Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
134
Creator
Bush, Tracey
22
Morpeth, Sarah
14
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
12
Cradock-Watson, Jane
10
Rook, Anne
6
Bodman, Sarah
4
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
4
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
4
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
4
Clark, Laurie
3
Bonnell, Mandy
2
Bryan, Clare, 1966–
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Cockburn, Julie
2
Jones, Shirley
2
Machin, Liz
2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
Anderson, Gemma
1
Bleitz, Karen
1
Boothroyd, Sharon
1
more
Creator
»
Date
Date range begin
–
Date range end
Current results range from
1770
to
2018
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
134
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
130
Free to Use
4
Image Available
Unavailable
105
Available
29
Classification
Books
88
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
23
Archives & Manuscripts
13
Visual Materials
4
Drawings & Watercolors
1
Prints
1
Creator Gender
unknown
134
Period
21st century
102
19th century
19
20th century
12
18th century
5
Work Type
artists' book
93
cut-paper work
44
accordion fold format (binding)
36
botanical illustration
29
toy and movable book
11
watercolor
11
ink drawing
8
graphite drawing
7
paper cutout
7
ephemera
5
photomechanical print
5
sketchbook
5
armorial bookplates (provenance)
4
embroidery
4
folded book
4
herbaria
4
livres d'artiste
4
altered book
3
collages (visual works)
3
featherwork
3
more
Work Type
»
Subject Terms
Women in natural history.
[remove]
134
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
91
Botanical illustration -- Great Britain.
15
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
15
Butterflies in art.
9
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
9
Logos (Symbols)
7
Photography, Artistic -- Great Britain.
6
Visual poetry.
6
Birds -- Great Britain.
5
Birds -- Pictorial works.
5
Botanical illustration.
5
Branding (Marketing)
5
Moths -- Great Britain.
5
Plants -- Great Britain.
5
Plants -- Identification.
5
Plants in art.
5
Wild flowers -- Identification.
5
Folk art.
4
Gardens -- Pictorial works.
4
more
Subject Terms
»
Subject Period
19th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
[remove]
134
Associated People
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
4
Hawken, Paul
4
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Apollo (Deity)
1
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1
Burgess family
1
Crafton, Edith C., 1833–
1
Daphne (Nymph)
1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
1
Gould, John, 1804–1881
1
Head, Frederick William, 1854–1886
1
Howard, John, 1726–1790
1
James, Edward, 1907–1984
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795–1870
1
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
1
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
1
Leigh-Pemberton, John, d 1911–1997
1
more
Associated People
»
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)
33
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
2
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
1
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Burnett
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of Cameron Cartiere and Nick Strauss
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jillian Barker, Royal Opera House.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Sarah Morpeth.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Tracey Bush.
1
Language
English
133
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Associated Places
Great Britain
Remove constraint Associated Places: Great Britain
Subject Terms
Women in natural history.
Remove constraint Subject Terms: Women in natural history.
« Previous |
1
-
100
of
134
|
Next »
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
2
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
3
Rook, Anne
Apple story
2016
4
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
5
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
6
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
7
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
8
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
9
Specimens of articles in common use
between 1840 and 1860?
10
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
11
Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers
approximately 1880
12
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
13
Cut-paper flower arrangements
London?,
14
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Daylight
2006
15
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
16
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Leda and the swan
[2011]
17
Cockburn, Julie
[Beetles book]
[2002]
18
Bush, Tracey
Field poppy
2006
19
Rook, Anne
The book of 4021 & 4020
2002
20
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
21
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
Branches
[2007]
22
Cockburn, Julie
[Flower book
[2005]
23
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Sturgeon
2011
24
Bush, Tracey
[Dandelion]
2005-2006
25
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
26
Bush, Tracey
Meadow buttercup
2006
27
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
Robin on a crabapple branch
2008
28
Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–
Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon
ca.1850
29
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
30
Morpeth, Sarah
[Hedgerow hares]
2011
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Reflection
c2006
32
Clark, Laurie
100 harebells
2012
33
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Ephemera 2
2006
34
Jones, Shirley
Etched in Autumn
1997
35
Bush, Tracey
Butterflies of Britain
[2003]
36
Machin, Liz
Working class botanists
2010
37
Bush, Tracey
Common nettle
2005
38
Morpeth, Sarah
[Torquil's book]
[2008]
39
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Glyph
c2006
40
Morpeth, Sarah
[The third rope
[2008?]
41
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Skeleton
[2010]
42
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
The pleasures of minnows
2012
43
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Whirligig
2006
44
Weigel, Astrid
Flower bed
[2013?]
45
Bush, Tracey
[Moths and Ivy]
[2016]
46
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Leaves
[2009]
47
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
48
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
European goldfinch
ca. 2008
49
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Time waits for no man
[2012]
50
Yoshida, Eiko
Apple
2013?
51
Made Collective (Artist's group)
Surplus to requirement
21 x 23 x 5 cm
52
Rook, Anne
Papiers peints - wallpapers
2010
53
Clark, Laurie
100 buttercups
2010
54
Morpeth, Sarah
[Seagull pop up book]
[2010]
55
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
56
Morpeth, Sarah
Two cut paper Christmas cards
[2014?]
57
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Long-legged fly
2006
58
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
My secret corridor
[2005]
59
Porteus, Diana
Where the bee sucks
[2008]
60
Galaviz, Sergio
The garden
[2011]
61
Machin, Liz
Murder, myth and magic
2013
62
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
In Mexico
[2014]
63
Bush, Tracey
[Moths and Grasses]
[2016]
64
Clark, Thomas A
Lemna minor
2011
65
Bryan, Clare, 1966–
Settlings
9 x 89 cm, folded to 9 x 16 cm
66
Rook, Anne
A book of sixteen pears
2013
67
Cradock-Watson, Jane
The plot
[2011]
68
Bodman, Sarah
Flowers for friends and enemies
1996
69
Bush, Tracey
Poppies
London?,
70
Jones, Shirley
Five flowers for my father
[1990]
71
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Residue
[2013]
72
Young Explorer (Manchester, England)
What a hoot!
[2013]
73
Bush, Tracey
[Swan]
2003
74
Boothroyd, Sharon
The subtext of a dream
2017
75
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Buttercup
2006
76
Rook, Anne
Boats of all trades
2007
77
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
78
Bush, Tracey
[Butterfly notebook]
[2014]
79
Bush, Tracey
Lepidoptera
[2004]
80
Morpeth, Sarah
Crow
[2011?]
81
Rindl, Deb
Hullo, petal!
[1998]
82
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
83
Featherwork corncrake,
circa 1850?
84
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Ephemera 1
2006
85
Bush, Tracey
Nine wild plants
2006
86
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
Grey wagtail
ca. 2008
87
Morpeth, Sarah
Hedgerow
[2009]
88
Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
The elements of botany
1837
89
Bodman, Sarah
Cuttings
1995
90
Anderson, Gemma
Isomorphology
2015
91
Vidal, Irene
Decade volcanoes
[2014?]
92
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885–1930
Snake
2014
93
Douglas, Helen, 1952
Between the two
1997
94
Bush, Tracey
Dusk
2016
95
Macgregor, Paula
[Hollyhock]
[2009?]
96
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford
circa 1790-1810
97
Morpeth, Sarah
Seal book
[2012]
98
Bryan, Clare, 1966–
Moon light
[2009]
99
Clark, Laurie
Warblers
2010
100
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
Transmission
[2009]
« Previous
Next »
1
2