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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)

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Subject Terms Women in natural history.

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British butterflies.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
[2004]
Physical Description:
8 cut-paper butterflies ; in box 13 x 18 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Rowe collection of botanical specimens, 1861-1862.
Creator:
Rowe, Miss
Date:
1861-1862
Physical Description:
5 linear feet (6 boxes, 1 oversize)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Album of cut-paper flowers.
Creator:
W., Ellen
Date:
circa 1835
Physical Description:
1 volume (23 collages) : cut paper, collage ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cygnea cantio : swan song.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
1997
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([3] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens.
Creator:
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Date:
1879-1880
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 18 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bethany seeds / wood engravings, Mandy Bonnell ; poem, Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2013
Physical Description:
[18] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Daylight / [Pauline Lamont-Fisher].
Creator:
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
20 drawings : watercolor and gouache over graphite on parchment.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
Field notes / by Helen Douglas.
Creator:
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[72] p. : ill. ; 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

12. Without.

Without.
Creator:
Lydiat, Anne
Date:
[1999]
Physical Description:
[50] leaves ; 21 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds.
Date:
1830s?
Physical Description:
6 paper trays ; in box 23 x 19 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leda and the swan / [Helen Douglas].
Creator:
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Date:
[2011]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([52] p.) : all col. ill. ; 18 x 216 cm, folded to 18 x 4 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers.
Date:
approximately 1880
Physical Description:
26 pictures in 1 volume : bird feathers, watercolor ; volume 22 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sturgeon / [Pauline Lamont-Fisher].
Creator:
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Date:
2011
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([7] leaves) : ill. ; 15 x 85 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm, in paper cover 16 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak (Quercus L.) and bramble (cf. Rubus), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
European robin (Erithacus rubecula) and eggs, with wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
?White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus), with bramble (Rubus fruticosus L.), and Eurasian Comma (Polygonia c-album), both closed and open, and Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata) on leaf, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
The book of 4021 & 4020 : (golden delicious).
Creator:
Rook, Anne
Date:
2002
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm. + 1 plastic food container (19 x 14 x 4 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Lichen.

Lichen.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
[2012]
Physical Description:
20 packets : illustrations ; in box 8 x 21 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Field poppy : Papaver rhoeas / T. Bush.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
1 collage ; 40 x 28 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Beetles book].
Creator:
Cockburn, Julie
Date:
[2002]
Physical Description:
1 v. : ill. ; 39 x 54 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Branches / Chisato Tamabayashi.
Creator:
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
Date:
[2007]
Physical Description:
1 volume : illustrations ; 40 x 40 x 10 cm, folded to 11 x 11 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Flower book : white tree rose].
Creator:
Cockburn, Julie
Date:
[2005]
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; 20 x 26 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cut-paper basket.
Date:
Great Britain,
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper basket : hand-cut paper with watercolor, stitched with silk thread ; 24 x 29 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Meadow buttercup : Ranunculus acris / T. Bush.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
1 collage ; 39 x 26 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A collection of English grasses.
Creator:
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Date:
circa 1792-1808
Physical Description:
1 v. ([1], 105 leaves) : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria L.), and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), both closed and open, with wasp cocoon, ants and cocoons, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
[Dandelion] : [Taraxacum officinale].
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2005-2006
Physical Description:
1 collage ; 40 x 39 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hyslop, Jane
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([5] panels) : illustrations ; 17 x 63 cm, folded to 17 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hyslop, Jane
Date:
[2003]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 16 x 774 cm, accordion folded to 16 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
[2012-2014]
Physical Description:
8 packets (32 drawings) : graphite ; sheets 20 x 20 cm, in box 22 x 22 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
No cover image available
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2003
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; sheet 21 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
No cover image available
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2005
Physical Description:
1 drawing : graphite ; 41 x 24 cm, on sheet 44 x 28
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Yoshida, Eiko
Date:
2013?
Physical Description:
1 paper apple ; 18 cm in height, 12 cm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hyslop, Jane
Date:
2005
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper cobweb ; 12 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
100 buttercups : Laurie Clark.
Creator:
Clark, Laurie
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
[96] p. : all col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Crow.

No cover image available
Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Date:
[2011?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([8] leaves) : ill. ; 8 x 56 cm, folded to 8 x 8 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Date:
[2011]
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; 21 x 27 cm. (flat)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Dolly : edition unlimited / Karen Bleitz.
Creator:
Bleitz, Karen
Date:
1997
Physical Description:
1 v. ; 18 x 20 x 4 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hyslop, Jane
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
1 print (6 pieces) : hand-cut and hand-colored etching ; image 40 x 45 cm, on sheet 48 x 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
[2003]
Physical Description:
24 cut-paper butterflies ; in wooden box 21 x 26 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[30] p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Tracey Bush.
No cover image available
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
[2003]
Physical Description:
[8] p. : all ill. ; 16 cm. + shapes (scissors-cut) from maps of the British isles.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Date:
circa 1810
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. [Owl].

No cover image available
Creator:
Morpeth, Sarah
Date:
[2011]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([8] leaves) : ill. ; 8 x 56 cm, folded to 8 x 8 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Collier, Jennifer, 1977–
Date:
2013?
Physical Description:
1 bird house ; 18 x 16 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts