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101. 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

102. Plate II Tombe de la Chretienne

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil, and gray wash on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/16 × 14 3/4 inches (53.5 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

103. 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

104. 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

105. 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

106. 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

107. 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

108. 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

109. 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

110. 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

111. 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

112. 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

113. Unidentified Fish

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

114. Unidentified Fish

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 16 inches (30.6 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

115. Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 14 inches (53.3 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

116. Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)

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 1/4 inches (40.6 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

117. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

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

118. Unidentified Ungulate

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 15 inches (33.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor 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

120. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor 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

121. Unidentified Temple Faustana (?)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 inches (36.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

122. Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

123. Capitol Thamugas

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (54.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

124. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor 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

125. Tomb of Juba II near Algiers

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil, gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 30 1/2 inches (54 × 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

126. Graphite elevation of unidentified column with graphite and pen and ink dimensions

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured,cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (39.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

127. Madoqua (Dik-dik)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, over gaphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (11.4 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: 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

129. Gate at Medjez-el-bab

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (39.7 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

130. Dik-dik

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (14 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

131. Felis caligata (Booted Lynx)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (29.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

132. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen iand brown ink, over 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

133. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (6.7 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

134. Vulture

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 12 1/8 inches (38.1 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

135. Jerboa

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (29.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

136. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 7/8 inches (30.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

137. Study for Man Playing a Harp

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 9 7/8 inches (27.9 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

138. Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretary Bird)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over 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

139. Bee Cuckoo

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 11 1/2 inches (34 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

140. Obelisk at Axum Erected As Is Supposed by Ptolemy Evergetes

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (30.8 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

141. Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 inches (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

142. Studies of Warriors on Horseback

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (23.5 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

143. Traveler and a Man atop a Camel

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (22.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

144. Herdsman, Dog, and Cow

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (22.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

145. Plan of the Temple of Ceres Legifera

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 1/16 inches (30.2 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

146. Plan of temple of Minerva Polias and Neptune the King

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 18 15/16 inches (30.2 x 48.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

147. Plan of one quarter of the Amphitheatre at El Djem showing outer corridors

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches (39.4 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

148. 2 drawings on 1 sheet of interior of amphitheatre at El Djem showing arches, stairs and tiers of seats

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 inches (75.6 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

149. No. 1 Sketch of temple remains at Baalbec or Palmyra

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, roughly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 31 inches (55.9 × 78.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

150. No. 2 sketch of plan of temple of Baalbec or Palmyra

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, roughly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 30 7/8 inches (50.8 × 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

151. No.1 and No. 2 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog

Creator:: Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

152. No. 5 and No. 6 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog

Creator:: Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

153. Pearls

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

154. Rhinoceros of Africa

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

155. Temple at Baalbec: Architectural Detail of Entablature of Amphitheatre of Vespesian

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 inches (16.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

156. Temple at Baalbec: Detailed drawing of a Doorway

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (47.6 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

157. Temple at Baalbec: Three Temples amongst other Ruins

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, gray wash on medium thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 15 3/8 inches (24.1 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

158. Temple at Baalbec: Sheet of Sketches of Columns

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 15 1/2 inches (55.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

159. Finished Drawing of Unidentified Palladian Mansion

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 3/4 inches (37.8 × 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

160. Plate XV Back of Temple at Sheitla [sic]

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (40 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

161. Trajans Arch, Makter

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 5/8 inches (40 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

162. Architectural Details of Arch at Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (40 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

163. Lower Arch at Makther on Back

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (40 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

164. Triumphal Arch of Hieron of Temples Sheitla

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured,cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 inches (54.6 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

165. Architectural Details of Pedestal Column and Entablature and Pediment Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, red pencil, graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/4 × 19 1/4 inches (65.4 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

166. The Medrassen [sic] Pl. V

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink, red pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 38 1/4 inches (66 × 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

167. Details of Plinth and Entablature of Lower Arch at Mactar, Modern Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (63.8 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

168. Details of Lower Arch Mactar, Modern Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (39.7 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

169. Arch of Trajan Mactar Modern Makther set in Landscape

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on moderately textured, thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (48.9 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

170. Elevation and Plan of Arch at Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink, red pencil on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 1/8 inches (64.5 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

171. Lower Arch at Mactor Modern Makther set in a Landscape

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 25 1/8 inches (48.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

172. Elevation of Pedestal Entablature and Pediment of Triumphal Arch at Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, gray wash, red pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 19 1/4 inches (66 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

173. XVLL Arch at Makther

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink, red pencil on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 21 5/8 inches (40 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

174. XLX Lower Arch at Makther Details of Cornice

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil, gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/8 × 19 1/8 inches (64.5 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

175. Ruins of Temples at Saltronza

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 31 3/4 inches (55.6 × 80.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

176. Sketch of Arches in Perspective

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 9/16 inches (40.2 × 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

177. Drawing of Temple Ruins and Figures

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 25 inches (45.1 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

178. Sketches of Temple Columns

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 1/4 inches (38.1 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

179. Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (22.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

180. Studies of Two Figures

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 1/4 inches (22.9 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

181. Study of a Man in Profile

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (14.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

182. An Old Man Walking

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (18.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

183. Studies of Women and Cherubs

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

184. Weighing Scale

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 inches (27 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

185. Mechanical Device

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (31.1 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

186. Studies of Two Male Heads Wearing Turbans

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (19.1 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

187. Parts of Mechanical Device

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 10 inches (48.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

188. Decorative Wall Designs

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 5/8 inches (29.5 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

189. Sketch of Man, Woman and Child

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 inches (14.6 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

190. St. Michael Geesh

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 1/2 inches (22.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

191. Slight graphite sketch of ruins of Hieron of Temples at Shietla

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (54.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

192. Pl. VIII Temple of Jupiter at Tebessa

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil, gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

193. Pl. IX Arch of Caracalla at Tebessa

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black, brown ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 21 3/8 inches (36.2 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

194. Arch of Caracalla at Tebessa and many measured plans and elevations

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 5/8 × 21 1/4 inches (70.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

195. Sketches of architectural detail of temple at Baalbec

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 15 inches (23.2 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

196. Entrance to Hieron of Temple of Shietla

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 1/8 inches (36.8 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

197. Plan of part of the temple at Baalbec

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 1/4 inches (38.1 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

198. No. 4 sketch of temple remains at Baalbec or Palmyra

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 1/4 inches (55.6 × 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

199. No. 7 sketch of temple remains at Baalbec or Palmyra

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 31 7/8 inches (53 × 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

200. No. 8 Sketch of Temple remains at Baalbec or Palmyra

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 31 1/8 inches (54.9 × 79.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

102. Plate II Tombe de la Chretienne

103. Phlomis herba-venti L. : finished drawing

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

105. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

113. Unidentified Fish

114. Unidentified Fish

115. Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)

116. Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)

117. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

118. Unidentified Ungulate

119. Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)

120. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

121. Unidentified Temple Faustana (?)

122. Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)

123. Capitol Thamugas

124. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

125. Tomb of Juba II near Algiers

126. Graphite elevation of unidentified column with graphite and pen and ink dimensions

127. Madoqua (Dik-dik)

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

129. Gate at Medjez-el-bab

130. Dik-dik

131. Felis caligata (Booted Lynx)

132. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

133. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

134. Vulture

135. Jerboa

136. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

137. Study for Man Playing a Harp

138. Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretary Bird)

139. Bee Cuckoo

140. Obelisk at Axum Erected As Is Supposed by Ptolemy Evergetes

141. Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

142. Studies of Warriors on Horseback

143. Traveler and a Man atop a Camel

144. Herdsman, Dog, and Cow

145. Plan of the Temple of Ceres Legifera

146. Plan of temple of Minerva Polias and Neptune the King

147. Plan of one quarter of the Amphitheatre at El Djem showing outer corridors

148. 2 drawings on 1 sheet of interior of amphitheatre at El Djem showing arches, stairs and tiers of seats

149. No. 1 Sketch of temple remains at Baalbec or Palmyra

150. No. 2 sketch of plan of temple of Baalbec or Palmyra

151. No.1 and No. 2 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog

152. No. 5 and No. 6 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog

153. Pearls

154. Rhinoceros of Africa

155. Temple at Baalbec: Architectural Detail of Entablature of Amphitheatre of Vespesian

156. Temple at Baalbec: Detailed drawing of a Doorway

157. Temple at Baalbec: Three Temples amongst other Ruins

158. Temple at Baalbec: Sheet of Sketches of Columns

159. Finished Drawing of Unidentified Palladian Mansion

160. Plate XV Back of Temple at Sheitla [sic]

161. Trajans Arch, Makter

162. Architectural Details of Arch at Makther

163. Lower Arch at Makther on Back

164. Triumphal Arch of Hieron of Temples Sheitla

165. Architectural Details of Pedestal Column and Entablature and Pediment Makther

166. The Medrassen [sic] Pl. V

167. Details of Plinth and Entablature of Lower Arch at Mactar, Modern Makther

168. Details of Lower Arch Mactar, Modern Makther

169. Arch of Trajan Mactar Modern Makther set in Landscape

170. Elevation and Plan of Arch at Makther

171. Lower Arch at Mactor Modern Makther set in a Landscape

172. Elevation of Pedestal Entablature and Pediment of Triumphal Arch at Makther

173. XVLL Arch at Makther

174. XLX Lower Arch at Makther Details of Cornice