Materials & Techniques: graphite / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: botanical subject

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Thatched Roof and Tree

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (38.3 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. 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

20. A Foliated Branch

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (20 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Study of Burdocks

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 15/16 inches (9.2 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. Ornithogalum Trigynum Delile

Creator:: Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 14 1/4 inches (48.3 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

58. Mammea Apple, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 12 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (21 x 18.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Horn Plantain, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 13 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: 11 9/16 × 6 15/16 inches (29.4 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Millet, After the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 16r]

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: 12 7/16 × 8 11/16 inches (31.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Corn Poppy, After the Original by Jacques Le Moune de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 15r]

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 13/16 × 7 3/4 inches (30 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Cabbage Rose, After the original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 58]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (21 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Pineapple, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 11 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (25.7 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. 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

65. Apple, Aafter the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 75]

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: 8 11/16 × 6 15/16 inches (22.1 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Marrow, after the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 85]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 11/16 inches (24.1 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Grape-vine, After the original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 74]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 6 3/4 inches (25.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Study for Forest of Kale with Figure

Creator:: Eliot Hodgkin, 1905–1987
Date:: ca. 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 30 inches (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell

69. Study for Forest of Kale

Creator:: Eliot Hodgkin, 1905–1987
Date:: ca. 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 7/8 × 29 3/4 inches (60.6 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell

70. Sketchbook Study for Forest of Kale

Creator:: Eliot Hodgkin, 1905–1987
Date:: ca. 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell

71. Allium Ciliare (Cilié Garlic)

Creator:: Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (47.9 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

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1. Fruit trees, 3 April 1863

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

3. Macrocarpa

4. Study of Flowers

5. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Dioecici (botanical specimen)

16. Plums and Mulberries

17. Thatched Roof and Tree

18. 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

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

20. A Foliated Branch

21. Study of Cow Parsley

22. Study of an Oak Leaf

23. Nutmeg, Trinidad

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

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

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

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

28. Woody Nightshade

29. Breadfruit Plant (Artocarpus altilis)

30. Tulips

31. Study of Burdocks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Lady Slippers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

57. Ornithogalum Trigynum Delile

58. Mammea Apple, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 12 A]

59. Horn Plantain, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 13 A]

60. Millet, After the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 16r]

61. Corn Poppy, After the Original by Jacques Le Moune de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 15r]

62. Cabbage Rose, After the original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 58]

63. Pineapple, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 11 A]

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

65. Apple, Aafter the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 75]

66. Marrow, after the Original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 85]

67. Grape-vine, After the original by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues in the Victoria & Albert Museum [No. 74]

68. Study for Forest of Kale with Figure

69. Study for Forest of Kale

70. Sketchbook Study for Forest of Kale

71. Allium Ciliare (Cilié Garlic)