On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: botanical subject

1. Brambles

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Foxgloves

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Burpham Oct.4.1834

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (26.4 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

4. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 10 inches (42.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

5. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1842
Medium:: Oil on moderately thick, moderately textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (15.7 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Reggio

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 7/16 inches (41.6 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

7. La Cava

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Date:: 1838
Medium:: Oil and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 9 13/16 inches (12.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

8. Ensete ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 9/16 inches (22.7 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Brucea antidysenterica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Ensete ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Ensete ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (31.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (30.2 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Aloe Pianta 2a

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches (21.9 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Gibara

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (24.1 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Coleus edulis (Ethiopian potato): outline sketches of flowering stem, tubers, details of leaf and flowers

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches (18.7 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Aloe Macrocarpa (aloe): outline of habit, right, rough outline of inflorescence, with floral details

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (22.2 x 31.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (22.5 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Gibara

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Arundinaria alpina

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Oenostachys abyssinica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: 1769–71
Medium:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 inches (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Brucea antidysenterica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: 1769–71
Medium:: Graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Study of a Tree on a Grassy Bank

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896, British
Date:: 1866
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 inches (21 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896, British
Date:: 1866
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 1/4 inches (20.3 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot and berries

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot, with details of flowers, leaf, and fruits

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 5/8 inches (27.9 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn. : finished drawing of flowering shoot, with details below

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Eragrostis Tef

Creator:: Andrew Fyfe, 1752–1824, British
Date:: 1775
Medium:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (40.3 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus Sedge): finished drawing of steam and flowering head, with details of inflorescence left and right

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (52.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing of fruiting branch

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 3/4 inches (30.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. (White Mangrove): finished drawing of flowering shoot with details of flowers

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 5/8 inches (30.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of habit with roots

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (36.2 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Rhamnus prinoides L'Herit. (African Buckthorn): finished drawing without details and with berries added

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori: finished drawing of stem with seed pods, some open showing seeds

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. (Apple of Sodom, Auricular Tree): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (54 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Euphorbia nubica N.E. Br. (Nubian Spurge): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting shoot, with details of floral dissections

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (52.7 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Euphorbia helioscopia L. (Sun Spurge): finished drawing of flowering plant with details of flowers and leaf and fruit

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 22 1/2 inches (37.5 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Study of a Cedar Tree

Creator:: Sir Stanley Spencer, 1891–1959, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 10 inches (16.2 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

38. Pine Tree

Creator:: unknown artist, (convict at Norfolk Island) eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on fabric
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/8 × 17 1/4 inches (58.7 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing of part stem with flowering shoots and leafy shoots

Creator:: Frederick P. Nodder, active 1773–1800, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 13/16 x 14 1/16 inches (47.8 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Macrocarpa

Creator:: Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, 1902–1976, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/16 inches (33.7 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Tree

Creator:: Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, 1902–1976, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 × 7 5/8 inches (36.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Tree

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brushed black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 7 1/2 inches (20.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Two Trees

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, black wash, gray wash, graphite, scratching out, and sponging on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 9 1/8 inches (30.6 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Study of Flowers

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939, British
Date:: ca. 1915
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 inches (16.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

45. Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (Protea): finished drawing with floral details

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (31.4 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of the tree's habit

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (32.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added

Creator:: Attributed to James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: 1769–73
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. : finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (38.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Cassia Fistula (Purging cassia): finished drawing of leafy shoot with flowers

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor. gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (48.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of sections of stem and of shoot with leaves

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (36.2 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.): finished drawing, the tuber and detail of fruit

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Jasminum dichotomun Vahl (African jasmine): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.5 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Phlomis herba-venti L. : finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2 inches (53.3 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Mimusops kummel A. DC. : finished drawing with some flowers

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Phlomis herba-venti L. : outline of habit of plant

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (45.1 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Woodfordia uniflora (A. Rich.) Koehne: finished drawing of flowering shoot

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details excluded

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Cucumis metuliferus Naud (Wild Cucumber): finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Labiatae (indeterminate species): finished drawing of a leafy shoot, without flowers

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 1/8 inches (54.6 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir. : finished drawing without details

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Jovis-Tonantis): finished drawing with additional detail of fruit

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Wild Gardenia): finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 3/8 inches (40.6 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus Sedge): finished drawing of inflorescence

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 × 14 inches (52.7 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): finished drawing with details of inflorescence

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (52.1 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): preliminary outline drawing of habit of tree with fruit

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (53 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Lawsonia inermis L. (Henna): finished drawing of a flowering leafy shoot

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (51.8 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Acanthus Sennii Chiov. : finished drawing with added details

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Juniperus procera Endl. (African Pencil Cedar): finished drawing of trees's habit

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 13 inches (41.9 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing of fruit, dissected fruits, and leaves

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 5/8 inches (30.5 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Rhus ? retinorrhoea Oliver: finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Alge indeterminate species (Seaweed): finished drawing of habit of weed

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Catha edulis Forssk. (Khath): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Dioecici (botanical specimen)

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 13/16 inches (27.9 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Plums and Mulberries

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864, British
Date:: ca. 1860
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Study in Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Study of a Climbing Plant (Pumpkin Family)

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches (54.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing if tree's habit (with roots)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Mimosa pigra (L.): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (32.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf

Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing with minor variations in flowering head

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of single trunk, with details of whole and dissected fruits

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: 1765-1770
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Isola Bella, on the Lago Maggiore

Creator:: Print made by James Fittler, 1758–1835, British
Date:: 1818-1820
Medium:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 15 inches (26.8 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. A Clump of Thistles

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (14.6 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Shell Guide to Norfolk

Creator:: John Aldridge, 1905–1983, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 x 20 inches (73.7 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

91. Hollow Tree

Creator:: Mary Delany, 1700–1788, British
Date:: 1767
Medium:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11.2 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

92. Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims (pittosporum): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Ehretia cymosa Thonning: finished drawing of leafy, fruiting shoot

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Osyris lanceolate A.DC. (African Sandalwood): finished drawing without details

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Bersame abyssinica Fresen. : finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Myrsine africana L. (African Myrsine ): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Maytenus arguta (Loes.) N. Robson: finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Jasminum abyssinicum DC. (Ethiopian Jasmine): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Dregea abyssinica (Hochst) K. : finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Phytolacca dodecandra L'Herit. (Pokeberry): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Brambles

2. Foxgloves

3. Burpham Oct.4.1834

4. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

5. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

6. Reggio

7. La Cava

8. Ensete ventricosum

9. Brucea antidysenterica

10. Ensete ventricosum

11. Ensete ventricosum

12. Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf

13. Aloe Pianta 2a

14. Gibara

15. Coleus edulis (Ethiopian potato): outline sketches of flowering stem, tubers, details of leaf and flowers

16. Aloe Macrocarpa (aloe): outline of habit, right, rough outline of inflorescence, with floral details

17. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

18. Gibara

19. Arundinaria alpina

20. Oenostachys abyssinica

21. Brucea antidysenterica

22. Study of a Tree on a Grassy Bank

23. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

24. Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot and berries

25. Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot, with details of flowers, leaf, and fruits

26. Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn. : finished drawing of flowering shoot, with details below

27. Eragrostis Tef

28. Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus Sedge): finished drawing of steam and flowering head, with details of inflorescence left and right

29. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing of fruiting branch

30. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. (White Mangrove): finished drawing of flowering shoot with details of flowers

31. Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of habit with roots

32. Rhamnus prinoides L'Herit. (African Buckthorn): finished drawing without details and with berries added

33. Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori: finished drawing of stem with seed pods, some open showing seeds

34. Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. (Apple of Sodom, Auricular Tree): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant

35. Euphorbia nubica N.E. Br. (Nubian Spurge): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting shoot, with details of floral dissections

36. Euphorbia helioscopia L. (Sun Spurge): finished drawing of flowering plant with details of flowers and leaf and fruit

37. Study of a Cedar Tree

38. Pine Tree

39. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing of part stem with flowering shoots and leafy shoots

40. Macrocarpa

41. Tree

42. Tree

43. Two Trees

44. Study of Flowers

45. Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (Protea): finished drawing with floral details

46. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

47. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of the tree's habit

48. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added

49. Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. : finished drawing

50. Cassia Fistula (Purging cassia): finished drawing of leafy shoot with flowers

51. Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of sections of stem and of shoot with leaves

52. Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.): finished drawing, the tuber and detail of fruit

53. Jasminum dichotomun Vahl (African jasmine): finished drawing

54. Phlomis herba-venti L. : finished drawing

55. Mimusops kummel A. DC. : finished drawing with some flowers

56. Phlomis herba-venti L. : outline of habit of plant

57. Woodfordia uniflora (A. Rich.) Koehne: finished drawing of flowering shoot

58. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing

59. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details excluded

60. Cucumis metuliferus Naud (Wild Cucumber): finished drawing

61. Labiatae (indeterminate species): finished drawing of a leafy shoot, without flowers

62. Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir. : finished drawing without details

63. Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Jovis-Tonantis): finished drawing with additional detail of fruit

64. Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Wild Gardenia): finished drawing

65. Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus Sedge): finished drawing of inflorescence

66. Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): finished drawing with details of inflorescence

67. Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): preliminary outline drawing of habit of tree with fruit

68. Lawsonia inermis L. (Henna): finished drawing of a flowering leafy shoot

69. Acanthus Sennii Chiov. : finished drawing with added details

70. Juniperus procera Endl. (African Pencil Cedar): finished drawing of trees's habit

71. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing of fruit, dissected fruits, and leaves

72. Rhus ? retinorrhoea Oliver: finished drawing

73. Alge indeterminate species (Seaweed): finished drawing of habit of weed

74. Catha edulis Forssk. (Khath): finished drawing