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Rare Books and Manuscripts 115

Creator

Bush, Tracey 10
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795 8
Bonnell, Mandy 6
Dilnot, John 4
Hyslop, Jane 4
Morpeth, Sarah 3
Bryan, Clare, 1966– 2
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 2
Cockburn, Julie 2
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 2
King, Ronald, 1932– 2
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 2
Pragnell, Dizzy 2
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975– 2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 1
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833 1
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818 1
Basil, Simon, -1615 1
Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974 1
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 1
Bleitz, Karen 1
Bodman, Sarah 1
Brendel, Robert, approximately 1821–1898 1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 1
Butler, Jacqueline 1
Clark, Laurie 1
Clark, Thomas A 1
Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854– 1
Collier, Jennifer, 1977– 1
Dion, Mark, 1961– 1

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 115

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 85
Free to Use 30

Image Available

available 75
unavailable 40

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 60
Archives & Manuscripts 20
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 15
Drawings & Watercolors 10
Visual Materials 5
Articles & Chapters 1
Prints 1

Collective Title

Period

21st century 50
19th century 34
20th century 17
18th century 12
17th century 3
16th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 49
cut-paper work 28
botanical illustration 26
accordion fold format (binding) 22
watercolor 21
ink drawing 13
gouache 9
ornithological illustration 8
wood engraving 8
herbaria 7
collages (visual works) 6
graphite drawing 6
scientific illustration 6
albums (books) 5
sketchbook 5
artist's book 4
etching 4
photograph 4
altered book 3
chromolithograph 3
lithograph 3
packaging 3
screen print 3
toy and movable book 3
armorial bookplates (provenance) 2
bestiarie 2
drawing book 2
ephemera 2
feather (material) 2
featherwork 2

Genre

Subject Terms

Women in natural history. 49
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 45
Botanical illustration -- Great Britain. 9
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 9
Birds -- Pictorial works. 8
Flowers -- Pictorial works. 8
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793. 7
Wild flowers -- Great Britain. 6
Branding (Marketing) 5
Logos (Symbols) 5
Plants -- Great Britain. 5
Plants -- Identification. 5
Wild flowers -- Identification. 5
Botanical illustration. 4
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. 4
Hawken, Paul. Declaration of sustainability. 4
Insects -- Pictorial works. 4
Pressed flower pictures. 4
Trees -- Pictorial works. 4
Artists' books -- Scotland. 3
Birds -- Great Britain. 3
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation. 3
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain. 3
Butterflies -- Pictorial works. 3
Butterflies in art. 3
Natural history. 3
Altered books -- Specimens. 2
Animals in art. 2
Beech -- Pictorial works. 2
Beets. 2

Subject Period

19th century 3
18th century 2

Associated Places

Great Britain 69
England 3
Brighton 2
Lamu (Kenya) 2
Oxford (England) 2
Scotland 2
Ambleside 1
Boston (England) 1
Bristol 1
Connecticut 1
Dartington Hall 1
Edinburgh 1
Grizedale Forest (England) 1
Hertford (England) 1
Kenya 1
Land's End (England) 1
Lincolnshire (England) 1
Manchester 1
Midlothian 1
Selborne (England) 1
Weproductions 1
Witham, River (England) 1
Yarrow 1
York (England) 1

Associated People

Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 7
Hawken, Paul 4
Brendel, Robert, approximately 1821–1898 2
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788 2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778 2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 1
Albers, Anni 1
Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820 1
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818 1
Blackburne, Anna, 1740–1793 1
Blackburne, John, 1754–1833 1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9 1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 1
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 1
Coles, Frederick Rheniusm, 1853 or 1854– 1
Crowther, Richard William B 1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865 1
Dion, Mark, 1961– 1
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706 1
Fydell, Thomas, 1740–1812 1
Gould, John, 1804–1881 1
Grey, Booth, 1740–1802 1
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941 1
Head, Frederick William, 1854–1886 1
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900 1
Leigh-Pemberton, John, d 1911–1997 1
Paley, Ann 1
Rowe, Miss 1
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 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) 115

Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 2
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1

Credit Line

22615942500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 1
22620041680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22622206740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22624624960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22624636880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22627342660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22627835530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22632839500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22633685130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22635153050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22647836860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22649721700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22650643300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22658536250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22666187590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666623220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666787560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22670171230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22671792740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22671902790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Tracey Bush 1
22672507930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22683395470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22685374370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22686184790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22687619500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22687647340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22701997910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22706667730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22706753340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22707361840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

Language

English 115

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Language: English
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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Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Rorer, Abigail.

Bufo the First

2005
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Sturgeon

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

British butterflies

[2004]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900

Wild flowers worth notice

1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

Ocean and river gardens

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Helmingham herbal and bestiary

circa 1500
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers

approximately 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper basket

Great Britain,
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The second life of shells

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Weeds and pests

2009
Accessible in the Study Room
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877

The pencil of nature

1844 [i.e. 1844-1846]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Antmothbeetlemillipedespider

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Decalcomania sample book

circa 1870
Accessible in the Study Room
Paley, Ann

Fern and flower album

1873-1878
Accessible in the Study Room
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?

The history of four-footed beasts and serpents

MDCLVIII [1658]
Accessible in the Study Room
Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks

1805-1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments

1810?
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed wild flowers

1882-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869

Sketches with the microscope

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Cockburn, Julie

[Flower book

[2005]
Accessible in the Study Room
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne

1661
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Branches

[2007]
Accessible in the Study Room
Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854–

This book contains drawings of marine shells (from Forbes & Hanley) generally... [Read more]

1884
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895

Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children

1870
Accessible in the Study Room
Cockburn, Julie

[Beetles book]

[2002]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?
Accessible in the Study Room
Norris, Andrew

POETree

2005
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens

1856-1863
Accessible in the Study Room
W., Ellen

Album of cut-paper flowers

circa 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Character of forest trees

circa 1817
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of British grasses

circa 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Bodman, Sarah

The secret garden

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Brendel, Robert, approximately 1821–1898

Model of Brassica napus

approximately 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Lichen

[2012]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Field poppy

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of watercolors of British birds

circa 1820-circa 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Leda and the swan

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Pratt, Anne, 1806–1893

Wild flowers

1852-53
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853

Haustellata lepidoptera diurna

circa 1839
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Winter buds

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

[Dandelion]

2005-2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866
Accessible in the Study Room
Ingpen, Abel, -1854

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign... [Read more]

1839
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Plunge

[2010]
Accessible in the Study Room
Specimens of sea weed

circa 1840?
Accessible in the Study Room
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

A collection of English grasses

circa 1792-1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Martin, John, 1789–1854

Characters of trees

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
Spooner's transformations

1838 [-39]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Moth collection

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus), with bramble (Rubus... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Meadow buttercup

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers... [Read more]

[1807?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life

March 1st 1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

European robin (Erithacus rubecula) and eggs, with wild strawberry (Fragaria... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

History of British birds

1797 [i.e. 1798]-1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818

Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire

1784-1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Lydiat, Anne

Without

[1999]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Father's garden

1989
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Grey, Booth, 1740–1802

Botanical collages from the circle of Booth Grey

1790s
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Whitmore, Ian

Othello

[2011]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Pragnell, Dizzy

Beetroot

[2013]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lawson-Hall, Claire

Wytham Stream

1993
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Perfect, Steve

Wind flowers

[2008]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Pragnell, Dizzy

Provenance

[2013]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974

Through the woods

1936
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Sackett, Colin

Black Bob

1989
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Hyslop, Jane

Dandelion

2010
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Yoshida, Eiko

Apple

2013?
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Waanders, Hans

Perches

2001
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

[Owl]

[2011]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Collier, Jennifer, 1977–

Bird house

2013?
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, Laurie

100 buttercups

2010
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Wild flowers worth notice

[2012-2014]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Nine wild plants

2006
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bleitz, Karen

Dolly

1997
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
White, Gilbert, 1720–1793

The natural history of Selborne

[1930]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, Thomas A

Proverbs of the meadow

[1979]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Lepidoptera of the British Isles

circa 1810
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
King, Ronald, 1932–

Termite grid

1998
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mugridge, Stuart

Seven short walks

2002
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bryan, Clare, 1966–

Beech

2004
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Butler, Jacqueline

Pseudo abstract

[2013]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

Crow

[2011?]

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