Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Creator: Bruce, James, 1730–1794 / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Abyssinian Lady of Quality

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Bruce at the Source of the Blue Nile

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. Figures in a Landscape

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 inches (23.5 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Man Wearing a Burnoose and Carrying a Spear

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (29.2 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Six Men Talking

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Studies of Two Men

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (22.5 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Studies of Two Men

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 1/2 inches (22.9 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Studies of a Man Pointing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (22.5 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Two Men Seated

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (22.5 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Studies of Camels Kneeling

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 3/4 inches (33 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. One Side of a Coin

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches (23.5 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Three-Faced Urn

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 inches (24.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Elevation of Ruined Temple

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (21.6 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Decorative Border For Title Page

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 15 1/8 inches (32.4 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. Quadrifrontal Arch Tripoli

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 1/2 inches (48.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Binney: number one (a fish)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)

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

21. Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
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

22. Elevation of Pedestal Entableature of the Arch at Tripoli

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 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches (64.8 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. St Agnes (after Domenichino)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. 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

37. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. St. Agnes (after Domenichino)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (44.8 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. Young Woman of Loheia in Arabia Felix of the Tribe Beni-Koreish

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (18.4 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Study of a Ship

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 8 1/2 inches (30.5 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Man on Horseback Carrying Bow and Arrows

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/4 inches (22.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Boats in a Harbour

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/2 inches (21 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Man on Horseback with Bird

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 inches (31.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Ionic Temple Ptolmeta

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately textured, thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 17 3/8 inches (34.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. Studies of Two Seated Men

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 5/8 inches (22.9 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Studies of Two Men

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 5/8 inches (22.9 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Woodage Asahel Wearing Ceremonial Headband

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Kefla Yasous with Horse and Ceremonial Equipment

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Head of a Bearded Man

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 inches (10.5 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf

Albizia gummifera (J.F. Gmel.) C.A. Sm. (Gummy Albizia Tree): finished drawing of flowering head of shoot, with details of inflorescence, florets, and leaf

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
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

68. 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

69. 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

70. Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)

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

71. Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)

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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. Unidentified Ungulate

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches (36.8 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Temple ruins

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 16 3/8 inches (34.3 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. Studies of Ceremonial Weaponry

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid 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

88. Plan and Section of the Mikeas or Kiosc with the Pillar Where on Is Measured the Daily Increase of the Nile During Inundation

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Noble Arab of the Tribe Beni-Koreish of the Family Harb at Beder-Hunein

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Studies of a Dhow

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (24.1 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. 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: 12 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (32.1 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Man on Horseback Throwing a Spear

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, silghtly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (22.2 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Six Studies of a Man on Horseback Carrying Weapons

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 5/8 inches (18.4 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Man Loading a Pack Horse

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (22.5 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (21.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. 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

98. Man on Horseback Approaching a Seated Man

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/4 inches (22.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Man on Horseback Carrying Weapons

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

100. Study of the Front of a Horse

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (19.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Abyssinian Lady of Quality

2. Studies of Two Figures

3. Bruce at the Source of the Blue Nile

4. An Old Man Walking

5. Figures in a Landscape

6. Man Wearing a Burnoose and Carrying a Spear

7. Six Men Talking

8. Studies of Two Men

9. Studies of Two Men

10. Studies of a Man Pointing

11. Two Men Seated

12. Studies of Camels Kneeling

13. One Side of a Coin

14. A Three-Faced Urn

15. Elevation of Ruined Temple

16. Decorative Border For Title Page

17. Studies of Two Male Heads Wearing Turbans

18. Quadrifrontal Arch Tripoli

19. Binney: number one (a fish)

20. Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)

21. Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)

22. Elevation of Pedestal Entableature of the Arch at Tripoli

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

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

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

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

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

28. Phlomis herba-venti L. : finished drawing

29. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst) Baker: finished drawing

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

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

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

33. Jerboa

34. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

35. St Agnes (after Domenichino)

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

37. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

38. St. Agnes (after Domenichino)

39. Kefla Abay, High Priest of the Nile

40. Young Woman of Loheia in Arabia Felix of the Tribe Beni-Koreish

41. Study of a Ship

42. Man on Horseback Carrying Bow and Arrows

43. Boats in a Harbour

44. Man on Horseback with Bird

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

52. Ionic Temple Ptolmeta

53. Capitol Thamugas

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

55. Dik-dik

56. Madoqua (Dik-dik)

57. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

58. Studies of Two Seated Men

59. Studies of Two Men

60. Woodage Asahel Wearing Ceremonial Headband

61. Kefla Yasous with Horse and Ceremonial Equipment

62. Head of a Bearded Man

63. Parts of Mechanical Device

64. Triumphal Arch of Hieron of Temples Sheitla

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

66. Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. (Balm of Gilead, Opobalsam): finished drawing if tree's habit (with roots)

67. 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

68. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

69. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of single trunk, with details of whole and dissected fruits

70. Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)

71. Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)

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

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