Pease, Henry, 1807-1881, Composition book, 1821
- Call Number:
- MSS 6
- Creator:
- Pease, Henry, 1807-1881
- Title(s):
- Composition book
- Date:
- 1821
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Exercise books
- Part of Collection:
- 3, folder 23
- 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 compositions, in pen and black ink, by Henry Pease. Includes some instructor comments in red ink. Henry’s compositions range in theme from English and world history, to ethics, to favorite hobbies and sports. Particularly notable are an essay “On the Pleasures of the Approaching Vacation,” a piece debating warfare, and another about winter sports, which for Henry included snowballing, “sliding” (sledding), and skating.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (circa 50 p.) ; 16 x 20. In marbled paper wrappers.
- 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, AmateurComposition (Language arts)EducationQuakersRailroadsSchool 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/3297
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3297?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1