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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
Angus, Sarah
1
B. B. B
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
1
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
1
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
1
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
1
C. P. A. F
1
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
1
Curtis, Aza
1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de, 1779–1842
1
Geo. Dalton & Co (Firm)
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Hanham, Frederick, 1806–1877
1
Hayter, John, d 1755–1818
1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
1
Hobson, Edward, 1782–1830
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88
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Prints
93
Archives & Manuscripts
42
Books
24
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
4
Visual Materials
2
Postcards
1
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184
Period
19th century
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18th century
5
20th century
3
Materials & Techniques
wove paper.
1
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botanical illustration
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ephemera
116
cut-paper work
70
chromolithograph
50
valentine
48
embossed paper
46
memorial card
44
watercolor
42
scrap
36
memorials (commemorative)
26
lithograph
24
herbaria
21
ink drawing
18
memorial work
17
albums (books)
14
graphite drawing
14
paperwork (crafts)
14
cupid
13
commonplace book
10
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Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
46
Grief.
44
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
44
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
33
Women in natural history.
21
Death.
19
Pressed flower pictures.
19
Children -- Death.
13
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
12
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
11
Amusements -- Great Britain.
10
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
10
Greeting cards -- Specimens.
9
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
8
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
7
English poetry -- 19th century.
7
Love.
7
English poetry -- 18th century.
6
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
5
Botanical illustration.
4
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19th century
61
18th century
6
Associated Places
Great Britain
135
England
6
Europe
2
France
2
India
2
Scotland
2
Bristol
1
Coonoor (India)
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Cromarty (Scotland)
1
Exeter
1
Haiti
1
Hampshire
1
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
1
Ipswich
1
Italy
1
Jamaica
1
Land's End (England)
1
London
1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
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Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
2
Ainley, Susannah, -1898
1
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777–1825
1
Angus, Sarah
1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
1
Backhouse, John Mounsey
1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
1
Backus family
1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Bennett, John, -1894
1
Birchenough, Charles, 1880–1884
1
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742–1819
1
Boden, James
1
Boden, Mary
1
Bonaparte family
1
Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811–1832
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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)
13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
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
5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clare Jameson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Language
English
173
French
3
Efik
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German
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Valentine card
mid-19th century
2
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
3
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
4
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
5
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
6
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
7
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
8
Jersey algae
1860
9
Happy may they birthday be
[1880?]
10
Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine
mid-19th century
11
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
12
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
13
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
14
Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
15
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1870]
16
Sincere good wishes for Christmas
[1880?]
17
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
18
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
19
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
20
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London
1848
21
W., Ellen
Album of cut-paper flowers
circa 1835
22
The gift receive the deed approved ..
mid-19th century
23
What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..
mid-19th century
24
Love has triumphed
mid-19th century
25
We must be united!
mid-19th century
26
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
27
[One cut-paper work]
[approximately 1880]
28
I am thine love
mid-19th century
29
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
Violettes du 20 Mars 1815
20 Mars 1815
30
C. P. A. F
Album of cut-paper flowers
1842-1849
31
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]
[approximately 1880]
32
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
33
Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
34
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
35
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
36
[Birthday card with floral illustration]
[approximately 1874]
37
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
38
In loving memory of George Bye
1895
39
I wait a return of thy love
mid-19th century
40
This small tribute, dearest, take keep it for thy lovers sake ..
mid-19th century
41
Constant as the sun in heaven above, this heart that thou has won will be to see in love
mid-19th century
42
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
43
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
44
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
45
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
46
[Valentines card]
[approximately 1890?]
47
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
48
[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]
[approximately 1890]
49
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
50
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
51
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
52
My memory holds thy form in view ..
mid-19th century
53
My heart is truly thine, dear Valentine
mid-19th century
54
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
55
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
56
A Merry Christmas to you
[1880?]
57
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
58
By penning these misc lines, to prove a pledge of my unceasing love ..
mid-19th century
59
A tribute to beautiful love!
1844
60
A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!
mid-19th century
61
I live for thee only
mid-19th century
62
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat
mid-19th century
63
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
64
To my pretty Valentine!
mid-19th century
65
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare ..
mid-19th century
66
If truest love can gain respect I may a mutual love expect ..
mid-19th century
67
I will love thee ever dearly
mid-19th century
68
The beauteous flower which now I see, a simple tale doth tell ..
mid-19th century
69
Cupid'a ariel ship
mid-19th century
70
In loving memory of Frederick Callis
1898
71
Thou are all I wish
mid-19th century
72
Will you share these with me?
mid-19th century
73
How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear ..
mid-19th century
74
Can you keep a secret? If so open this
mid-19th century
75
In loving and affectionate remembrance of George Gordon Duffield
1898
76
Flora
approximately 1860
77
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
78
Yours unalterably
[1875?]
79
To my love
[1880?]
80
May the first fruits of your undertakings be timely and bountiful
[1890?]
81
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
82
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]
[approximately 1880]
83
Many happy returns of the day
[1896?]
84
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
85
To my Valentine
mid-19th century
86
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell ..
mid-19th century
87
[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
88
To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely
mid-19th century
89
Hayter, John, d 1755–1818
A report upon the Herculaneum manuscripts
1811
90
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
91
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Memento
[1885?]
92
In loving memory of James Kay
[1891]
93
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
94
In loving memory of James Herbert Kelly
1899
95
In loving remembrance of Elizabeth Wickham, of Little Somerford
[1891]
96
In ever loving memory of Sussanah Hamon
[1890]
97
Commonplace book
1829-1834
98
The rose, shamrock, & thistle
[1815]
99
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
100
In affectionate remembrance of William
[1899]
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