Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: animal art

1. "The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

"The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 inches (15.6 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. "The Gallop with Left Leg:"Engraved as Plate 15 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 15/16 inches (16.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 9/16 × 9 3/8 inches (19.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 2 birds "Aroust el Bahar"

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (44.1 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox]

Creator:: Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 24 1/4 inches (49.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (18.1 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. `Sketches of Mares and Foals' - an illustrated letter addressed to J. S. Barry, Esq., and dated Aug. 11, 1800

Creator:: Francis Sartorius, 1734–1804
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 12 1/2in. (38.9 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Bandit from Kathiawar

Creator:: Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (14 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Bay Horse Approached by a Stable-Lad with Food and a Halter

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches (61.6 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Black and White Indian Bird, (one of a pair)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 × 18 1/8 inches (63.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Carriage and Pair, with Coachman

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, white gouache and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 1/16 × 4 15/16 inches (10.3 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. A Chestnut Horse at Exercise

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 11/16 × 8 inches (17 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Donkey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 5/16 inches (21.7 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Duck and an Eagle with prey, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Various Kinds of Birds, Drawn From the Life by Mr. Francis Barlow, 1731 (1 of 9)

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches (28.9 x 18.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. 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

18. A Fish, Zeezan jidda

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, 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

19. A Foxhound on the Scent

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 inches (9.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Grey Spotted Hound

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Greyhound, Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/16 × 9 1/8 inches (17.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Guillemot, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown pen on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 inches (37.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Hare Running, with Ears Laid Back

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 11/16 × 6 3/4 inches (14.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette work, third state
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Horse and a dog, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 7 5/16 inches (30.3 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel plaque
Dimensions:: 3 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (9.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. A Horse Frightened by a Snake

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (28.9 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. A Horse Lying Down

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 inches (10.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Hound Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 3 5/8 inches (7.9 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Hound with head up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 inches (15.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Kingfisher

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 5 3/4 inches (15.2 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Lion Attacking a Horse

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. A Lion Attacking a Stag

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

Creator:: Jacob Bogdani, 1658–1724
Date:: between 1708 and 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 82 inches (142.2 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. A Magpie

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

36. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 28 inches (55.2 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. A Man, a horse and two dogs, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 6)

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 5/16 inches (30.2 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. A Racehorse, Bridled and Saddled

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (24.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. 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

41. A Red Throated Diver, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 inches (38.4 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Rhinoceros in the Peshwa's Menagerie at Poona

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 14 5/8 inches (22.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Scarlet Ibis

Creator:: Sarah Stone, active 1786
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor heightened with white
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 3/8in. (36.8 x 26.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Secretary Bird

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (22.2 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Setter: Standing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pearlware figure
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4in. (28.6cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. A Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. A Stone Curlew

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 11 1/4 inches (25.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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

50. A Tiger Attacking a Horse

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 5/8 inches (11.4 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. A Tiger Lying in the Entrance of a Cave

Creator:: Elizabeth Pringle, active ca. 1800
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 inches (48.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. A Tigress

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Vulture with prey, and a heron, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of various kinds of Birds, Drawn from life by Mr. Francis Barlow, 1731' (1 of 9)

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 7 3/8 inches (28.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A Waterbuffalo

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 apper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (14 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. A Yellow Wagtail

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (14.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Youth in a Farmyard with Pigs and Poultry

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (16.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Actophilomis africanus (African Jacana)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/2 inches (40.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. 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

60. Agapornis taranta (Black-winged Lovebird)

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

61. Album of 34 Drawings of Animals and Birds from The Bruce Archive

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

62. Alcedo cristata (Malachite Kingfisher)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/2 inches (40.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. An Abyssinian Breakfast

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and sitpple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.4 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. An Arab in the Clothes of Gujarat

Creator:: Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. An Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/16 × 17 5/16 inches (64.6 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. An Eagle

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 3/4 inches (30.5 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. An Egyptian Vulture

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 9/16 × 26 7/16 inches (52.2 × 67.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. 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

69. Animals [a pair]: 1. Lioness

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 5/8in. (39.4 x 52.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Animals [a pair]: 2. Tigress

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 5/8in. (39.4 x 52.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/2 inches (40.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 inches (53 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (30.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. At the City of Albano

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. At the Monte Cavallo at Rome

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.3 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Atlas Moth

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 1/8 inches (22.9 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Bacchus

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 3/4 inches (60.3 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Bath: The Crescent

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 14 7/8 inches (28.2 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Bath: The North Parade

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 13/16 inches (27.5 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Bath: The South Parade

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 3/8 inches (28.2 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Beddington

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/16 inches (16.9 × 21.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. 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

83. 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

84. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Creator:: Leonard Knyff, 1650–1721
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 56 inches (90.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

85. 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

86. 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

87. Brambling

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (17.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches (80.6 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

89. Brown Horse in a Hilly Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

90. Bubo lacteus (Verreaux's Eagle Owl)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/2 inches (40.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Bulls Fighting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches (61.6 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

92. Buteo augur (Augur Buzzard)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/2 inches (40.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Caracal caracal (desert lynx)

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

94. 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

95. Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 inches (53 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Cassypha semirufa (Ruppell's Robin Chat)

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

97. Centropus monachus (Blue-Headed Coucal)

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

98. Chalcomitra senegalensis (Scarlet Chested Sunbird)

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

99. Chalcomitra senegalensis (Scarlet Chested Sunbird)

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

100. Chamaeleonidae (Chameleon)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 3/4 inches (22.9 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. "The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

2. "The Gallop with Left Leg:"Engraved as Plate 15 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

3. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

4. 2 birds "Aroust el Bahar"

5. [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox]

6. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

7. `Sketches of Mares and Foals' - an illustrated letter addressed to J. S. Barry, Esq., and dated Aug. 11, 1800

8. A Bandit from Kathiawar

9. A Bay Horse Approached by a Stable-Lad with Food and a Halter

10. A Black and White Indian Bird, (one of a pair)

11. A Carriage and Pair, with Coachman

12. A Cheetah killing an Antelope

13. A Chestnut Horse at Exercise

14. A Donkey

15. A Duck and an Eagle with prey, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Various Kinds of Birds, Drawn From the Life by Mr. Francis Barlow, 1731 (1 of 9)

16. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

17. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

18. A Fish, Zeezan jidda

19. A Foxhound on the Scent

20. A Grey Spotted Hound

21. A Greyhound, Facing Left

22. A Guillemot, June 1742

23. A Hare Running, with Ears Laid Back

24. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

25. A Horse and a dog, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)

26. A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

27. A Horse Frightened by a Snake

28. A Horse Lying Down

29. A Hound Facing Left

30. A Hound with head up

31. A Kingfisher

32. A Lion Attacking a Horse

33. A Lion Attacking a Stag

34. A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

35. A Magpie

36. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

37. A Man, a horse and two dogs, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 6)

38. A Pair of Stints

39. A Racehorse, Bridled and Saddled

40. A Red Parrot

41. A Red Throated Diver, June 1742

42. A Rhinoceros in the Peshwa's Menagerie at Poona

43. A Scarlet Ibis

44. A Secretary Bird

45. A Setter: Standing

46. A Sleeping Leopard

47. A Species of Wild Duck

48. A Stone Curlew

49. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

50. A Tiger Attacking a Horse

51. A Tiger Lying in the Entrance of a Cave

52. A Tigress

53. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

54. A Vulture with prey, and a heron, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of various kinds of Birds, Drawn from life by Mr. Francis Barlow, 1731' (1 of 9)

55. A Waterbuffalo

56. A Yellow Wagtail

57. A Youth in a Farmyard with Pigs and Poultry

58. Actophilomis africanus (African Jacana)

59. African Wildcat or Serval

60. Agapornis taranta (Black-winged Lovebird)

61. Album of 34 Drawings of Animals and Birds from The Bruce Archive

62. Alcedo cristata (Malachite Kingfisher)

63. An Abyssinian Breakfast

64. An Arab in the Clothes of Gujarat

65. An Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

66. An Eagle

67. An Egyptian Vulture

68. An Ox

69. Animals [a pair]: 1. Lioness

70. Animals [a pair]: 2. Tigress

71. Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)

72. Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)

73. Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)