately 1746

Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818

Vinters in Kent, a seat of James Whatman Esqr

1797

Cut-paper basket

Great Britain,

McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–

The Countess Winifred, and her children

1896

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male, with Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), common sawfly (Hymenoptera ?Tenthredinidae), and (Heliconius wallacei flavescens), Fluminense swallowtail (Parides ascanius) with shells, left and right, (Agaronia gibbosa Born, 1778), and center, (Voluta musica L. 1758), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) and eggs, with red currant (Ribes cf. rubrum L.) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), both closed and open, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768