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Bruce, James, 1730–1794
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Butler, of Pall Mall Thomas, active 1750–1759
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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73
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Drawings & Watercolors
71
Paintings
2
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male
73
Collective Title
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants
34
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, Plants
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Thirty-five Watercolour Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants
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18th century
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graphite
67
watercolor
51
gouache
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wove paper
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brown ink
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animal art
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birds
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Exhibition History
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
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The Chronicle of the Horse in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2016-08-26 - 2017-04-26)
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The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, active 1750-1759
Learning about the Hounds
ca. 1750
On view
2
Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753
Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche
ca. 1750
Not on view
3
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
4
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Herdsman, Dog, and Cow
undated
5
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Graphite Sketch of Two Unidentified Birds
undated
6
James Bruce, 1730–1794
An Eagle
undated
7
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Study of a Coin
undated
8
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)
undated
9
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)
undated
10
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
11
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Throwing a Spear
undated
12
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Study of the Front of a Horse
undated
13
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Lophaetus occipitalis (Long-Crested Eagle)
undated
14
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)
undated
15
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)
undated
16
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
17
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
18
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)
undated
19
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull
undated
20
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)
undated
21
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull
undated
22
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Ungulate
undated
23
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)
undated
24
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Ungulate
undated
25
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
26
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying Weapons
undated
27
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Warriors on Horseback
undated
28
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Camels Kneeling
undated
29
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Warriors on Horseback and Horseheads
undated
30
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)
undated
31
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback with Bird
undated
32
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying Bow and Arrows
undated
33
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
34
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Chamaeleonidae (Chameleon)
undated
35
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album
between 1745 and 1748
36
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Fennecus verdus (Fennec)
undated
37
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Untitled
undated
38
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
39
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Tree
undated
40
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentifed Botanical Subject
undated
41
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical subject
undated
42
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical subject
undated
43
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical Subject
undated
44
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentifed Botanical Subject
undated
45
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
46
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical Subject
undated
47
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
48
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Flamingo
undated
49
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
50
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Numida meleagris (Helmeted Guineafowl)
undated
51
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
52
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
undated
53
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Two Unidentified Birds
undated
54
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Birds
undated
55
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree)
undated
56
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical Suject
undated
57
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Tetraodontidae (Pufferfish)
undated
58
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
59
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
60
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
61
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
62
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
63
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Gazelle
undated
64
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)
undated
65
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
66
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
67
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bee-eater
undated
68
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Upupa epops (Hoopoe)
undated
69
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
70
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird and Skink
undated
71
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird and Skink
undated
72
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
undated
73
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Hyaena hyaena (Striped Hyena)
undated