Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929, Botanical watercolors, 1880-1881
- Call Number:
- MSS 6
- Creator:
- Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929
- Title(s):
- Botanical watercolors
- Date:
- 1880-1881
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Sketchbooks and drawings
- Part of Collection:
- 2, folder 14
- 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 works signed "S.C.P.", the initials of Sarah Charlotte Pease. The botanical studies are done in watercolor throughout. Flowers depicted include roses, coneflowers, bush honeysuckle, Capsicum, lilies, poppies, and Buddleia. Several of the pieces are labeled "Ben Welldene," which was the home of the Hodgkin family, into which Sarah eventually married. Benwell Dene was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who later donated the house to the Royal Victoria School for the Blind. Other pieces were painted in Scotland, Germany, and at the Pease family home, Hutton Hall.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (15 leaves of drawings) ; 26 x 18 cm. Coverless sketchbook.
- Genre:
- Botanical illustrations, Sketchbooks, Pictorial works, Specimens. , Children's art, Exercise books (Penmanship), Exercise books, Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, Travel sketches, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Art, AmateurEducationQuakersRailroadsSchool notebooks
- Associated Places:
- EuropeGreat BritainMarske-by-the-Sea (England)ScotlandSwitzerlandYorkshire (England)
- Associated People/Groups:
- Gurney, Emma, ca. 1800-1860Hutton Hall (Guisborough, England)Pease familyPease, Edward Lloyd, 1861-1934Pease, Edward, 1767-1858Pease, Elizabeth Lucy, 1833-1881Pease, Emma Gurney, ca. 1830-1895Pease, Francis Richard, 1844-1865Pease, Helen Blanche, 1865-1951Pease, Henry, 1807-1881Pease, Jane Gurney, 1827-1894Pease, John Henry, 1836-1854Pease, Mary Cecelia, 1892-1975Pease, Mary W.Pease, Rachel, 1831-1912Pease, Sarah Charlotte, 1858-1929Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905
- Finding Aid Title:
- Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3283
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3283?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1