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Call Number:
MSS 13
Creator:
Mounsey, Edward Backhouse, 1840-1911
Title(s):
Drawing book
Date:
1852
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Etchings and drawing book by Edward Backhouse Mounsey
Part of Collection:
1, folder 15
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:
The drawing book is inscribed: E.B. Mounsey, 1852. The 14 leaves of drawings mainly depict houses and architectural details, with two drawings of boats. Also loosely inserted is one comic sketch, in graphite, of an elephant (in man's clothing), and another graphite sketch of a ship and whale.
Physical Description:
16 leaves of graphite drawings ; 18 x 24 cm
Genre:
Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Etchings (prints), Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, 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/1132
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1132?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1