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Pease, Mary W.

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Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books

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Call Number: MSS 6
Abstract:

The collection comprises sketchbooks and exercise books belonging to the Pease family of Durham and Yorkshire Counties, England. The Peases were part of an important network of Quaker industrialists in the northeast of England, and established the nation's first railroad in 1825. Items in the collection date from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1814-1909
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books

Sketchbook: Scotland and Wales, 1870s

 Item — 2: Series 1, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 6, Series I
Scope and Contents: Contains graphite and watercolor sketches documenting travels in Scotland, primarily. The subjects of Lady Pease’s work include waterfront views, scenes of rolling hills and vegetation, studies of local residents, and architectural features. Most of the sketches are completed in watercolor. Some pieces depict scenes from Falmouth, Wales, where the Peases had a home called Kerris Vean. Labeled scenes include: Loch Bulig, Mar Lodge, Cluny Lodge Braemar, Behind Lions Face Cluny, Lemorran Creek,...
Dates: 1870s
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books > Sketchbooks and drawings > Mary W. Pease

Sketchbook: Switzerland, 1886

 Item — 2: Series 1, Folder: 13
Call Number: MSS 6, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Contains watercolors made by Lady Pease during a family trip to Switzerland in 1886. The paintings are mostly very complete and depict landscapes observed throughout the voyage, from the Dover cliffs to the mountains and lakes of Switzerland. Labeled scenes include: Dover, Zurich, Silvaplana, Engadin, Poschiavo, St. Moritz, Thusis, Simplon, Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva, and Interlaken.

Dates: 1886
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books > Sketchbooks and drawings > Mary W. Pease

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Scotland -- Pictorial works 2
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Children's art 1
Education -- Great Britain 1
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Marske-by-the-Sea (England) -- Pictorial works 1
Quakers -- Great Britain 1
Railroads -- Great Britain 1
School notebooks -- Specimens. 1
Travel sketches -- Europe 1
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