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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Birch, G
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Cameron, Emy E.
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Carr family
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Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
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Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
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Davy, Henry, active 1829
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Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
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Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
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Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
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Hammer, G
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Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, 1876–1964
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Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
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Humble, Michael M
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Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
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Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
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John Hardman & Co
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Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
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K. M. T
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Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
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2023-2024
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unknown
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19th century
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18th century
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vellum (parchment)
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watercolor (paint)
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graphite drawing
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portrait
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etching
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humorous picture
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Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
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Germany -- Pictorial works.
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Grand tours (Education)
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Italy -- Pictorial works.
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Women in natural history.
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Amusements -- Great Britain.
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Art, Amateur -- Great Britain.
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France -- Description and travel.
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Germany -- Description and travel.
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Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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Naples (Italy) -- Pictorial works.
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Quakers -- Great Britain.
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Scotland -- Pictorial works.
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Ships in art.
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Warships -- Pictorial works.
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Women travelers -- Great Britain.
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Animal welfare -- Great Britain.
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Animals in art.
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Antlers -- Catalogs and collections.
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Archery -- Equipment and supplies.
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Switzerland
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Germany
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Italy
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France
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Naples (Italy)
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Barnstaple (England)
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Belgium
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Campania (Italy)
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Clothing and dress France
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Clothing and dress Switzerland
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Denmark
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Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
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Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
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Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
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Backhouse, John Mounsey
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Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
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Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
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Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
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Backus family
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Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
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Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
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Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
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Brand, John, 1744–1806
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Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Carr family
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Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872
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Carr, Backhouse, 1727 or 8–1796
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Carr, Harriet, 1829–1889
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Carr, Thomas William, 1830–1912
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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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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Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, 1876–1964
Sketchbooks
1892-1896
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Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
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Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
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Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
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Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
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Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
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K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
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Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
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Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
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Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
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Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
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Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
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Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
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Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
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Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
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Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
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Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
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Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
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Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
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Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
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Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
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Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
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John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
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Hammer, G
Geweih Sammlung in dem Koeniglichem Jagdschloss Mortizburg nach der natur gemalt von Guido Hammer, Dresden, 1863
1863
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My likes and dislikes
1872?
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Sketchbooks
1866-1900
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R. W.
Album of landscapes, figures, and copies
1850-1851
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Skelly, Louisa
Sketchbook of a visit to the Continent
[ca. 1850?]
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Purcell, Edward, fl. 1812–1831
[Sketchbook, with pen and ink watercolor studies of figures, heads, and rural and classical figures]
[ca. 1829?]
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810
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Humble, Michael M
Sketchbook
1844
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Davy, Henry, active 1829
Original drawings for A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk
1817-1828
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Carr family
Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material,
1699-1981
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Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Mary Leighton collection,
1824-1860
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Wicksteed, Mary Frances
Album of watercolors from travels in Europe
circa 1878-1881
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Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Album of sketches in the Rhine River Valley and Switzerland
1844-1891
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Cameron, Emy E.
Daily chronicle
1887 August 1-1888 July 12
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Horton, Westley, 1846–1910
Illustrations to The rime of the ancient mariner
1891
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Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777
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Backhouse and Mounsey collection,
1819-1856