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Prints and Drawings 73

Creator

Bruce, James, 1730–1794 20
Unknown artist 17
Skeen, William Louis Henry & Co., 1862–1903 10
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708–1770 7
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 5
Porter, William Warren Rev., 1776–1804 3
Gould, John, 1804–1881 2
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850 2
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, 1759–1840 2
Richter, Henry Constantine, 1821–1902 2
Robinson, Robert, active 1674–1706 2
Verelst, Simon, 1644–1710/17 2
Beckett, Isaac, 1652/3–1719 1
Bickham, George, ca. 1706–1771 1
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 1
Cooke, Edward William, 1811–1880 1
Crane, Walter, 1845–1915 1
Dietzsch, Barbara Regina, 1706–1783 1
Heath, James, 1757–1834 1
Miller, James, active 1773–1814 1
Mynde, J., active 1740–1770 1
Robinson, & Co., 1764–1830 1
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877 1
Thomas, George Housman, 1824–1868 1

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 73

Image Use

Free to Use 73

Image Available

unavailable 73

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 50
Prints 13
Photographs 10

Collective Title

Tree Studies, Ceylon 10
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants 9
The Natural History of Barbados 7
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 1

Period

18th century 49
19th century 18
18th century-19th century 3
17th century 1
17th century-18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

graphite 47
watercolor 46
laid paper 42
gouache 36
wove paper 25
albumen process 10
hand coloring 9
line engraving 8
pen 4
black ink 3
vellum 3
gray wash 2
gum arabic 2
lithography 2
mezzotint 2
blue wash 1
brown ink 1
engraving (printing process) 1
etching (printing process) 1
gold leaf 1
gray ink 1
photoglyphic engraving 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 48
watercolor 47
intaglio print 11
photograph 10
planographic print 2
photomechanical print 1

Genre

botanical subject 73

landscape 16
still life 7
animal art 3
genre subject 2
architectural subject 1

Subject Terms

botanical subject 41
animal art 11
flowers (plants) 10
plants 10
animals 9
birds 9
deer 9
fish 9
taxonomy (discipline) 9
study (visual work) 6
landscape 5
still life 5
fruit 3
tree 2
aqueduct 1
architectural subject 1
bamboo 1
banana 1
butterfly 1
canes 1
climbers 1
date palm 1
ferns 1
flower (plant) 1
genre subject 1
guaiacum 1
guayacan 1
jungle 1
lignum vitae 1
lilies 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

Asia 10
Sri Lanka 10
Barbados 7
Bayberry 1
Italy 1
Lazio 1
Pincian Hill 1
Rome 1
Villa Borghese 1

Associated People

Exhibition History

Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Kosto, Yale 1957, MD 1962 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Schaff, Yale BA 1965 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler, in memory of Paul F. Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of three Australian sisters - Gwendoline Ewens, Jean Parkin, and Joyce Wilson 1

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Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

Ensete

1789
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Tree

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Botanical Subject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentifed Botanical Subject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Botanical Suject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Botanical subject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Botanical subject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentifed Botanical Subject

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Unidentified Botanical Subject

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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804

Study of Trees

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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804

Landscape Study with a Large Tree and Aqueduct

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Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840

Allium Ciliare (Cilié Garlic)

undated
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Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840

Ornithogalum Trigynum Delile

undated
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Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783

Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

ca. 1740
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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804

Study of a Tree

undated
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Walter Crane, 1845–1915

Study of Pines, Villa Borghese, Rome, 1871

1871
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George Housman Thomas, 1824–1868

Study of leaves

undated
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Print made by John Gould, 1804–1881

Chrysuronia Eliclæ

undated
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Print made by George Bickham the Younger, ca. 1706–1771

The Lignum vitae, or Guaiacum, Plate 9

1750
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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

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

1750
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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

The Male Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 14

1750
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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

The Female Popaw Tree, Papaya, Plate 15

1750
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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

The Pine Apple, Anana, Plate 21

1750
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Print made by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1708–1770

The Tree Jessamin, Plate 17

1750
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Print made by J. Mynde, active 1740–1770

The Sea-side Laurel, Plate 22

1750
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William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800–1877

Leaf "No. 3"

1853
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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co., 1862–1903

Palmyra Palm

1880s
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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co., 1862–1903

Coco De Mer, Seychelle Island Palm

1880s
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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co., 1862–1903

The Giant Fir Tree

1880s
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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co., 1862–1903

Cactus Tree

1880s
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Print made by John Gould, 1804–1881

Lophornis Chalybeus

undated
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Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880

A Tropical Jungle

1849
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Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706

A Flower Piece

between 1683 and 1688
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Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706

Basket of Flowers

undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Pandanus odoratissimus L. (Screwpine): finished drawing for male... [Read more]

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Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Oenostachys abyssinica (A. Rich.) N.E. Br. (Ethiopian Gladiolus): finished... [Read more]

undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Untitled

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Saba comorensis (Bojer) Pichon: finished drawing of flowering shoot

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

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

undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Ruttya speciosa (Hochst.) Engl. : finished drawing

undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.): finished drawing

undated
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Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

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

1765-1773
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Hypericum quartinianum A. Rich. (St. John's-Wort): finished drawing... [Read more]

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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Buddleia polystachya Fresen. (African Buddleia): finished drawing

undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794

Delphinium wellbyi Hemsley (Wild Delphinium): finished drawing

undated
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James Miller, active 1773–1814

Coleus edulis Vatke (Ethiopian Potato): finished drawing by J.F. Miller, of leafy... [Read more]

1775
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unknown artist

In Stoke Gardens

ca. 1825
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unknown artist

Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing section of stem and... [Read more]

undated
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unknown artist

Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing of flowering shoot and... [Read more]

ca. 1768
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unknown artist

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

ca. 1768

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