Pease, Emma Gurney, circa 1830–1895, Mathematics exercise book, 1839
- Call Number:
- MSS 6
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Pease, Emma Gurney, circa 1830–1895
- Title(s):
- Mathematics exercise book
- Date:
- 1839
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Exercise books
- Part of Collection:
- 3, folder 18
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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 Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Title page is inscribed "Emma Pease, Darlington, 1839" in an elaborate calligraphic hand. Exercises are written in pen and black ink throughout. It contains dozens of mathematical exercises, primarily in practical topics, such as "Addition of Money, Weights, and Measures," "Ale or Beer Measure," "Land Measure." The practical problems may have been meant to give a child a more concrete grasp of the application of mathematics, or perhaps they were meant to prepare a young female student for future management of a household.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (132 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm. Bound in quarter red roan and marbled boards.
- Genre:
- Exercise books, Pictorial works, Specimens. , Botanical illustrations, Children's art, Exercise books (Penmanship), Graphite drawings, Juvenilia, Landscape drawings, Sketchbooks, Travel sketches, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Art, AmateurEducationMathematicsQuakersRailroadsSchool notebooksStudy and teaching
- 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
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/23.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3291
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3291?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1