Period: 18th century / Genre: botanical subject / Subject Terms: botanical subject

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Jatropha Multifidis

Creator:: Ann Lee, 1753–1790, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9in. (29.5 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768

Creator:: Print made by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1733–1797, German
Date:: 1768
Medium:: Engraving with original hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

26. Pastinaca (Parsnip), Plate 379 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774, British
Date:: 1737
Medium:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 1/8 inches (37.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

27. The Blue Passion Flower, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', London, 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1800
Medium:: Aquatint, stipple and line engraving with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 x 18 7/8 inches (59.7 x 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

28. Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Creator:: Print made by John Harris the elder, 1767–1832, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 12 1/8 inches (40.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

29. Lysimachia (Loosestrife), Plate 278 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774, British
Date:: 1737
Medium:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (36.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

30. The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812, British
Date:: 1800
Medium:: Aquatint engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (51.8 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

31. The Banana Tree, Plate 16

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (32.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

32. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

Creator:: Unknown artist, probably Indian
Date:: ca. 1770
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (46.4 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Mangosteen Fruit, Malacca

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Docks, September 6, 1777

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (9.8 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Tulips

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite, watercolor and collage on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (39.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Buddleis polystachya

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

37. 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

38. Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot with details of floral dissections

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
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

39. Albuca abyssinica Murrary (Ethiopian Squill): finished drawing of flowering plant, with floral details

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
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

40. Guizotia abyssinica (Linn.F.) Cass. : finished drawing by anonymous French artist of flowering plant and details of flowers

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 7/8 inches (39.7 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of whole plant, with inflorescence

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of inflorescence and leaves, with fifteen separate details below

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of leaves and inflorescence, with floral details

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
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

44. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of flowering plant

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 12 1/4 inches (40.8 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Bauhinia farec Desv. : finished drawing of a flowering shoot, with details of flowers below

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16 inches (31.9 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Coleus species 1: finished drawing of habit of flowering plant

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 1/8 inches (40.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of whole plant in flower

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite and pen and black ink 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

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

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (34.3 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Dombeya torrida (J.F. Gmel): finished drawing of leafy flowering shoot with floral details

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Solanum adoense Hochst. ex A. Rich. (Nightshade): finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.5 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: 1765-1773
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 28 1/4 inches (39.4 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (protea): 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 5/16 × 9 11/16 inches (31.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing

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 × 11 3/4 inches (40.6 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Delphinium wellbyi Hemsley (Wild Delphinium): 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

55. Pandanus odoratissimus L. (Screwpine): finished drawing for male inflorescence

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor 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

56. Oenostachys abyssinica (A. Rich.) N.E. Br. (Ethiopian Gladiolus): finished drawing of plant in flowers

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor 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

57. Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing of flowering shoot and root

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 inches (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.6 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Salvia nilotica Juss.ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot and root

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

60. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of inflorscence

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/16 inches (34.3 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Solanum capsicoides Allioni (Nightshade): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant, with details of fruit and flowers

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca 1775
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 3/16 inches (40.3 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

Creator:: Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783, German
Date:: ca. 1740
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/4 inches (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

63. The Lignum vitae, or Guaiacum, Plate 9

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Younger, ca. 1706–1771, British
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 5/8 inches (33 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

64. The Male Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 14

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 inches (35.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

65. The Bay-Berry Tree, Myrtus arborea aromatica, Plate X

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 inches (33.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

66. The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 inches (35.6 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

67. The Tree Jessamin, Plate 17

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 3/4 inches (33 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

68. The Pine Apple, Anana, Plate 21

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770, German
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 5/8 inches (33 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

69. The Sea-side Laurel, Plate 22

Creator:: Print made by J. Mynde, active 1740–1770
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 3/8 inches (33 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

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1. Brucea antidysenterica

2. Ensete ventricosum

3. Ensete ventricosum

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

5. Arundinaria alpina

6. Oenostachys abyssinica

7. Brucea antidysenterica

8. Eragrostis Tef

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

10. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. 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

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

22. A Clump of Thistles

23. Hollow Tree

24. Jatropha Multifidis

25. Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768

26. Pastinaca (Parsnip), Plate 379 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

27. The Blue Passion Flower, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', London, 1799-1812

28. Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

29. Lysimachia (Loosestrife), Plate 278 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

30. The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

31. The Banana Tree, Plate 16

32. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

33. The Mangosteen Fruit, Malacca

34. Docks, September 6, 1777

35. Tulips

36. Buddleis polystachya

37. Arundinaria alpina

38. Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot with details of floral dissections

39. Albuca abyssinica Murrary (Ethiopian Squill): finished drawing of flowering plant, with floral details

40. Guizotia abyssinica (Linn.F.) Cass. : finished drawing by anonymous French artist of flowering plant and details of flowers

41. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of whole plant, with inflorescence

42. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of inflorescence and leaves, with fifteen separate details below

43. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of leaves and inflorescence, with floral details

44. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of flowering plant

45. Bauhinia farec Desv. : finished drawing of a flowering shoot, with details of flowers below

46. Coleus species 1: finished drawing of habit of flowering plant

47. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of whole plant in flower

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

49. Dombeya torrida (J.F. Gmel): finished drawing of leafy flowering shoot with floral details

50. Solanum adoense Hochst. ex A. Rich. (Nightshade): finished drawing

51. Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant

52. Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (protea): finished drawing

53. Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing

54. Delphinium wellbyi Hemsley (Wild Delphinium): finished drawing

55. Pandanus odoratissimus L. (Screwpine): finished drawing for male inflorescence

56. Oenostachys abyssinica (A. Rich.) N.E. Br. (Ethiopian Gladiolus): finished drawing of plant in flowers

57. Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing of flowering shoot and root

58. Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root

59. Salvia nilotica Juss.ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot and root

60. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of inflorscence

61. Solanum capsicoides Allioni (Nightshade): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant, with details of fruit and flowers

62. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

63. The Lignum vitae, or Guaiacum, Plate 9

64. The Male Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 14

65. The Bay-Berry Tree, Myrtus arborea aromatica, Plate X

66. The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

67. The Tree Jessamin, Plate 17

68. The Pine Apple, Anana, Plate 21

69. The Sea-side Laurel, Plate 22