Call Number:

C0603

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 1.25 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Yarrell Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1833-1856 (bulk) and 1830-1961 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Yarrell, William, 1784-1856

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Legal documents -- Scotland -- 19th century., and Watercolors -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.

William Yarrell, an eminent British naturalist, was for many years a vice-president of the Zoological Society. He was also a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, and between 1825 and 1856 he contributed eighty-one papers to scientific societies and journals. He was the author of A History of British Fishes and A History of British Birds. At his death, his collection of British fish and other specimens were purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum.

The collection consists of letters to William Yarrell, a Scottish fishery law document (1842), ninety watercolors, pencil drawings, and engravings of fish, and related printed matter