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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bush, Tracey
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Morpeth, Sarah
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Sutton, Emily, 1983–
4
Morling, Katharine
3
Cockburn, Julie
2
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
1
Collier, Jennifer, 1977–
1
Hyslop, Jane
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Porteus, Diana
1
Roscoe, Lucy
1
Wildgoose, Jane
1
Yoshida, Eiko
1
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2018
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
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Available
9
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
21st century
30
19th century
5
18th century
1
Work Type
cut-paper work
23
artists' book
16
toy and movable book
6
botanical illustration
4
embroidery
4
paper cutout
4
altered book
3
ceramic
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porcelain (material)
3
sculpture
3
buttons (information artifacts)
2
watercolor
2
accordion fold format (binding)
1
accordion-fold format (binding)
1
artist's book
1
cobwebs (paperwork)
1
collages (visual works)
1
doilie
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featherwork
1
found object
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Women in natural history.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
14
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.
10
Butterflies in art.
6
Birds -- Great Britain.
5
Folk art.
4
Taxidermy.
4
Adolescent psychology.
3
Anxiety.
3
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
3
Morpeth, Sarah -- Publisher.
3
Natural history.
3
Teenagers.
3
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation.
3
Altered books -- Specimens.
2
Beetles -- Pictorial works.
2
Birds -- Pictorial works.
2
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation.
2
Flowers in art.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
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19th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
23
Elsdon
5
England
1
Jamaica
1
Midlothian
1
Associated People
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
1
Gould, John, 1804–1881
1
Leigh-Pemberton, John, d 1911–1997
1
Morpeth, Sarah
1
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746–1827
1
Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715–1785
1
Ryskamp, Charles
1
Vesey-Fitzgerald's, Brian
1
Wildgoose, Jane
1
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)
10
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
4
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
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer.
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 Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jillian Barker, Royal Opera House.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased with a gift from Mark and Adam Eaker, Yale BA 2007, in memory of Charles A. Ryskamp, Yale PhD 1956
1
Language
English
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Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
2
Specimens of articles in common use
between 1840 and 1860?
3
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
4
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)
Butterflies
made in 2011
5
Cut-paper flower arrangements
London?,
6
Cockburn, Julie
[Beetles book]
[2002]
7
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
8
Cockburn, Julie
[Flower book
[2005]
9
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
Robin on a crabapple branch
2008
10
Morpeth, Sarah
[Torquil's book]
[2008]
11
Porteus, Diana
Where the bee sucks
[2008]
12
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
European goldfinch
ca. 2008
13
Morling, Katharine
Rummage and gather
2016
14
Morpeth, Sarah
[Spring scene]
[2008?]
15
Hyslop, Jane
Cobweb I
2005
16
Bush, Tracey
Butterflies of Britain
[2003]
17
Bush, Tracey
Poppies
London?,
18
Yoshida, Eiko
Apple
2013?
19
Bush, Tracey
Button depicting a bird in a hat
2018
20
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
Grey wagtail
ca. 2008
21
Bush, Tracey
Butterflies of Britain
[2003]
22
Morling, Katharine
Butterfly cabinet
2016
23
Doilies made for the Orphanage for Girls at Halfway Tree, Jamaica
[circa 1880?]
24
Morpeth, Sarah
Water like a stone
[2011]
25
Morpeth, Sarah
[Crow landscape]
[2008?]
26
Wildgoose, Jane
[Shellflower]
2010
27
Roscoe, Lucy
Brown book tree
2010
28
Morpeth, Sarah
Hearts & birds / Sarah Morpeth
[2012]
29
Morpeth, Sarah
[A garden book]
[2011]
30
Sutton, Emily, 1983–
Song thrush
ca. 2008
31
Bush, Tracey
British Butterflies
2005
32
[Paper quillwork picture of a flower vase]
[ca. 1820?]
33
Morpeth, Sarah
[Bee book]
[2015]
34
Bush, Tracey
Sweet lady
2016
35
Collier, Jennifer, 1977–
Bird house
2013?
36
Morling, Katharine
Nature boy
2016