Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Wickham, Harriet, 1766-1847
Title:
A collection of English grasses.
Published / Created:
England, circa 1792-1808.
Physical Description:
1 v. ([1], 105 leaves) : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:
View catalog record for: Wickham, Harriet. Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12838843
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Harriet Wickham (1766-1847), of Cottingley Hall, Leeds, was an amateur botanist and sister of the famed diplomat and spymaster William Wickham (1761-1840).
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)
Subject Terms:
Grasses -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Women in science -- Great Britain. | Women botanizers -- Great Britain. | Botanizers -- Great Britain. | Wickham, William, 1761–1840 -- Bookplate. | Women in natural history.
Form/Genre:
Botanical illustrations. | Graphite drawings. | Watercolors. | Engravings. | Sketchbooks. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)