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Prints and Drawings
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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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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
63
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Free to Use
65
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Drawings & Watercolors
63
Paintings
2
Creator Gender
male
65
Collective Title
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants
26
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, Plants
2
Thirty-five Watercolour Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants
1
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18th century
65
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graphite
59
watercolor
43
gouache
35
wove paper
33
laid paper
30
brown ink
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canvas
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oil paint
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animal art
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animal art
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animals
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deer
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fish
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breeches
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riding boots
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Exhibition History
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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, active 1750-1759
Learning about the Hounds
ca. 1750
Not 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
Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)
undated
4
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)
undated
5
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Lophaetus occipitalis (Long-Crested Eagle)
undated
6
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Graphite Sketch of Two Unidentified Birds
undated
7
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Throwing a Spear
undated
8
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
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James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
10
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
11
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying Bow and Arrows
undated
12
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback with Bird
undated
13
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Warriors on Horseback
undated
14
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying a Spear
undated
15
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Study of the Front of a Horse
undated
16
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Chamaeleonidae (Chameleon)
undated
17
James Bruce, 1730–1794
An Eagle
undated
18
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Camels Kneeling
undated
19
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Herdsman, Dog, and Cow
undated
20
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Study of a Coin
undated
21
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Man on Horseback Carrying Weapons
undated
22
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)
undated
23
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
24
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)
undated
25
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull
undated
26
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
27
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)
undated
28
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)
undated
29
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)
undated
30
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull
undated
31
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Ungulate
undated
32
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Ungulate
undated
33
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)
undated
34
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Studies of Warriors on Horseback and Horseheads
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
Unidentified Fish
undated
38
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
39
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Gazelle
undated
40
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Flamingo
undated
41
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
42
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Numida meleagris (Helmeted Guineafowl)
undated
43
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)
undated
44
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bee-eater
undated
45
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
46
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
undated
47
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Hyaena hyaena (Striped Hyena)
undated
48
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Cassia fistula (Golden Shower Tree)
undated
49
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Botanical Subject
undated
50
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Tetraodontidae (Pufferfish)
undated
51
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
52
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
53
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
54
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Fish
undated
55
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
56
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
57
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
58
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Two Unidentified Birds
undated
59
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird and Skink
undated
60
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
undated
61
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
62
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird
undated
63
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Bird and Skink
undated
64
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Upupa epops (Hoopoe)
undated
65
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Unidentified Birds
undated