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Rare Books and Manuscripts 238

Creator

Bush, Tracey 26
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 22
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795 21
Morpeth, Sarah 19
Cradock-Watson, Jane 11
Hyslop, Jane 8
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 8
Rook, Anne 7
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975– 7
Bonnell, Mandy 5
Bodman, Sarah 4
Bryan, Clare, 1966– 4
Sutton, Emily, 1983– 4
Ciurej, Barbara 3
Clark, Laurie 3
Healy, Ciara, 1979– 3
Morling, Katharine 3
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 2
Cockburn, Julie 2
Fairbrother, Jessa 2
Jones, Shirley 2
Machin, Liz 2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847 2
Anderson, Gemma 1
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829–1925 1
Berkowitz, Lauren 1
Blackburn, Jemima, 1823–1909 1
Bleitz, Karen 1
Boothroyd, Sharon 1
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder) 1

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 238

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 210
Free to Use 28

Image Available

unavailable 173
available 65

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 132
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 36
Drawings & Watercolors 26
Archives & Manuscripts 21
Photographs 7
Visual Materials 6
Prints 4

Collective Title

Period

21st century 162
19th century 39
18th century 27
20th century 16

Materials & Techniques

albumen process 1
salted paper processes 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

artists' book 131
botanical illustration 66
cut-paper work 57
accordion fold format (binding) 50
watercolor 40
gouache 21
graphite drawing 15
toy and movable book 15
ornithological illustration 14
ink drawing 12
scientific illustration 11
ephemera 9
collages (visual works) 8
paper cutout 8
photograph 8
photomechanical print 7
screen print 6
sketchbook 6
commonplace book 5
embroidery 5
engraving 5
herbaria 5
livres d'artiste 5
poem 5
armorial bookplates (provenance) 4
artist's book 4
embossed print 4
etching 4
folded book 4
herbal 4

Genre

Subject Terms

Women in natural history. 238

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 107
Flowers -- Pictorial works. 32
Birds -- Pictorial works. 20
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793. 20
Butterflies -- Pictorial works. 17
Botanical illustration -- Great Britain. 15
Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 15
Butterflies in art. 11
Insects -- Pictorial works. 10
Artists' books -- Scotland. 8
Photography, Artistic -- Great Britain. 8
Shells -- Pictorial works. 8
Logos (Symbols) 7
Natural history. 7
Plants in art. 7
Birds -- Great Britain. 6
Botanical illustration. 6
Moths -- Great Britain. 6
Visual poetry. 6
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation. 5
Branding (Marketing) 5
English poetry -- 18th century. 5
English poetry -- 19th century. 5
Flowers. 5
Leaves -- Pictorial works. 5
Nature in art. 5
Plants -- Great Britain. 5
Plants -- Identification. 5
Pressed flower pictures. 5

Subject Period

18th century 5
19th century 3
21st century 2

Associated Places

Great Britain 133
Scotland 11
Elsdon 5
Aconbury (Herefordshire, England) 4
Ireland 3
England 2
United States 2
Antwerp (Belgium) 1
Australia 1
Connecticut 1
Cornwall (England : County) 1
Eskdale (Cumbria) 1
Garavogue, River (Ireland) 1
Hampshire 1
Isles of Scilly (England) 1
Jamaica 1
Lamu (Kenya) 1
Little Sparta (Dunsyre, Scotland) 1
London (England) 1
Midlothian 1
New York (State) New York 1
Saint Ouen (Jersey, England) 1
Sketty (Swansea, Wales) 1
Skye, Island of (Scotland) 1
Sligo (Ireland : County) 1
Thames River (England) 1
Wales 1
Weproductions 1
Yarrow 1
Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland 1

Associated People

Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 4
Hawken, Paul 4
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 2
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788 2
Fairbrother, Jessa 2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941 2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778 2
Albers, Anni 1
Apollo (Deity) 1
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829–1925 1
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832 1
Berkowitz, Lauren 1
Blackburne, Anna, 1740–1793 1
Blackburne, John, 1754–1833 1
Blake, William, 1757–1827 1
Burdett family 1
Burgess family 1
Crafton, Edith C., 1833– 1
Daphne (Nymph) 1
Davidson family 1
Denham family 1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865 1
Eden family 1
Eden, Dulcie 1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832 1
Gould, John, 1804–1881 1
Hamilton family 1
Hamilton, Catherine 1
Head, Frederick William, 1854–1886 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) 49
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 5
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) 1
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 1

Credit Line

22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22861684240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 2
22612555760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22613809730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22613862790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22613867110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22614639620008651|Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk 1
22614640460008651|Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk 1
22622145180008651|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
22624677380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22624678200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22624694220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Sarah Morpeth 1
22624698420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22624700200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013) 1
22624748570008651|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
22630763400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer 1
22630988570008651|Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk 1
22635129210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22635140850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22635146330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22635153050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22641039600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22641449170008651|Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk 1
22641488780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist 1
22641860980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

Language

English 238

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Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Sturgeon

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) and eggs, with bramble (Rubus L.)... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

British butterflies

[2004]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Hamilton, Catherine

Catherine Hamilton commonplace book

1822-1880
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

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female, and eggs, with Cowberry... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Prendergast family photograph album

late 1860s-1870s
Accessible in the Study Room
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

1796-1803
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
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male, with Marsh gentian (Gentiana... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Specimens of articles in common use

between 1840 and 1860?
Accessible in the Study Room
Drawing folder with watercolors

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Follow the river

2015-2017
Accessible in the Study Room
Cockburn, Julie

[Flower book

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

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) and eggs, with red currant (Ribes cf.... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Branches

[2007]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Cockburn, Julie

[Beetles book]

[2002]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fairbrother, Jessa

Green garden trilogy I

2014-2017
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?
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
W., Ellen

Album of cut-paper flowers

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

Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp... [Read more]

circa 1768
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
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf.... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Lichen

[2012]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Field poppy

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Le Lacheur, Madame, active 1845

Novel and interesting exhibition of fancy shell-work!

[1845]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus... [Read more]

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

Leda and the swan

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), with raspberry (Rubus... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–

Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon

ca.1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Coode, Caroline

Rana temporaria

[2012?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Fortune teller's notebook

[1829?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829–1925

Photogenic drawings of various objects

1848-1859
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

[Dandelion]

2005-2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Sutton, Emily, 1983–

Robin on a crabapple branch

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

A collection of English grasses

circa 1792-1808
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
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

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

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?
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

Double flower cultivar of Wood anemone (Anemone cf. nemorosa L.... [Read more]

circa 1768
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
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

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

circa 1768
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
Lydiat, Anne

Without

[1999]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

cf. Soldanella L., with holly blue (Celastrina argiolus) and (Lepidoptera... [Read more]

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Sarah Annette Jones photograph album

1853-1855
Accessible in the Study Room
C. P. A. F

Album of cut-paper flowers

1842-1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Wild flowers and their teachings

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper flower arrangements

London?,
Accessible in the Study Room
Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)

Butterflies

made in 2011
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
K. M. T

Flowers of Skye

1899-1901
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Winter

[2015]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–

Edges and enclosures

2015
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Glyph

c2006
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Transmission

[2009]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Howard, Mary M. (Mary Matilda), 1804–1893

Wild flowers and their teachings

1845
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Made Collective (Artist's group)

Surplus to requirement

21 x 23 x 5 cm
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Papiers peints - wallpapers

2010
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bodman, Sarah

Flowers for friends and enemies

1996
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

[The third rope

[2008?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, Laurie

Warblers

2010
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bryan, Clare, 1966–

Moon light

[2009]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Meadow

2017
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Hyslop, Jane

Buttercup

2009
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

[Circle concertina book]

[2011]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Clark, Thomas A.

Ex libris

2014
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Welch, Corinne

Autumn leaves

[2012]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Ephemera 1

2006
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

Seal book

[2012]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952

Between the two

1997
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Fairbrother, Shella N.

Grasses (3)

2012
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832

Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford

circa 1790-1810
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Ciurej, Barbara

Field notes

[2015]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872

Susanna Potter commonplace book

1823-circa 1860
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

Water like a stone

[2011]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Macgregor, Paula

[Hollyhock]

[2009?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Hyslop, Jane

Dandelion

2010
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885–1930

Snake

2014
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

[Seagull pop up book]

[2010]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Fairbrother, Jessa

Green goddess (armour study)

2016
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Yoshida, Eiko

Apple

2013?
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Sutton, Emily, 1983–

European goldfinch

ca. 2008
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Residue

[2013]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morpeth, Sarah

Hearts & birds / Sarah Morpeth

[2012]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Landers, Linda Anne

How do you know but ev'ry bird that cuts the airy way ...

2002

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