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Creator:
unknown artist eighteenth century
Title:
Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Mullein): finished drawing of flowering shoot and root
Additional Title(s):
Bouillon Blanc d'Abissime
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), Contemporary drawn border: 11 3/8 × 8 9/16 inches (28.9 × 21.7 cm), Image: 10 1/4 × 7 7/16 inches (26 × 18.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper left: "Bouillon Blanc d'Abissime"

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Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8884
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
botanical subject
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15419
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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. 100, pl. 245, QK98.183 B2 H85 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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