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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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18th century
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19th century
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botanical illustration
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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sketchbook
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watercolor
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drawings (visual works)
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engraving
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graphite drawing
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ink drawing
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map
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ornithological illustration
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portrait
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scientific illustration
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travel literature
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watercolors (paintings)
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Women in natural history.
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Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Botanizers -- Great Britain.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 -- Portraits.
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813.
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Burgess family.
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East India Company -- Officials and employees.
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England -- Description and travel.
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Flowers -- Pictorial works.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819 -- Correspondence.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819 -- Travel.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819. Descriptive letters and drawings.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819. Oriental memoirs.
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Gardens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Grasses -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941.
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India -- Description and travel.
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Italy -- Description and travel.
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778. Systema naturae.
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England
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Scotland
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Wales
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burgess family
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
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Montalembert, Eliza Rosée, comtesse de, -1839
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Somerville, Julia Valenza, 1792–1879
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Withering, William, 1741–1799
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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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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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English
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive