Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian, Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot and berries, ca. 1768
- Title:
- Coffea arabica L. (Arabica Coffee): finished drawing of leafy shoot and berries
- Additional Title(s):
- Coffee No. 1
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 7 3/4 × 6 1/16 inches (19.7 × 15.4 cm), Image: 7 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (19.1 × 14.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Coffee No.1"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "Coffee tree [...] Vol 2 of 226"
Watermark
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8518
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Paul Hulton, Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants, From the collection made by James Bruce of Kinnaird on his travels to discover the source of the Nile 1767-1773 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1991, p. 97, pl. 219, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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