Collection: Prints and Drawings / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: botany

1. Flowers in a Pitcher

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (28.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Corfu

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and pastel on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper mounted on very thick cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 18 5/8 inches (31.4 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. La Cava

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 9 13/16 inches (12.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

4. Reggio, 26 July 1847

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 7/8 inches (28.6 x 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

5. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on moderately thick, moderately textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (15.7 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Study of a Thistle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Tree Study (Autumn Foliage)

Creator:: attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 1/8 inches (25.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Flower Girl

Creator:: John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches (41 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Bird's Nest with Sprays of Apple Blossoms

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Apple, Grapes and a Cob-Nut

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 3/8 inches (12.7 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Young Daughter of the Picts

Creator:: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ca. 1533–before 1588
Date:: ca. 1585
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, touched with gold on parchment
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (26 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 1/4 inches (20.3 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. 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

17. Study of Undergrowth

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. Plant Study

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study of a Thistle and Other Plants, Sept. 8

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (11.1 x 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. London's Museums

Creator:: Joan Beales, born 1926
Date:: 1955
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 40 1/16 x 25 inches (101.8 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

22. Country Walks: The Naturalist

Creator:: Gaynor Chapman, 1935–2000
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 39 15/16 x 25 inches (101.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

23. Country Walks: Spring

Creator:: John Farleigh, 1900–1965
Date:: 1965
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 38 3/8 x 24 7/8 inches (97.5 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

24. 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

25. 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

26. Four Species of Grasses

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

27. Studies of a Flower

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (14.9 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

28. 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

29. Phalaena Aceris. Acer Rubrum (Grey Maple Moth, Red Maple), Plate 93 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Phalaena Aceris. Acer Rubrum (Grey Maple Moth, Red Maple), Plate 93 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 coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

30. 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

31. The Dragon Arum, 1801, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: December 1, 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed mezzotint with hand coloring in waterclor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (57.2 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

32. 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

33. Owl, After an Attic Kantharos

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: ca. 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (17.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. Flowers in a Pitcher

2. Corfu

3. La Cava

4. Reggio, 26 July 1847

5. A Study of Ferns, Civitella

6. What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

7. Study of a Thistle

8. Tree Study (Autumn Foliage)

9. The Flower Girl

10. Bird's Nest with Sprays of Apple Blossoms

11. Plums and Mulberries

12. Apple, Grapes and a Cob-Nut

13. A Young Daughter of the Picts

14. Study of Trees, etc., in a Meadow

15. Study of Burdocks

16. A Foliated Branch

17. Study of Undergrowth

18. Docks, September 6, 1777

19. Plant Study

20. Study of a Thistle and Other Plants, Sept. 8

21. London's Museums

22. Country Walks: The Naturalist

23. Country Walks: Spring

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

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

26. Four Species of Grasses

27. Studies of a Flower

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

29. Phalaena Aceris. Acer Rubrum (Grey Maple Moth, Red Maple), Plate 93 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

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

31. The Dragon Arum, 1801, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

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

33. Owl, After an Attic Kantharos