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Call Number:
MSS 13
Title(s):
Album of etchings, drawings, and lithographs belonging to Rachel Backhouse, of Pilmore Hall
Date:
1831-1848
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Albums
Part of Collection:
Vol. 2
Provenance:
Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Scope and Content:
Contains artwork by a great variety of family members. A pencil note by E.B. Mounsey (the younger) on the front endpaper states: "much here belongs to Rachel Backhouse, and came from Pilmore." Rachel was the wife of Alfred Backhouse, of Pilmore Hall, Rockcliffe Park. The album comprises 32 items. There is evidence of some leaves being removed, presumably by the family at some point in its history. Some of the items are signed and dated; dates range from 1831 to 1848. Items include: two engravings of wild cats by Edward Backhouse; engravings of Dinsdale Baths and Dinsdale Woods & Hotel by J.M. Sparkes; four botanical watercolors, one initialled S.B.; a watercolor of a moth by Lucy Backhouse Backhouse; a sepia drawing of ground squirrels by Ann Ford Barclay; an unsigned tinted lithograph of a castle; a sepia drawing of a knife grinder by Lydia Pike; a fine architectural drawing in graphite, by John Mounsey Backhouse; a graphite drawing of Schladern, Germany, by E.J.B.; a graphite drawing of a goat's head by H.B.; an etching of a peasant with a pipe, by the York artist, H[enry] Cave; an unsigned full-page sepia lithograph of an Arabian battle scene; two woodcuts of a dead duck, and a hawk, by E. Gurney Barclay; a graphite drawing of a lioness and cubs, by E. Gurney Barclay; an unsigned engraving of Netley Abbey by Moonlight; two large colored lithographs of a cat and a dog; a graphite drawing of one of the family houses; and two small portrait engravings.
Physical Description:
1 volume (58 leaves, with many blanks) ; 29 cm
Genre:
Landscape drawings, Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Etchings (prints), Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Juvenilia, Lithographs, Printing plates, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Animals in art
Art, Amateur
Birds in art
Etching
Quakers
Ships in art
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Backhouse, Edward, 1808-1879
Backhouse, John Mounsey
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812-1872
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826-1898
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810-1857
Backus family
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822-1913
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
Cave, Henry, 1779-1836
Davison, W.
Mounsey family
Mounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840-1911
Mounsey, J. C.
Mounsey, Thomas, 1793-1850
Pease, Susan
Pike, Lydia
Richardson, Jonathan, 1802-ca. 1880
Sparkes, J. M.
Finding Aid Title:
Backhouse and Mounsey collection
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1116
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1116?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1