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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)

Remove constraint 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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1. Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.
Creator:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Date:
March 1st 1807
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [17] leaves of plates : ill ; 20 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...
Creator:
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
11 leaves, 10 leaves of plates : col. ill. 19 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds.

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

4. European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

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)

5. The second life of shells / etchings [by] Mandy Bonnell ; poem [by] Gabriel Gbadamosi.

The second life of shells / etchings [by] Mandy Bonnell ; poem [by] Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2001
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([20] p.) : ill. ; 30 x 440 cm.. folded to 30 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Weeds and pests.

Weeds and pests.
Creator:
Dilnot, John
Date:
2009
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([9] p.) : col. ill. ; 16 x 108 cm, folded to 16 x 12 cm, attached to boards 18 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Sketches with the microscope : in a letter to a friend.

Sketches with the microscope : in a letter to a friend.
Creator:
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
56 pages, [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The pencil of nature / by H. Fox Talbot.

The pencil of nature / by H. Fox Talbot.
Creator:
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877
Date:
1844 [i.e. 1844-1846]
Physical Description:
[80] pages, [24] leaves of plates : 24 photographs ; 30.5 x 24.3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Winter buds / John Dilnot.

Winter buds / John Dilnot.
Creator:
Dilnot, John
Date:
2008
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([18] pages) : col. ill. ; 10 x 53 cm, folded to 10 x 3 cm, attached to boards 11 x 4 cm + 1 postcard (15 cm) and 1 card insert (16 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Field notes / by Helen Douglas.

Field notes / by Helen Douglas.
Creator:
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[72] p. : ill. ; 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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

12. Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary.

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary.
Creator:
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Date:
1860-1866
Physical Description:
1 volume (140 pages) ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Bethany seeds / wood engravings, Mandy Bonnell ; poem, Gabriel Gbadamosi.

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

14. Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens.

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

15. 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.

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)