Collections : [Yale University -Yale Center for British Art]

Bottom of page: a quotation, ascribed to an anonymous author, beginning, "Among the various branches of knowledge, Natural History is not only one of the most useful, but the most delightful; and is attended with one peculiar advantage, the Naturalist is never at a loss for society."

Bottom of page: a quotation from Mark Akenside 1721-1770, beginning, "Not a breeze flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes the setting sun's effulgence."

Bottom of page: a quotation from Mark Akenside, beginning, "Some within a finer mould are wrought, and temper'd with a purer flame."

Bottom of page: a quotation from Mark Akenside's (1721-1770) "The Pleasures of Imagination," beginning, "For him, the Spring distils her dews, and from the silken gem its lucid leaves unfolds."