Genre: animal art / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: branch / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Sheet of Studies of Deer, Figures and Landscape

Creator:: Aaron Edwin Penley, 1807–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 10 3/8 inches (18.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Warbler: Reed Wren

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Falcon: Hen Krestel

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Jackdaw

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Owl: Little Owl

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Flying Squirrel

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (18.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. North American Lynx

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Red-Plumed Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea Apoda Raggiana), Southeastern New Guinea

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 × 13 15/16 inches (48.6 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Scops Owl

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 1/8 inches (19.7 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Magpie

Creator:: John Bewick, 1760–1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 1/4 inches (20.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Cock Sparrow

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 inches (29.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A European Goldfinch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (21 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 7/8 inches (23.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Magpie in a Tree

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 inches (26.4 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Bearded Titmouse

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Parrot

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/4 inches (22.9 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Great Blue Turaco

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (21 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Cockatoo

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (21 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Two Birds on a Branch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 1/8 inches (20.6 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Three Toucans

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 × 6 1/2 inches (32.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately think, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 9 11/16 inches (41.9 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Parrot

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (23.5 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Bird of Paradise

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Bird of Paradise and Verso: Sketch of a Flower

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 1/4 inches (22.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Parrot

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 inches (19.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Spot-backed antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (22.5 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Parrot

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, blue gouache, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 5 5/8 inches (20.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Bird

Creator:: William Swainson, 1789–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 3/8in. (23.2 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (54.3 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

31. Red-capped Parakeet (female)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 14in. (45.7 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

32. Red-capped Parakeet (female)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 14in. (45.7 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

33. Pigeon Parrakeet

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 12in. (48.3 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

34. Abyssinian Parakett

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 14in. (45.7 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

35. Guinea Parrot

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (27.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Finch

Creator:: Isaac Spackman, died 1771
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (27 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Sheet of Studies of Deer, Figures and Landscape

2. Warbler: Reed Wren

3. Falcon: Hen Krestel

4. Jackdaw

5. Owl: Little Owl

6. Flying Squirrel

7. North American Lynx

8. Red-Plumed Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea Apoda Raggiana), Southeastern New Guinea

9. Scops Owl

10. A Magpie

11. The Cock Sparrow

12. A European Goldfinch

13. A Bird

14. A Magpie in a Tree

15. Bearded Titmouse

16. A Parrot

17. Great Blue Turaco

18. A Cockatoo

19. Antshrike

20. Two Birds on a Branch

21. Three Toucans

22. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

23. A Parrot

24. Bird of Paradise

25. Bird of Paradise and Verso: Sketch of a Flower

26. A Parrot

27. Spot-backed antshrike

28. A Parrot

29. A Bird

30. Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

31. Red-capped Parakeet (female)

32. Red-capped Parakeet (female)

33. Pigeon Parrakeet

34. Abyssinian Parakett

35. Guinea Parrot

36. A Finch