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Foxgloves
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Brambles
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
A Study of Ferns, Civitella
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
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
Burpham Oct.4.1834
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
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

5. La Cava

La Cava
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
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

6. Reggio

Reggio
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
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
Fruit trees, 3 April 1863
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1863
Materials & Techniques:
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
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
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
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

9. Tree

Tree
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
A Study of Pinks and Roses
Creator:
Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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 in Pinks and Roses
Creator:
Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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 Tree on a Grassy Bank
Creator:
George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:
1866
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
1866
Materials & Techniques:
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
Isola Bella, on the Lago Maggiore
Creator:
Print made by James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:
1818-1820
Materials & Techniques:
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
Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing of fruiting branch
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Cyperus papyrus L. (Papyrus Sedge): finished drawing of steam and flowering head, with details of inflorescence left and right
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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 if tree's habit (with roots)
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
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
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. : finished drawing
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori: finished drawing of stem with seed pods, some open showing seeds
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Eragrostis Tef
Creator:
Andrew Fyfe, 1752–1824
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
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
Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.): finished drawing, the tuber and detail of fruit
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Mimusops kummel A. DC. : finished drawing with some flowers
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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. : finished drawing
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Woodfordia uniflora (A. Rich.) Koehne: finished drawing of flowering shoot
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Acanthus Sennii Chiov. : finished drawing with added details
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details excluded
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Wild Gardenia): finished drawing
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. (Apple of Sodom, Auricular Tree): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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 helioscopia L. (Sun Spurge): finished drawing of flowering plant with details of flowers and leaf and fruit
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (Protea): finished drawing with floral details
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. (White Mangrove): finished drawing of flowering shoot with details of flowers
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added
Creator:
Attributed to James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1769–73
Materials & Techniques:
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
Arundinaria alpina K. Schum. (African Bamboo): finished drawing of sections of stem and of shoot with leaves
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Cassia Fistula (Purging cassia): finished drawing of leafy shoot with flowers
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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 habit with roots
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Jasminum dichotomun Vahl (African jasmine): finished drawing
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir. : finished drawing without details
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing with minor variations in flowering head
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Labiatae (indeterminate species): finished drawing of a leafy shoot, without flowers
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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
Cucumis metuliferus Naud (Wild Cucumber): finished drawing
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Phlomis herba-venti L. : outline of habit of plant
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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
Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): finished drawing with details of inflorescence
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Lawsonia inermis L. (Henna): finished drawing of a flowering leafy shoot
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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
Euphorbia nubica N.E. Br. (Nubian Spurge): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting shoot, with details of floral dissections
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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
Gardenia ternifolia Schum.& Thonn. (Jovis-Tonantis): finished drawing with additional detail of fruit
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Juniperus procera Endl. (African Pencil Cedar): finished drawing of trees's habit
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of the tree's habit
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:
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
Musa x sapientum L. (Banana): preliminary outline drawing of habit of tree with fruit
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
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
Plums and Mulberries
Creator:
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:
ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:
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
Trees by a Pool
Creator:
John Absolon, 1815–1895
Date:
Undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 5/8 × 21 7/8 inches (42.2 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Canadense, Calceolus Maria)
Creator:
Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Erlestoke House and Park
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/16 × 7 inches (11 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Erlestoke House and Park
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 7 inches (10.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
In the American Garden
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 6 5/16 inches (19.8 × 16 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Tulips

Tulips
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot, with details of flowers, leaf, and fruits
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
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
Study of a Climbing Plant (Pumpkin Family)
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot and berries
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
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
Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn. : finished drawing of flowering shoot, with details below
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Jatropha Multifidis
Creator:
Ann Lee, 1753–1790
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
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
The Blue Passion Flower, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', London, 1799-1812
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
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
A Landscape in Ceylon, With Barking Deer and Fawn and a Pair of Paradise Fly-Catchers
Creator:
Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:
between 1808 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Diospyros mespiliformis A. DC. (African Ebony): finished drawing
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Senecio gigas Vatke (Tree Groundsel): finished drawing of budding shoot
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 15/16 x 12 5/16in. (40.5 x 31.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Capparis tomentosa Lam. (Caper): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting shoot
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
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
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
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
Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768
Creator:
Print made by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1733–1797
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
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
The Dragon Arum, 1801, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812
Creator:
Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:
December 1, 1801
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint engraving printed in color with original hand coloring on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (57.2 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961
Pastinaca (Parsnip), Plate 379 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737
Creator:
Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774
Date:
1737
Materials & Techniques:
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
Lysimachia (Loosestrife), Plate 278 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737
Creator:
Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774
Date:
1737
Materials & Techniques:
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
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet
Creator:
Niccoló Schiavonetti, 1771–1813
Date:
1812
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, with cream chine colle
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 15 1/8 inches (51.1 × 38.4 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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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

84. Gibara

Gibara
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Ensete ventricosum
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Ensete ventricosum
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Garden Flowers
Creator:
Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:
after 1850
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on cream card mounted on beige card
Dimensions:
Image: 3 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (8.7 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Garden Flowers
Creator:
Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:
after 1850
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on cream card mounted on beige card
Dimensions:
Image: 3 7/16 x 6 7/8 inches (8.8 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tree Study
Creator:
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 5/16 × 16 5/16 inches (23.7 × 41.4 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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Aloe Pianta 2a
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
[One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Buddleis polystachya
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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

94. Gibara

Gibara
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
1769–71
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
1769–71
Materials & Techniques:
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
Brucea antidysenterica
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
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
Coccinea abyssinica
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (31.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection