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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bonnell, Mandy
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B. B. B
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Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
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Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
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Hodgson, Frances S.
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Laskey, Walter
1
Mathiss, Madeleine
1
Pease family
1
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
1
Rowe, Miss
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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2012
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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14
New Additions
2023-2024
6
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
38
20th century
5
18th century
2
21st century
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botanical illustration
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watercolor
22
herbaria
18
graphite drawing
13
albums (books)
12
ink drawing
12
commonplace book
10
engraving
5
sketchbook
5
cut-paper work
4
landscape drawing
4
portrait
4
children's art
3
game
3
recreation
3
albumen print
2
artists' book
2
exercise book
2
illuminated manuscript
2
illumination
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Women in natural history.
15
Pressed flower pictures.
14
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
10
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
7
English poetry -- 19th century.
7
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
6
English poetry -- 18th century.
6
Flowers -- Great Britain.
4
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
3
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
3
Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
3
Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
3
Amusements -- Great Britain.
2
Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
2
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
2
Botanical specimens -- Ireland.
2
Flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
2
Flowers -- Collection and preservation.
2
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
2
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18th century
6
19th century
2
Associated Places
Great Britain
21
England
3
Europe
2
India
2
Scotland
2
Bristol
1
Coonoor (India)
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Cromarty (Scotland)
1
Haiti
1
Hampshire
1
Italy
1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England)
1
Sark (Guernsey)
1
Somerset (England)
1
Switzerland
1
Wales
1
Yorkshire (England)
1
Associated People
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
Boden, James
1
Boden, Mary
1
Brown, Stanley P
1
Cave, Henry, 1779–1836
1
Crowther, Richard William B
1
Davison, W
1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865
1
Ellicott family
1
Ellicott, Edward
1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
1
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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)
9
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, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Underwood
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lauren Brown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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English
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German
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Album of British grasses
circa 1800
2
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
3
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
4
Jersey algae
1860
5
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
6
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
7
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
8
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
9
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
10
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
11
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens
1856-1863
12
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
13
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
14
Flora
approximately 1860
15
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
16
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
17
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
18
Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
19
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
20
Specimens of Cryptogamia, Filicales, Musci
circa 1850
21
Commonplace book
1829-1834
22
British algae
circa 1880?
23
Laskey, Walter
Notes on trees, with leaf specimens
ca. 1950
24
Commonplace book
1874-1924
25
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
26
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
Susanna Potter commonplace book
1823-circa 1860
27
Aldhouse family school exercise books
1894-1897
28
Spring buds and ivy leaves
1860, September 1-1861, January 1
29
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
30
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887
An illustrated history of the county of Somerset
1862
31
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1850-1857
32
Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India
1898-1905
33
Natural history and gardening commonplace book
between 1830 and 1840
34
Spicilegium florae Hantoniensis
1851-1860
35
Hodgson, Frances S.
The gathered lilies
not after 1857
36
Commonplace book
approximately 1861-1864
37
Commonplace book
circa 1830
38
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995
Garden leaves, 1954
1954
39
Ocean gems
circa 1850
40
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
41
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens
1849-1852
42
Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856