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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
[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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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

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

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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