Collection: Prints and Drawings / Genre: botanical subject / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: botanical subject

1. Foxgloves

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Brambles

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Burpham Oct.4.1834

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (26.4 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

4. La Cava

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 9 13/16 inches (12.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

5. Reggio

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 7/16 inches (41.6 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

6. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 10 inches (42.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

7. Study of a Tree on a Grassy Bank

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 inches (21 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Study in Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Study of Pinks and Roses

Creator:: Stefano della Bella, 1610–1664
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 21 1/2 inches (9.5 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Eragrostis Tef

Creator:: Andrew Fyfe, 1752–1824
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 7/8 inches (40.3 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 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

14. 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

15. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of the tree's habit

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (32.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Jasminum dichotomun Vahl (African jasmine): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.5 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details excluded

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. Tulips

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and collage on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (39.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Docks, September 6, 1777

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (9.8 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added

Creator:: Attributed to James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1769–73
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing of part stem with flowering shoots and leafy shoots

Creator:: Frederick P. Nodder, active 1773–1800
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 13/16 x 14 1/16 inches (47.8 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Macrocarpa

Creator:: Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, 1902–1976
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 3/16 inches (33.7 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Tree

Creator:: Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, 1902–1976
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 × 7 5/8 inches (36.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Study of a Climbing Plant (Pumpkin Family)

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches (54.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Plums and Mulberries

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 1/4 inches (20.3 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Dioecici (botanical specimen)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 13/16 inches (27.9 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Study of a Cedar Tree

Creator:: Sir Stanley Spencer, 1891–1959
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 10 inches (16.2 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

34. 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

35. A Clump of Thistles

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (14.6 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Buddleis polystachya

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (30.2 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Oenostachys abyssinica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1769–71
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 inches (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Brucea antidysenterica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Arundinaria alpina

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Brucea antidysenterica

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1769–71
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Ensete ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Ensete ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (31.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Arundinaria alpina

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Study of Flowers

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 inches (16.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

46. A Landscape in Ceylon, With Barking Deer and Fawn and a Pair of Paradise Fly-Catchers

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: between 1808 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Study of an Oak Leaf

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, gum, and graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (19.1 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Study of Cow Parsley

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 5 1/8 inches (14 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Sketches of Myrtle and a Head Crowned with Myrtle

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 inches (24.8 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

50. Tree Sketch

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 11/16 inches (14 × 9.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

51. Sketches

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (14 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

52. Plant Sketches

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 inches (35.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

53. Horn Plantains on the Stalk, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 14]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 8 5/8 inches (31.9 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Swallow-Tail Butterfly, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 108 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 13/16 inches (14 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Nutmeg, Trinidad

Creator:: Lionel Grimston Fawkes, 1849–1931
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 6 inches (17.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. White Hibiscus

Creator:: Lionel Grimston Fawkes, 1849–1931
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 6 inches (17.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Studies of a Flower

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (14.9 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

58. Study of an Arrangement of Anemones

Creator:: attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (24.1 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Acorn Strength

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 3 inches (6 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Cawpea

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 7 3/16 inches (22.4 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

61. Tree Sketch

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (14 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

62. Maunoutehn

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 1/16 inches (13.8 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

63. Tree Sketch

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 inches (13.8 × 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

64. Bongley

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 5/16 inches (35.4 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

65. Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 8 1/8 inches (35.4 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Sabatia, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 56 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 7 inches (34.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Jatropha Multifidis

Creator:: Ann Lee, 1753–1790
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9in. (29.5 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Hollow Tree

Creator:: Mary Delany, 1700–1788
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11.2 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

69. Breadfruit Plant (Artocarpus altilis)

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 1/4 inches (38.1 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Woody Nightshade

Creator:: Edwin Alexander, 1870–1926
Date:: 1904
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (34.6 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Mangosteen Fruit, Malacca

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Ash Tree in Ashstead Park

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (37.8 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (46.4 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing of flowering shoot and root

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 inches (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Protea gaguedi J.F. Gmel. (protea): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 9 11/16 inches (31.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Dombeya torrida (J.F. Gmel): finished drawing of leafy flowering shoot with floral details

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (34.3 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Pandanus odoratissimus L. (Screwpine): finished drawing for male inflorescence

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.6 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Oenostachys abyssinica (A. Rich.) N.E. Br. (Ethiopian Gladiolus): finished drawing of plant in flowers

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor 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

80. Solanum adoense Hochst. ex A. Rich. (Nightshade): finished drawing

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.5 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Salvia nilotica Juss. ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot with details of floral dissections

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Guizotia abyssinica (Linn.F.) Cass. : finished drawing by anonymous French artist of flowering plant and details of flowers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 7/8 inches (39.7 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of inflorescence and leaves, with fifteen separate details below

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (31.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of flowering plant

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 12 1/4 inches (40.8 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Ischaemum afrum (J.F. Gmel.) Dandy: finished drawing of whole plant, with inflorescence

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Bauhinia farec Desv. : finished drawing of a flowering shoot, with details of flowers below

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16 inches (31.9 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 28 1/4 inches (39.4 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Delphinium wellbyi Hemsley (Wild Delphinium): 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

89. Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing

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 × 11 3/4 inches (40.6 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Albuca abyssinica Murrary (Ethiopian Squill): finished drawing of flowering plant, with floral details

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Salvia nilotica Juss.ex Jacq. (Nile Sage): finished drawing of a flowering shoot and root

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.5 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Solanum marginatum Linn.f. (Nightshade): finished drawing of whole plant with root

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.6 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of inflorscence

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 11 1/16 inches (34.3 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Panicum deustum Thunb. (Wild Millet): finished drawing of whole plant in flower

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 1/8 inches (40.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Solanum capsicoides Allioni (Nightshade): finished drawing of flowering and fruiting plant, with details of fruit and flowers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 3/16 inches (40.3 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Coleus species 1: finished drawing of habit of flowering plant

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 1/8 inches (40.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Kniphofia pumila (Ait.) Kunth (Redhot Poker): finished drawing of leaves and inflorescence, with floral details

Creator:: unknown artist
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

98. Lady Slippers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (16.5 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Tres Content Flower

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 1/2 inches (24.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Iris, after the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 4]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 8 1/4 inches (29.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Foxgloves

2. Brambles

3. Burpham Oct.4.1834

4. La Cava

5. Reggio

6. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

7. Study of a Tree on a Grassy Bank

8. A Study in Pinks and Roses

9. A Study of Pinks and Roses

10. A Study of Pinks and Roses

11. A Study of Pinks and Roses

12. Eragrostis Tef

13. 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

14. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

15. Euphorbia abyssinica J.F. Gmel. (Ethiopian Tree-Spurge): finished drawing of the tree's habit

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

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

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

19. Jasminum dichotomun Vahl (African jasmine): finished drawing

20. Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker: finished drawing with a few details excluded

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

22. Tulips

23. Docks, September 6, 1777

24. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing

25. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing with stem of fruits added

26. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing of part stem with flowering shoots and leafy shoots

27. Macrocarpa

28. Tree

29. Study of a Climbing Plant (Pumpkin Family)

30. Plums and Mulberries

31. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

32. Dioecici (botanical specimen)

33. Study of a Cedar Tree

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

35. A Clump of Thistles

36. Buddleis polystachya

37. Otostegia tomentosa: outline sketch of flowering stem with details of flowers and leaf

38. Oenostachys abyssinica

39. Brucea antidysenterica

40. Arundinaria alpina

41. Brucea antidysenterica

42. Ensete ventricosum

43. Ensete ventricosum

44. Arundinaria alpina

45. Study of Flowers

46. A Landscape in Ceylon, With Barking Deer and Fawn and a Pair of Paradise Fly-Catchers

47. Study of an Oak Leaf

48. Study of Cow Parsley

49. Sketches of Myrtle and a Head Crowned with Myrtle

50. Tree Sketch

51. Sketches

52. Plant Sketches

53. Horn Plantains on the Stalk, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 14]

54. Swallow-Tail Butterfly, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 108 A]

55. Nutmeg, Trinidad

56. White Hibiscus

57. Studies of a Flower

58. Study of an Arrangement of Anemones

59. Acorn Strength

60. Cawpea

61. Tree Sketch

62. Maunoutehn

63. Tree Sketch

64. Bongley

65. Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A]

66. Sabatia, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 56 A]

67. Jatropha Multifidis

68. Hollow Tree

69. Breadfruit Plant (Artocarpus altilis)

70. Woody Nightshade

71. The Mangosteen Fruit, Malacca

72. Ash Tree in Ashstead Park