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A Harrow in the Orchard
Creator:
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:
ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (25.1 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Cow Lodge with a Mossy Roof
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (26.7 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Horses Fighting
Creator:
after George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches (43.5 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch studies of camels
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
January to April 1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 13/16 x 2 7/8 inches (12.2 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Studies of Camels
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
January to April 1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 x 4 9/16 inches (17.8 x 11.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Camel studies
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 5/16 x 2 1/8 inches (3.3 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

7. Camels

Camels
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 x 4 5/8 inches (5.1 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Brown's Parakeet
Creator:
after Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on beige board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 12 inches (38.1 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
A Weasel
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink, with gouache and gum over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 inches (18.7 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Near Suez, 1 pm, 16 January 1849 (48)
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1849
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (13.2 x 23 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Studies of Camels and Egyptian Men
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches (3.5 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Outside the Walls of Suez, 8:30 a.m., 17 January 1849 (54)
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1849
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 inches (19.4 x 12.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 43, "The Progress of Poesy."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, "The Bard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Horse Cart
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pens, black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (17.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

16. Coal Fish

Coal Fish
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 x 12 5/8in. (20.3 x 32.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Red Parrot
Creator:
Sarah Stone, active 1786
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on card on very thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (45.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Fish, Venice
Creator:
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:
1874
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on card on thick, moderately textured, card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (22.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Species of Wild Duck
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 6 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (15.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Great Indian Bustard
Creator:
James Wales, ca.1747–1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (26.7 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Ostrich

Ostrich
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Flamingo

Flamingo
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 4 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (12.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reminiscence of Gainsborough
Creator:
Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (8.9 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cart and Driver
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (16.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Cheetah killing an Antelope
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 5 7/8 inches (14.6 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mother Camel and her Calf
Creator:
Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (13.3 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Elephant

Elephant
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches (16.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Elephant

Elephant
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 7 inches (14.6 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. An Ox

An Ox
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (19.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch of an Elaborately Saddled Horse
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 3/8 inches (24.1 × 34 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketches of Peasants and Work-Horses
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 8 1/2 inches (15.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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

33. A Weasel

A Weasel
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (18.1 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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

35. A Crane

A Crane
Creator:
James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 7/16 inches (23.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Parrot

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

37. Two Bats

Two Bats
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 inches (26.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
South American Porcupine
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (29.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Coatimundi
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 9/16 inches (27.5 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Chameleon and a Mammal
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 11/16in. (26.7 x 42.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Five Birds
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 × 24 inches (48.3 × 61 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A House Sparrow
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (34 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Goose

A Goose
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Elephant with Rider
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches (29.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Quagga Zebra
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (18.4 x 22.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Studies of Spider Crabs, Venice
Creator:
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:
1874
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 8 1/2 inches (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Building and Repairing Masoola Boats
Creator:
John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Studies of a Turkey
Creator:
Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (5.7 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Elaborately Saddled Horse
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (19.1 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Horses in a Paddock
Creator:
John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (10.5 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Grebes

Grebes
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, brown wash, white gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (19.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Head of a Racoon
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 inches (21.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Parrot

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

55. Kinkajou

Kinkajou
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 8 1/2in. (30.5 x 21.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Eye of a Seal and verso: Sketches of an Apparatus
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 3 inches (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Lizard with Sketches of a Scorpion and a Spider
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15in. (27.3 x 38.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. A Snipe

A Snipe
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and 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
A European Goldfinch in a Snare
Creator:
P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (21.6 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A European Goldfinch
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 inches (27.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Golden-winged Cacique
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches (18.1 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A European Goldfinch in a Snare
Creator:
P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (22.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Meadow Pipit
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/4in. (20.6 x 15.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Eurasian skylark
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 inches (16.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. A Bird

A Bird
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 inches (20.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Eurasian skylark
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Kangaroo with three kangaroos in the background
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (33.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Three-fingered Sloth
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. A Shrew

A Shrew
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (21 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A mandrill
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 inches (32.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Dog

A Dog
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (21 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Bird's Egg
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (7 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Bird's Egg
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (13.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
European Green Woodpecker
Creator:
James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (34.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Pair of Stints
Creator:
Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and ink, watercolor, gouache on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 19 3/8 inches (34.3 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Studies of Geese
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, oil, and graphite with scratching out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches (27.3 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lumpsucker (Male)
Creator:
Peter Paillou the younger, active 1757–1831
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream vowe paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/2 inches (38.4 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Capuchin
Creator:
Peter Paillou the younger, active 1757–1831
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 × 15 1/8 inches (54.9 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chamaeler Chamaeleon
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Spanish Pointer
Creator:
John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 21 inches (39.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
A Dromedary and a Camel
Creator:
C. Randle, active 1813
Date:
1813
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (32.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
African Wildcat or Serval
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Unidentified Fish
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 16 1/4 inches (41.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Lophaetus occipitalis (Long-Crested Eagle)
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

100. Wolf

Wolf
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (23.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection