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Rare Books and Manuscripts 262

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Bolton, James, active 1775–1795 21
Cradock-Watson, Jane 8
Bonnell, Mandy 3
Clark, Thomas A. 3
Clark, Laurie 2
Hyslop, Jane 2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847 2
Angus, Sarah 1
B. B. B 1
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 1
Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919 1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813 1
Burkitt, William, 1650–1703 1
Bush, Tracey 1
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891 1
C. P. A. F 1
Curtis, Aza 1
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 1
Ellicott, Elizabeth, ca. 1823–1887 1
Forbes, James, 1749–1819 1
Geo. Dalton & Co (Firm) 1
Gilbert, Anthony, 1916–1995 1
Hamilton, Catherine 1
Hanham, Frederick, 1806–1877 1
Hayter, John, d 1755–1818 1
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849 1
Hobson, Edward, 1782–1830 1
Hodgson, Frances S. 1
Jones, Shirley 1
K. M. T 1

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 262

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 223
Free to Use 39

Image Available

unavailable 151
available 111

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 103
Books 67
Archives & Manuscripts 45
Drawings & Watercolors 27
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 6
Visual Materials 2
Postcards 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 173
20th century 45
18th century 27
21st century 25

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

botanical illustration 262

ephemera 146
memorial card 77
cut-paper work 71
watercolor 63
chromolithograph 59
valentine 48
embossed paper 46
memorials (commemorative) 38
memorial work 37
scrap 36
lithograph 25
herbaria 23
gouache 21
artists' book 19
ink drawing 17
graphite drawing 16
ornithological illustration 16
albums (books) 15
paperwork (crafts) 14
cupid 13
commonplace book 11
scientific illustration 11
accordion fold format (binding) 10
sketchbook 10
embossing 9
engraving 9
greeting card 9
recreation 9
dove 8

Genre

Subject Terms

Grief. 77
Mourning customs -- Great Britain. 77
Women in natural history. 66
Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century. 46
Death. 43
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. 43
Flowers -- Pictorial works. 31
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793. 20
Pressed flower pictures. 19
Children -- Death. 17
Artists' books -- Great Britain. 16
Butterflies -- Pictorial works. 16
Birds -- Pictorial works. 14
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain. 14
Insects -- Pictorial works. 10
Amusements -- Great Britain. 9
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation. 9
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain. 9
Greeting cards -- Specimens. 9
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 8
Shells -- Pictorial works. 8
English poetry -- 19th century. 7
Love. 7
English poetry -- 18th century. 6
Marine algae -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 6
Botanical illustration -- Great Britain. 5
Flowers -- Great Britain. 5
Wild flowers -- Pictorial works. 5
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain -- Specimens. 4
Flowers. 4

Subject Period

19th century 58
18th century 6
15th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 187
England 7
Pittenweem, Fife 3
Scotland 3
Europe 2
India 2
Bristol 1
Connecticut 1
Coonoor (India) 1
Cornwall (England : County) 1
Cromarty (Scotland) 1
Dartington Hall 1
Exeter 1
Gillingham 1
Haiti 1
Hampshire 1
Herculaneum (Extinct city) 1
Highlands (Scotland) 1
Ipswich 1
Italy 1
Jamaica 1
Land's End (England) 1
London 1
Marske-by-the-Sea (England) 1
New York 1
Newcastle 1
Oceania 1
Pompeii (Extinct city) 1
Sark (Guernsey) 1
Skye, Island of (Scotland) 1

Associated People

Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793 20
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778 2
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 2
Ainley, Susannah, -1898 1
Albers, Anni 1
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777–1825 1
Angus, Sarah 1
Arthur, Ellen Grace, 1847–1920 1
Arthur, William Stephen, 1853–1918 1
Askew, Mary Ann, -1901 1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879 1
Backhouse, John Mounsey 1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872 1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898 1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857 1
Backus family 1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913 1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney 1
Barrett, Chrystle, -1918 1
Bennett, John, -1894 1
Birchenough, Charles, 1880–1884 1
Blackburne, Anna, 1740–1793 1
Blackburne, John, 1754–1833 1
Bleach, Ben, 1928 1
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742–1819 1
Boden, James 1
Boden, Mary 1
Britton, William Henry, -1902 1
Brookes, Samuel, d. 1838 or 9 1
Brown, Stanley P 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) 26
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1

Credit Line

22610803700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22613809730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22614892900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618576590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22618764150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22621875680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623461530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624331720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624334510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624349020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624356070008651|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
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
22624822930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22627342660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22628952350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22629004660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22629010530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22629041890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22632258910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22635129210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
22642581060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22644470390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22644472210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22644482040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 262

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Accessible in the Study Room
Rowe, Miss.

Rowe collection of botanical specimens,

1861-1862
Accessible in the Study Room
Sincere good wishes for Christmas

[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
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves... [Read more]

mid-19th century
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
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
A love, pure and ardent to thee I declare

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Cut-paper basket

Great Britain,
Accessible in the Study Room
Lindley, John, 1799–1865

Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University... [Read more]

1848
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
I am thine love

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of Frederick Charles

1911
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
[Silver metallic cut paper album card]

[approximately 1880]
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
The language of the flowers is but useless here to tell

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed wild flowers

1882-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks

1805-1822
Accessible in the Study Room
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to... [Read more]

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
In loving memory of George Bye

1895
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy is her most truly so for whom you heart does beat

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
I live for thee only

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Specimens of sea weed

circa 1840?
Accessible in the Study Room
Souvenir greeting card

[approximately 1890]
Accessible in the Study Room
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
[Greeting card with movable flower]

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Hamilton, Catherine

Catherine Hamilton commonplace book

1822-1880
Accessible in the Study Room
[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card]

[approximately 1890]
Accessible in the Study Room
Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]
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

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

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
W., Ellen

Album of cut-paper flowers

circa 1835
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
A Merry Christmas to you

[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
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

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

circa 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of drawings

ca. 1900-1903
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
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

A collection of English grasses

circa 1792-1808
Accessible in the Study Room
My memory holds thy form in view

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
[Metallic cut paper greeting card]

[approximately 1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jersey algae

1860
Accessible in the Study Room
To my Valentine

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Lichen

[2012]
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens

1856-1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Love has triumphed

mid-19th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Album of British grasses

circa 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Character of forest trees

circa 1817
Accessible in the Study Room
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

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

circa 1768

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