Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: botanical subject - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Poppies and Tradascanthus

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Leaves 1

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (11.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Study of Leaves 2

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Lysimachia (Loosestrife), Plate 278 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774
Date:: 1737
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (36.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

33. Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Creator:: Print made by John Harris the elder, 1767–1832
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 12 1/8 inches (40.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

34. Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768

Creator:: Print made by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 1733–1797
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with original hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

35. The Blue Passion Flower, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', London, 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple and line engraving with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 x 18 7/8 inches (59.7 x 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

36. The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (51.8 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

37. Pastinaca (Parsnip), Plate 379 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Blackwell, died 1774
Date:: 1737
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 1/8 inches (37.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

38. The Banana Tree, Plate 16

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (32.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. 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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 inches (35.6 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

66. The Tree Jessamin, Plate 17

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 3/4 inches (33 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

67. The Sea-side Laurel, Plate 22

Creator:: Print made by J. Mynde, active 1740–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 3/8 inches (33 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

68. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

Creator:: Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/4 inches (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

69. The Lignum vitae, or Guaiacum, Plate 9

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Younger, ca. 1706–1771
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 5/8 inches (33 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

70. The Bay-Berry Tree, Myrtus arborea aromatica, Plate X

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 inches (33.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

71. The Male Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 14

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 inches (35.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

72. The Pine Apple, Anana, Plate 21

Creator:: Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 5/8 inches (33 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962

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1. Poppies and Tradascanthus

2. Leaves 1

3. Study of Leaves 2

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

5. Tulips

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

7. Buddleis polystachya

8. Arundinaria alpina

9. Oenostachys abyssinica

10. Brucea antidysenterica

11. Brucea antidysenterica

12. Ensete ventricosum

13. Arundinaria alpina

14. Ensete ventricosum

15. Docks, September 6, 1777

16. 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

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

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

19. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Eragrostis Tef

29. A Clump of Thistles

30. Hollow Tree

31. Jatropha Multifidis

32. Lysimachia (Loosestrife), Plate 278 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

33. Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

34. Caryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768

35. The Blue Passion Flower, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, 'The Temple of Flora', London, 1799-1812

36. The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

37. Pastinaca (Parsnip), Plate 379 from 'A Curious Herbal', volume II, London, 1737

38. The Banana Tree, Plate 16

39. The Mangosteen Fruit, Malacca

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

55. Delphinium wellbyi Hemsley (Wild Delphinium): finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

65. The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

66. The Tree Jessamin, Plate 17

67. The Sea-side Laurel, Plate 22

68. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

69. The Lignum vitae, or Guaiacum, Plate 9

70. The Bay-Berry Tree, Myrtus arborea aromatica, Plate X

71. The Male Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 14

72. The Pine Apple, Anana, Plate 21