100 watercolor botanical illustrations in one volume, by Jane Atkinson, 1796-1800. The illustrations are labeled with the names of each plant, the location it was found, and the date of creation. Locations noted include: Brayton Hall, Irton Hall, and ...
Description:
Jane Atkinson (1775-1855) was born in Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, England. She was the youngest child of George and Bridget (Maughan) Atkinson.
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., Cumbria (England), Irton (Cumbria, England), Linton (North Yorkshire, England), and Whitehaven (England)
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Jane, 1775-1855. and Irton, Edmund Lamplugh.
Subject (Topic):
Botanical illustration, Flowers, Plants, and Women artists
Two typescript copies of Romaine Brooks's untitled memoir. Brooks describes her professional and personal life covering her upbringing and education, including her experiences as a student at the Scuola Nazionale and the Académie Colarossi, to her l...
Description:
Gift of Norman Holmes Pearson.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, Brooks, Romaine, and D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Subject (Topic):
Americans--France, LGBTQ resource, Painters--France, Painters--Italy, Painters--United States, Women artists, Women painters, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--France, and World War, 1914-1918--Personal narrative, American
