Genre: botanical subject - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Study of Three Parrot Tulips

Creator:: Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1832
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 3/8 x 8 5/8in. (21.3 x 21.9cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Study of an Ash Tree

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: between 1801 and 1803 or between 1810 and 1830
Medium:: Oil on canvas laid to artist's board
Dimensions:: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (39.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Study of Hollyhocks

Creator:: Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1826
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Studies of Summer Flowers

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Date:: ca. 1848
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/4 x 18 inches (37.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Study of an Ash Tree

Creator:: Lionel Constable, 1828–1887, British
Date:: ca. 1851
Medium:: Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (39.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Narcissi

Creator:: Ansel Krut, born 1959, South African, active in Britain since 1986)
Date:: 2015
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 48 1/4 × 44 1/4 inches (122.6 × 112.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of a Friend of British Art

7. Studies of Flowers

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Date:: 1848
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/4 x 33 inches (48.9 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. [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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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1. Study of Three Parrot Tulips

2. Study of an Ash Tree

3. Study of Hollyhocks

4. Studies of Summer Flowers

5. Study of an Ash Tree

6. Narcissi

7. Studies of Flowers

8. Brambles

9. Foxgloves

10. Burpham Oct.4.1834

11. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

12. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

13. Reggio

14. La Cava

15. Ensete ventricosum

16. Brucea antidysenterica

17. Ensete ventricosum

18. Ensete ventricosum

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

20. Aloe Pianta 2a

21. Gibara

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

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

24. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

25. Gibara

26. Arundinaria alpina

27. Oenostachys abyssinica

28. Brucea antidysenterica

29. Study of a Tree on a Grassy Bank

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

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

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

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

34. Eragrostis Tef

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Study of a Cedar Tree

45. Pine Tree

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

47. Macrocarpa

48. Tree

49. Tree

50. Two Trees

51. Study of Flowers

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

53. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

61. Phlomis herba-venti L. : finished drawing

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

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

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

65. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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