Fielded: ilsnumber_ss:3139378 / Subject Terms: botanical subject

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Pterolobium stellatum (Forssk): finished drawing

31. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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