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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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B. B. B
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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C. P. A. F
1
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Hamilton, Catherine
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Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
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Lindley, John, 1799–1865
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Mathiss, Madeleine
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Rowe, Miss
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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W., Ellen
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Prints
58
Archives & Manuscripts
18
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
Visual Materials
2
Postcards
1
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unknown
87
Period
19th century
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18th century
4
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botanical illustration
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87
ephemera
62
cut-paper work
56
valentine
45
embossed paper
42
scrap
33
watercolor
22
chromolithograph
19
lithograph
18
cupid
12
herbaria
10
dove
8
paperwork (crafts)
8
albums (books)
7
greeting card
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ink drawing
7
dresse
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recreation
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Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
43
Women in natural history.
10
Pressed flower pictures.
8
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
7
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
7
Amusements -- Great Britain.
6
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
6
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
5
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
5
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
4
Love.
4
Men's clothing.
4
Grief.
3
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
3
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
3
Birthday cards -- Specimens.
2
Botanical illustration.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
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19th century
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18th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
68
England
1
Europe
1
France
1
Haiti
1
India
1
Italy
1
Land's End (England)
1
New York
1
Sark (Guernsey)
1
Scotland
1
United States
1
Wales
1
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
2
Bonaparte family
1
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811–1832
1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burgess family
1
Bye, George, -1895
1
Callis, Frederick, 1874–1898
1
Crowther, Richard William B
1
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865
1
Duffield, George Gordon, -1898
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
1
Hearne, Dorothea Henrietta, 1792–1870
1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
1
Keble, John, 1792–1866
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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)
12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clare Jameson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
Language
English
83
Efik
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French
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German
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Album of British grasses
circa 1800
2
In loving memory of George Bye
1895
3
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
4
The gift receive the deed approved ..
mid-19th century
5
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
6
I am thine love
mid-19th century
7
Valentine card
mid-19th century
8
[One cut-paper work]
[approximately 1880]
9
What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..
mid-19th century
10
Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
11
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
12
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
13
[Birthday card with floral illustration]
[approximately 1874]
14
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
15
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
16
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
17
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
18
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1880]
19
W., Ellen
Album of cut-paper flowers
circa 1835
20
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
21
We must be united!
mid-19th century
22
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
23
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
24
C. P. A. F
Album of cut-paper flowers
1842-1849
25
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
26
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
Violettes du 20 Mars 1815
20 Mars 1815
27
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
28
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
29
Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
30
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
31
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London
1848
32
Jersey algae
1860
33
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake ..
mid-19th century
34
I wait a return of thy love
mid-19th century
35
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
36
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1870]
37
A tribute to beautiful love!
1844
38
By penning these misc lines, to prove a pledge of my unceasing love ..
mid-19th century
39
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
40
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
41
Sincere good wishes for Christmas
[1880?]
42
[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]
[approximately 1890]
43
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
44
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
45
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
46
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ..
mid-19th century
47
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
48
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
49
Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine
mid-19th century
50
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1890?]
51
Constant as the sun in heaven above, this heart that thou has won will be to see in love
mid-19th century
52
My memory holds thy form in view ..
mid-19th century
53
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear ..
mid-19th century
54
Can you keep a secret? If so open this
mid-19th century
55
To my pretty Valentine!
mid-19th century
56
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
57
Thou art my life, my love my heart. Thou art the world. And if thy will show .... I'll do it or die for thee
mid-19th century
58
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
59
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
60
Cupid'a ariel ship
mid-19th century
61
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield
1898
62
Thou are all I wish
mid-19th century
63
In loving memory of Frederick Callis
1898
64
A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!
mid-19th century
65
My heart is truly thine, dear Valentine
mid-19th century
66
I live for thee only
mid-19th century
67
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat
mid-19th century
68
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
69
A Merry Christmas to you
[1880?]
70
If truest love can gain respect I may a mutual love expect ..
mid-19th century
71
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
72
To my Valentine
mid-19th century
73
I will love thee ever dearly
mid-19th century
74
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]
[approximately 1880]
75
Many happy returns of the day
[1896?]
76
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
77
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell ..
mid-19th century
78
Will you share these with me?
mid-19th century
79
Flora
approximately 1860
80
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
81
To my love
[1880?]
82
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell ..
mid-19th century
83
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful
[1890?]
84
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
85
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
86
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
87
To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely
mid-19th century